Vocalist Nicky Schrire (*), London-born, Cape Town-raised, and now Toronto-based, hosted a London launch for “Nowhere Girl”, the first album she has released in a decade. Bruce Lindsay has reviewed it for […]
Nicky Schrire at Pizza Express Soho
Elina Duni – ‘A Time To Remember’
Elina Duni (with Rob Luft, Matthieu Michel, Fred Thomas) – A Time To Remember (ECM Records – ECM2781. Album review by Graham Spry) It is always a treat to hear a new […]
Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop – ‘Ten Past Never’
Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop – Ten Past Never (Ubuntu Music UBU0128. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Enzo Zirilli, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Rob Luft and Alessandro Chiappetta form the quartet known as ZiroBop and provide its […]
Enzo Zirilli (new album ‘Ten Past Never’ – Ubuntu Music)
“Ten Past Never”, the new, third album from Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop, his Anglo-Italian group with guitarists Alessandro Chiappetta and Rob Luft, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, is released on Ubuntu. Feature/interview by Dan […]
O’Higgins & Luft – ‘Pluto’
O’Higgins & Luft – Pluto (Ubuntu Music – UBU0126. CD Review by Graham Spry) In 2019, during what now seems a very different age and a long time ago before the pandemic, […]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas in Norwich
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival. 24 May 2022 . Live Review by Bruce Lindsay) The Norfolk and Norwich Festival billed this late-night concert […]
Rob Luft and Elina Duni at Ronnie Scott’s
Rob Luft, Elina Duni and Fred Thomas (Ronnie Scott’s. 22 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) It’s not often you emerge from Ronnie Scott’s at the end of an evening gig to […]
NQ Jazz, Manchester, announces 2021 season (starts 11 Jan with Soweto Kinch)
Live jazz looks likely to make a triumphant return to the North West in January 2021 courtesy of NQ Jazz. Since their inception in 2015, the Manchester-based live music promoters have hosted […]
Alice Zawadzki Band & Rob Luft Quintet + Amika String Quartet
Alice Zawadzki Band & Rob Luft Quintet + Amika String Quartet (Livestreamed from Cambridge Jazz Festival, 21 November 2020. Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) This double bill livestreamed from the Junction Theatre in […]
Cambridge Jazz Festival 2020 has ended (Videos of Festival Online / Paintings/ Director’s Comments)
The 2020 Cambridge Jazz Festival had its closing events earlier this evening, 29 November. But there is a substantial selection available online on the festival’s YouTube channel until 5 January 2021, except […]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft – ‘Lost Ships’
Elina Duni, Rob Luft – Lost Ships (ECM 0739322. CD review by John Arnett) This collection of songs has an emotional force and atmosphere all of its own. Singer Elina Duni has […]
Full Programme for Cambridge Jazz Festival announced (18-29 November)
The programme for the 6th Cambridge Jazz Festival has been announced. Most events are free to view and will be streamed online – see below for the full listing and more details […]
A Jazz Musician’s Guide to the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival
Last year, Sam Leak wrote a Jazz Musician’s Guide to the festival (link below) in which he played the role of ‘in-the-know’ tour guide, helping readers to navigate their way through the […]
Ellen Andrea Wang – “Closeness”
Ellen Andrea Wang – Closeness (release 18 September 2020) (Ropeadope Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) This third solo album by Norwegian bassist and singer Ellen Andrea Wang shows a maturity linked – […]
2020 INNtöne Jazzfestival (Austria)
INNtöne Jazzfestival (Inntöne, Diersbach, Austria 14-16 August 2020. Review by Oliver Weindling) The irrepressible Paul Zauner had to adapt his INNtöne Jazzfestival substantially to have it occur at all this year. […]
