The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music will take place at various local venues from 22 September to 8 October. Concerts include performances by Ubunye, the Zoe Rahman Band and Japanese […]
Jeppe Zeeberg – Occasionally, Good Things Do Happen(Self Released. Album review by Peter Slavid) Almost exactly four years ago I reviewed Universal Disappointment, an exciting and quirky album by young Danish pianist […]
Mirko Pedrotti Quintet – FLAM (Nusica 24. Album review by Peter Slavid) This is a new band to me, despite it being their third album. I have come across the leader briefly, […]
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet (Watford Jazz Junction. Pump House Theatre, Watford. 20 May 2023. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s something special about listening to high quality live music in a […]
Over many years, a highlight of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been this sold-out Saturday morning concert led by students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. In the past these concerts have thrown up […]
Hubert Dupont – Trio Aurore (Ultrabolic. Album review by Peter Slavid) Hubert Dupont is a French bass player who came late to jazz after graduating initially as an engineer. No doubt that […]
Watford Jazz Junction was new to the jazz festival scene last year and this second edition has a particular focus on the influence of the Caribbean on UK jazz. We take a […]
Sun-Mi Hong Quintet + Ant Law & Alex Hitchcock (Purcell Room. 17 November 2022. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s probably a bad joke somewhere that starts “two Koreans, two Italians and […]
Indo-Jazz Fusions Revisited (Spice of Life, 16 November 2022, Review by Peter Slavid) Jazz in Britain today is a fabulous melange of influences from African, Asian, Caribbean and European styles as well […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Jesmond 23-25 Sep, then Newcastle 29 Sep-2 Oct) Peter Slavid writes: The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (NFOJAIM) started in 2017, and after […]
Mike Soper – Undoing (Self-release on Bandcamp. Album review by Peter Slavid) Trumpeter Mike Soper graduated from Trinity College almost 10 years ago. Since then he has played in everything from the trad […]
Laura Jurd Ensemble (Parabola Arts Centre Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 1 May 2022. Review by Peter Slavid) Composer, keyboard player and most of all a sublime trumpet player, Laura Jurd is constantly experimenting […]
OK:KO – Liesu (WeJazz Records. Album Review by Peter Slavid The jazz scene in Finland is a particularly interesting one at the moment. It has links to the local folk music, and […]
John Zorn’s The Bagatelles (Performance Space, City, University of London. 11 April 2022. Review and top photo by Peter Slavid) The name of John Zorn tends to elicit extreme reactions from […]
Shirley Smart Trio (St. Mary’s Church, Perivale. 19 January 2022. Live Review by Peter Slavid) There are very few modern jazz venues in West London, so it was refreshing to find some […]
