The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music will take place at various local venues from 22 September to 8 October. Concerts include performances by Ubunye, the Zoe Rahman Band and Japanese […]
Zoe Rahman – Colour of Sound (Manushi Records MANUCD007. CD review by Mike Collins) A brooding piano rumble, then a grooving, funky riff and the band surges in behind Zoe Rahman’s piano. Click play […]
Courtney Pine – Spirituality (Destin-E. 777103579X. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) In what might be considered a sequel to their 2015 release Song (The Ballad Book) – reviewed for us by the […]
Dhafer Youssef with Ballaké Sissoko, Eivind Aarset and Adriano Dos Santos: Digital Africa – plus Zoe Rahman Trio (Barbican Hall, 19 November 2022. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was Dhafer Youssef’s […]
After two online/live hybrid years, the Cambridge Jazz Festival is back in full in-person mode. Preview by Izzy Blankfield: Musical connections are at the centre of this year’s Cambridge Jazz Festival, which […]
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo (Frith Manor Primary School, Woodside Park, Barnet. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) The EFG London Jazz Festival has taken a Barnet […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (October 1-3 2021 – Festival Round-Up by Peter Slavid) A weekend – and more – of top quality music with an attentive listening audience is […]
After last year’s enforced cancellation, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music is back, and for London residents with an adventurous bent, it’s definitely worth the three-hour train journey to see […]
David Burke – Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz(Desert Hearts. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Giant Steps presents short chapters on 25 musicians from the British Caribbean, African and Asian (including West Asia) […]
Peter Bacon reports: It’s called The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, and it’s not only strange but plays loose with reality. As the small print states: “The events in […]
