Mark Guiliana – the sound of listening (Edition Records – EDN1210 Review by Graham Spry) One small benefit of the unscheduled leisure time brought about by the lockdown was the opportunity musicians […]
Mark Guiliana – ‘the sound of listening’
Ben Wendel at Ronnie Scott’s
Ben Wendel (Ronnie Scott’s. 2 November 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans) It would be very difficult to better saxophonist Ben Wendel‘s first set at Ronnie Scott’s on Tuesday night, belatedly marking […]
Shai Maestro – ‘Human’
Shai Maestro – Human (ECM 0890670. CD Review by Jon Turney) This is a dazzler, full of lyric beauties. For his second release on ECM Israeli pianist Shai Maestro expands his normal […]
Avishai Cohen Trio at the Blue Note
Avishai Cohen Trio (Blue Note, New York, 3 August 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) It’s standing room only on a Saturday night at the Blue Note, and the rumour from the barman […]
Jazz Leeds Festival 2019
Jazz Leeds Festival 2019 (Various venues, 18-21 July 2019. Photographs and report by William Ellis) I’ve just spent the weekend at the Jazz Leeds Festival – now in its 3rd year with […]
Jazz Leeds Festival (18-21 July)
It started as a pop-up two years ago; now it’s grown to a four-day affair. Jazz Leeds Festival founder Steve Crocker shares details of the 2019 festival: “After its successful debut in […]
