Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time (Self-released (*). HHCD1. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) “When it’s done properly, it does sound simple; sounds like anybody can do it,” the great American pianist […]
Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time
Yur Yesli Quartet at Kansas Smitty’s
Yur Yesli Quartet (Kansas Smitty’s Bar. 1 August 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What would George Benson have done? If he had played the same series of victorious, emphatic chords that 23-year […]
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo (Royal Albert Hall. Review by Sebastian Scotney/Pictures by Mark Allan) To bop or not to bop. That is the question. For the people down there in the Royal […]
Scottish harpist Karen Marshalsay (new CD The Road to Kennacraig)
Scottish harper Karen Marshalsay releases The Road to Kennacraig, an album of traditional Scottish music and her own tunes written in traditional forms, on Monday 15 July. This might seem an odd […]
Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster
Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (Capri Records 74156-2. 2 CDs or LPs. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What a remarkable album. There has been a danger that in the process of researching it […]
Canadian musicians round-up (2019 MIJF)
Canadian Musicians at 2019 MIJF (Various venues in Montreal 1-5 July 2019. Report by Sebastian Scotney I cannot possibly let one sublime act of generosity on Friday night from Montreal drummer Jim […]
Kendrick Scott Oracle at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill (2019 MIJF)
Kendrick Scott Oracle (Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill. 4 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is such a lot of reflecting and reminiscing going on here at […]
Christine Jensen New York Quartet at Gesu Cultural Centre (2019 MIJF)
Christine Jensen New York Quartet with Helen Sung, Allison Miller and Noriko Ueda (Gesu Cultural Centre. 3 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “The Festival gave me carte […]
Joshua Redman Quartet at Théâtre Maisonneuve (2019 MIJF)
Joshua Redman Quartet (Théâtre Maisonneuve, 2 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Awards ceremonies; there are such an awful lot of them, but they do have their uses. […]
Roberto Fonseca and Joe Claussel at Gesu Cultural Centre (2019 MIJF)
Roberto Fonseca and Joe Claussel (Gesu Cultural Centre. 1 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “What you are hearing is natural. It is real,” said Roberto Fonseca at […]
