When Sun-Mi Hong was twelve, she saw and heard a drum kit for the first time. It was the start of a fixation that has led to the Korean-born Sun, as she […]
#IWD2020: Sun-Mi Hong, drummer
Fergus McCreadie Trio coming to the 606 Club (4 March)
Rob Adams previews: Multi-award-winning Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie brings his trio to the 606 Club on Wednesday 4 March, the group’s first London appearance since McCreadie’s debut recording, Turas, won Album of […]
Vijay Iyer’s Ritual Ensemble & In Conversation (Wigmore Hall, 10/11 Jan)
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 […]
Guitarist Mikael Máni (new album, Bobby, out now)
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 […]
The New York All-Stars (new album Live Encounter on Ubuntu Music)
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
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 […]
Ikarai’s Muhammad project (tour 13-15 Nov including 2019 EFG LJF)
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 […]
“Mountain jazz and all that is a bit of a cliché.” Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni (UK dates 3-7 November)
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 (Birmingham and London tour dates 8-10 October)
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 […]
Evelyn Kallansee, vocalist with Tristan (UK tour 2-6 Oct)
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’s Worlds Collide (album launch Kings Place, 27 Sept)
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: new sextet album, Road Warrior, and tour
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 […]
Ron Davis (SymphRONica, Edinburgh Fringe, 6-24 Aug)
Canadian pianist Ron Davis has chosen the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as the European launch pad for his band SymphRONica’s latest album, UpfRONt. SymphRONica combines a jazz quartet with a string quartet and Rob Adams spoke […]
Jazz Promotion Network Conference: ‘Stand Out’ (Glasgow, 20-21 June 2019)
The Jazz Promotion network exists in order to “advance and support professional development, information exchange and partnership opportunities for the UK & Irish jazz industry, artists and audiences”. The network has just […]
Apollo and Artvark – Collide and Merge
Apollo and Artvark – Collide and Merge (Oink Records. CD review by Rob Adams) It was, if I remember correctly, the estimable 29th Street Saxophone Quartet who expressed a wish to have […]
