Pianist Vijay Iyer brings his Ritual Ensemble to the Wigmore Hall on Friday 10 January as part of his role as the venue’s Composer in Residence for 2019/20. The concert, which will be […]
Mikael Máni’s interest in the guitar was sparked by a Jimmy Page solo, and his interest in Bobby Fisher stemmed from his fascination with all-consuming passion. The Mikael Máni Trio’s album Bobby […]
A band of top line players and a set of tunes that let them loose to express themselves, all with the raw energy of live performance. That’s what you get with the […]
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays (Equinox EQX006CD. CD Review by Rob Adams) The fourth album from Glasgow jazz-funk-folk collective Fat-Suit witnesses a significant stride forward in terms of composition as well as […]
Dutch sextet Ikarai bring their Muhammad concert programme to EFG London Jazz Festival on Friday 15 November. It’s been described as “a show like no other” – with some justification, as not […]
Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni brings his trio to the UK next month, with a London date at Kansas Smitty’s among the tour dates. Adrian Pallant wrote of the trio’s 2018 release Fundur: […]
Sun-Mi Hong is a Korean drummer who is currently based in Amsterdam, having studied at Amsterdam Conservatoire, where she graduated in 2017. With her fluent style, switching easily between dramatic but controlled powerhouse outbursts and […]
Amsterdam-based acid jazz quintet Tristan return to the UK as part of the Going Dutch project, funded by Dutch Performing arts and administrated by the Jazz Promotion Network. The partnership with Going […]
Michael Janisch launches his latest album, Worlds Collide, with a concert by his new band at Kings Place on Friday, September 27. He spoke to Rob Adams: It’s the Wisconsin-born, London-based bass guitarist and double bassist’s […]
Quentin Collins releases a new album, Road Warrior, on Friday 13 September. It’s an album that reflects on the trumpeter’s 25 years playing jazz and celebrates all the musicians out there who […]
