Italian pianist Ilario Ferrari loves working with strings and with his own group. To launch his latest album, Be Yourself, he brings a string quartet and a piano trio to the stage […]
Bendik Giske (King’s Place Hall Two. 19 November 2022. Review by AJ Dehany) Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske’s performances are shamanic studies of physicality, vulnerability and endurance, made with just the body, breath, […]
“There’s probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer .” New York Times Two imminent London events will show something of that range. In anticipation […]
Robocobra Quartet + Archipelago (Kings Place Hall Two. 13 November 2021. EFG LJF. Live review by Peter Slavid) This was a very enjoyable double-bill from two bands who had a fair bit […]
Ill-Considered (Liran Donin, Idris Rahman, Emre Ramazanoglu) (Kings Place Hall Two. 10 July 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) I used to switch the lights off and listen to the Velvet Underground […]
Last year, Sam Leak wrote a Jazz Musician’s Guide to the festival (link below) in which he played the role of ‘in-the-know’ tour guide, helping readers to navigate their way through the […]
Cherise (Kings Place, 7 Feb 2020. Review by Leah Williams.) Cherise Adams-Burnett had an incredible whirlwind year in 2019, performing across the globe and being named Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year, […]
Bau.Haus.Klang (1st set – Michael Wollny, piano; Wolfgang Heisig, programmed piano; Émile Parisien, soprano sax; Leafcutter John, electronics; Max Stadtfeld, bass) (Barbican Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, 24 November 2019.) Battleship Potemkin […]
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science Community; Experiments in London (Kings Place, EFG London Jazz Festival, 16 November 2019. Review by Leah Williams.) Legendary drummer, composer and producer Terri Lyne Carrington is this […]
Sebastian writes: Kings Place is hosting an artistic residency by Terri Lyne Carrington during the EFG London Jazz Festival, and the full list of guests for the three events has now been […]
Liam Noble with Seb Rochford and Tom Herbert – launch of The Long Game (Kings Place, 16 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I seem to be following Jon Turney around, mainly in […]
ARQ (the Alison Rayner Quintet) are about to launch their third album, Short Stories, and will be touring over the coming months, including two London dates: The Albany in Deptford on 29 […]
The International Guitar Foundation’s four-day Guitar Summit at Kings Place covers the full range of fret activity, from classical to sophisticated pop, taking in lute music, jazz and flamenco along the way. Rob […]
