Sebastian writes: BBC TWO has just transmitted a night of Burt Bacharach’s music recorded at Ronnie Scott’s three months before the great songwriter’s death. This is not so much of a review, […]
As he looks forward to his “Shades of Shearing” show at Ronnie Scott’s on Sunday 27 November (link below), Nick Tomalin gives us the ten tracks by Battersea-born pianist George Shearing that […]
Mike Westbrook’s Uncommon Orchestra(Ronnie Scott’s, 12 April 2022. Live review by Patrick Hadfield) Ronnie Scott’s was full of anticipation ahead of this long awaited show, originally scheduled for April 2020 (it had […]
She’s acclaimed in her native Canada for her covers of jazz classics but she’s sung pop with Sting and adapted rock hits too, so what sort of show will the award-winning singer-pianist […]
Nils Petter Molvaer (Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) This was a very Norwegian gig.Sure, there were three Norwegian musicians on stage. Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, drummer […]
Detroit-born alto saxophonist KENNY GARRETT has won a dozen Downbeat polls – almost all from its readers rather than critics. He will be performing a three-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s from 24-26 November. Charles Rees writes: […]
Danish pianist, composer, and arranger Kathrine Windfeld is a rising star of European jazz. In January 2020 she won the “LetterOne ‘RISING STARS’ Jazz Award” Europe Edition. This prize involves a tour […]
Sam Leak has been involved in a research project on livestreaming which has just produced its results. The project was a collaboration between Middlesex University and Kings College London. 1,484 people participated […]
Ronnie’s (Documentary film directed by Oliver Murray for Goldfinch. 106 minutes. Review by Louise Jury) Watching the new feature-length documentary, Ronnie’s, about the man and the legendary Soho jazz club he founded, […]
Doors will open to the public again on Saturday 19 September 2020. Booking open from today (Monday 31 August). The club has announced that, after one attempt stymied at the last minute […]
The Return Sessions – Ronnie Scott’s All Stars (Livestream 6 July 2020. Review by Lavender Sutton) It feels like a lifetime has passed since some of us have seen the inside of […]
Tony Dudley-Evans writes Lockdown has given me the opportunity to relax, to think. And – I’ll admit it – I have enjoyed that… …and I have been enjoying live streamed events such […]
Tal Wilkenfeld (Ronnie Scott’s, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 16 November. Review by Rob Mallows) It had been, Tal Wilkenfeld told the audience at a rammed Ronnie Scott’s, 12 years since she’d last […]
Ronnie Scott’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert (Royal Albert Hall. 30 October 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) On 30 October 1959, in that year of jazz masterpieces, British tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott contributed […]
Sebastian writes: At a ceremony today an English Heritage blue plaque in honour of Ronnie Scott was unveiled. The plaque marks the site of the first Ronnie Scott’s club, ahead of the 60th […]
