Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. 11 November 2022. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) Every year the London Jazz Festival’s opening gala: Jazz Voice at Royal Festival Hall sets the tone for […]
Jazz Voice at the Royal Festival Hall (2022 EFG LJF)
Jazz at Buxton Festival (Opening Weekend Round-up)
Buxton International Festival is now in its 43rd year. Traditionally a platform for opera and literature, this year saw the premier of its first ever official jazz series. Most of the performances […]
Buxton International Festival (First ever Jazz Weekend, 7-10 July 2022. Tickets on sale from 6 Dec.)
The Buxton International Festival, founded in 1979, has a worldwide reputation for its opera productions, literary events and a particular and special ‘festive’ atmosphere, writes Charles Rees. Now, for the first time, […]
Jazz Voice (EFG LJF 2021)
Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. 12 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Alison Bentley) Think of all that music, all those songs, (and clothes) locked away for so long […]
Guy Barker (Big Band Christmas, Royal Albert Hall, 10 December)
Guy Barker is returning to the Royal Albert Hall this December for the sixth year of his Big Band Christmas, and it’s back to full capacity. Interview by Mary James LondonJazz News: […]
John Altman: Putting Some Big Band Brass into ‘No Time To Die’
John Altman’s credit in the closing titles of the new James Bond movie reads ‘Studio One Conductor and Additional Arrangements.” Here he explains the back-story of how he put some big band […]
The Winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 is pianist Deschanel Gordon
Pianist Deschanel Gordon has won BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 We interviewed him earlier this month (Link Below) Here is the full text of the BBC’s Press Release Twenty-two-year-old Hackney-born jazz […]
Jazz Voice at Cadogan Hall (2020 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Livestreamed from Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 13 November 2020. Review by Leah Williams) As the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off this year, it is navigating – as […]
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas 2020
It may have been the year when the bin went out more than you, but the Albert Hall is aiming to defy Covid gloom to mount a season of socially distanced festive […]
Finalists Announced for BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 (Final BBC Four 22 November)
The five finalists are announced today 6 November for the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. A socially-distanced Final will take place at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 14 November, and the final will […]
“The Big Blind” with Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Big Blind with Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater (Queen Elizabeth Hall. 31 January 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The musical The Big Blind is a big show: its music and dialogue […]
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall 2019
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas (Royal Albert Hall. 19 December 2019. Review by Georgina Williams) Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall was a three-hour festive extravaganza. Because of […]
Jazz Voice at the Royal Festival Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival. 16 November 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) To baby boomers, the format of this show might seem an oddity – six vocalists, a […]
Guy Barker (Big Band Christmas, Royal Albert Hall, 19 Dec)
Guy Barker’s annual big band Christmas spectacular has become a fixture in the jazz calendar. This year’s, the fourth, features vocalists Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and Quincy Jones collaborator Vula Malinga, clarinettist Giacomo […]
Soloists announced for Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas (Royal Albert Hall, 19 Dec)
Peter Bacon reports: This, annnounced this morning, from the Royal Albert Hall: “A host of special guests have been announced for Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas, as the bandleader’s festive showcase returns […]
