Richard Pite is looking forward to the return of the Monday lunchtime sessions at the Spice of Life in Soho, starting on 4 October with Enrico Tomasso. Richard writes: The Spice (6 […]
The Roaring 20s (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 25 September 2021)

On 25 September The Jazz Repertory Company will return to Cadogan Hall, London with The Roaring 20s, a programme originally devised by the much missed Keith Nichols, and featuring a dozen of […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival 2021
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Pier Stage and King’s Hall, Herne Bay, 22 August 2021 (third day of three). Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) What if jazz wasn’t always tucked away in […]
Ipswich Jazz Festival 2021

John Watson writes : The fifth Ipswich Jazz Festival was able to go ahead over the weekend (June 26-27), with strict Covid-19 precautions including the audience distanced and masked. Artists who appeared […]
In lockdown with…pianist Brian Kellock

Scottish pianist Brian Kellock released a superb solo piano album in 2019, Bidin’ My Time. There are review and purchase links below (*) . His typically modest answer to the “instrument you […]