This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]
Returning for the third in their series of orchestral jazz concerts for the EFG London Jazz Festival at Cadogan Hall, Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company presents another exciting programme of iconic music […]
Gareth Williams – Short Stories (Miles Music MM CD090. Album review by Peter Vacher Writing this just twenty-four hours after hearing Gareth Williams play in a local quintet session prompts one to […]
Tom Harrell – Oak Tree (HighNote HCD 7332. Album review by Peter Vacher Much is made in the literature of US trumpeter/composer Tom Harrell’s ongoing struggle with schizophrenia and his success in […]
The Herts Jazz Festival returns in October, running from Friday 15 to Sunday 17. Preview by Peter Vacher: Oh, to be in Bishops Stortford at festival time. Well, that’s what it feels […]
William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984) was one of the supreme jazz bandleaders in the great days of swing. A new 75-minute documentary about him, Count Basie Through His Own Eyes, will receive […]
Teodross Avery – Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk (WJ3 1024. CD Review by Peter Vacher) This is the ninth ‘name’ album released by 47-year old Californian tenor saxophonist Teodross Avery; […]
Geoff Mason Quartet – GMQ (GM Records. CD review by Peter Vacher) Self-produced, with the CD in an open card sleeve and minus notes, this might easily be mistaken for a typical […]
Keith Oxman – Two Cigarettes In The Dark (Capri 74161-2. CD review by Peter Vacher) Tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman is a new name to me but not to Capri Records, for this […]
Christian McBride – The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (Mack Avenue MAC 1082. CD review by Peter Vacher) The brilliant US bassist Christian McBride is something of a present-day […]
Echoes of Swing – Winter Days at Schloss Elmau (ACT 9105-2 CD Review by Peter Vacher) I’ve enjoyed a number of this long-established international quartet’s previous ACT releases. Their neat re-runs of […]
Swingin’ with Strings (Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 24 November 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) This year’s London Jazz Festival may well have been the biggest and best to date. Let the […]
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess…Kind of Blue And More (Cadogan Hall, London, 21 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so the old adage goes. Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory […]
The latest of the Jazz Repertory Company’s Cadogan Hall recreations of defining moments in jazz brings an historic big band battle back to life. Pete Long explained its significance to Peter Vacher: […]
The Big Chris Barber Band (Cadogan Hall, London, 13 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) When Bob Hunt, the band’s trombonist and musical director, came out on stage it was to emphasize that […]
