Georgia Mancio and Dave Ohm have taken over the running of Hugh and Marion’s, Eltham Jazz Club, and have secured a stellar line up for their first gigs running Jan-Mar 2023. There […]
Trombonist/ improviser/ composer/ educator Raph Clarkson brings a higher purpose, a sense of positivity and deeply held ideals to everything he does. The new album by his group Dissolute Society is shaped […]
Jazz writer Philip Watson has described Marc Copland as “a roving ambassador for quietly intelligent, winningly complex and wholly engaging improvised music.” The Philadelphia-born pianist will release a new album on Monday […]
Our good friends at the Jazz Views website produce between 30 and 50 album reviews in a typical month, as well as interviews and features. 2022 is their tenth anniversary. Founder/Editor is […]
“Kevin Hays is a true original,” Brad Mehldau has written. “Everything he plays has a deep intelligence and swing.” The New York-born pianist, composer and singer-songwriter is a mainstay of the scene […]
At 91 years of age, David Forman has enjoyed an illustrious life. The former dentist and intrepid travel photographer is known on the UK jazz scene for his photographs of jazz musicians. […]
Ettore Fioravanti Opus Magnum – Attraverso Ogni Confini(Parco Della Musica Records MPR136CD. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There is more than a hint of gentle self-mockery here. “Opus Magnum” is the slightly […]
“What’s not to love! These musicians are beautiful, creative people and their personality just flows out through the speakers,” writes pianist/composer Steve Baker of the experience of working with Laura Jurd, Mark […]
Hamilton de Holanda (Maison Symphonique de Montreal. 3 July 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) This is going to be more than a bit embarrassing. And I apologise to the critic in the […]
The Jazz Weekend of the Buxton International Festival 2022 will present something of a coup, the first appearance since 2015 of The Impossible Gentlemen, in what is described as a “2022 version” […]
The Jazzdor festival in Berlin – this was its 14th edition – has a reassuringly clear sense of its mission and the ideological context in which it wants to work. Sebastian writes: […]
Welsh-born singer Judith Owen has strong stories to tell in her new album “Come On and Get It”, which will be released in September, and a great team to help her tell […]
Pepper Adams with The Tommy Banks Trio – Live at Room at the Top (Cellar Music Group/Reel to Real Recordings. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) Did the great baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams […]
The W is Bruno Heinen’s group with Heidi Vogel(*), Gene Calderazzo and Andrea Di Biase. “We play all original music by Bruno but with total freedom of our own individual styles,” says […]
“Our peaceful, Grade I registered garden is unlike any other with its romantic design and architecture,” say the owners of Iford Manor, situated near Bradford-on-Avon, within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, […]
