Shirley Smart Trio (St. Mary’s Church, Perivale. 19 January 2022. Live Review by Peter Slavid) There are very few modern jazz venues in West London, so it was refreshing to find some […]
Shirley Smart Trio at St. Mary’s Church, Perivale
Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (EFG LJF 2021)
Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (Barbican. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Izzy Blankfield) Nikki Yeoh opened one of the most anticipated nights of the 2021 London […]
Fizzle at Centrala, Digbeth Birmingham (23 May, 20 June & 18 July, 2pm)
Alto saxophonist Lee Griffiths, originally from Northamptonshire, studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and is one of the organisers behind the Fizzle series of improvised and experimental music. He and Olivia Murphy will be […]
Giles Thornton “All At Sea” (new, second album, Bandcamp, 24 October)
Giles Thornton’s first album, Be In Today, was issued in mid-2018, just as he was graduating from Guildhall School. It was a complex enterprise, involving 25 musicians and featuring his compositions for […]
In lockdown with… cellist Shirley Smart
In the first of a new series, we catch up with cellist Shirley Smart to find out what she’s been up to during lockdown and take a stroll down musical memory lane. […]
Where We Once Belonged – Georgia Mancio’s 2019 Hang at Pizza Express
Where We Once Belonged at Georgia Mancio’s Hang (Pizza Express Dean Street. 9 October 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The opening night of Georgia Mancio’s three-evening Hang series took on a very bold […]
Georgia Mancio’s 3rd Hang (9-11 October 2019)
Peter Bacon reports: Vocalist Georgia Mancio has announced her third Hang, the mini-festival she organises, and in which she collaborates with various musicians in different aggregates. The 2019 edition will be held […]
