Xhosa Cole Quartet (Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking. 21 January 2020. Review by Peter Jones.) On Tuesday evening, in a neat bit of symmetry, the venue of the year played host to the […]
Xhosa Cole Quartet at Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking
Red Kite – “Theory of Colours”
Red Kite – Theory of Colours (Jellymould JJ028. CD Review by Peter Jones) This one arrived unheard of and unasked for, and it goes to show what joys you can sometimes discover […]
Carmen Lundy – “Modern Ancestors”
Carmen Lundy – Modern Ancestors (Afrasia AFP 13823. CD Review by Peter Jones) Carmen Lundy treads her own path. Not for her the water-treading predictability of so many jazz singers, forever recycling […]
Ted Gioia – Music: A Subversive History
Ted Gioia – Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books, 2019. 528 Pages. Book review by Peter Jones) Ted Gioia is the author of many books about jazz, including West Coast Jazz (1992) and […]
Larry Goldings Trio at the 606 Club (2019 EFG LJF)
Larry Goldings Trio (606 Club, EFG London Jazz Festival, 20 November 2019. Review by Peter Jones) Although he has played in London on many occasions, this was the first time organist Larry […]
Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft – Play Monk & Trane
Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft – Play Monk & Trane (Ubuntu UBU0029. CD Review by Peter Jones) In some ways it’s a slightly unexpected pairing – well-established tenor bopster Dave O’Higgins with […]
Kitty Whitelaw sings Anita O’Day at Bull’s Head (2019 EFG LJF)
Kitty Whitelaw sings Anita O’Day (Bull’s Head, Barnes. EFG London Jazz Festival. 18 November 2019. Review by Peter Jones) Better known in some circles as the vocal half of avant-garde duo Sealionwoman, Kitty […]
Binker Golding Quartet, Trish Clowes, Meridian at Jazz in the Round
Binker Golding Quartet, Trish Clowes, Meridian (Jazz in the Round, Cockpit Theatre, 28 October 2019. Review by Peter Jones) The Cockpit is the venue for the excellent monthly Jazz in the Round […]
Joe Armon-Jones – Turn To Clear View
Joe Armon-Jones – Turn To Clear View (Brownswood BWOOD 0207CD. CD Review by Peter Jones) One of the many joys of the current new wave of British jazz, centred around London’s Jazz […]
Jazzmeia Horn – Love & Liberation
Jazzmeia Horn – Love & Liberation (Concord CJA 00155. CD Review by Peter Jones) The word “effortless” is an important one when writing about or even just thinking about any kind of performance. […]
Paul Booth – Travel Sketches
Paul Booth – Travel Sketches (Ubuntu Music UBU0034. CD Review by Peter Jones) There is a calm, muscular authority in the playing of tenor saxophonist Paul Booth that makes it obvious why he […]
The Vinyl Detective – Classic Jazz Tracks curated by Andrew Cartmel
The Vinyl Detective – Classic Jazz Tracks curated by Andrew Cartmel (Vinyl Passion VP 90129. LP Review by Peter Jones) It had been a quiet day at the office. I’d let my […]
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019 (13-14 July 2019. Report by Peter Jones) “We WILL be here next year,” vowed Paul Kelly, director of the 2019 Swanage Jazz Festival as he spoke to the […]
Joey DeFrancesco – In the Key of the Universe
Joey DeFrancesco – In the Key of the Universe (Mack Avenue 1147. CD Review by Peter Jones) Playing in a band with Hank Mobley and Philly Joe Jones at age 10, awarded […]
