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A friend of a friend, who has very little English, perfectly summed up this headline performance in the Cambridge Jazz festival thus : “He is a wizard”. With the Amika String quartet to his right and the three other members [...]
I had to check the date online because I was lucky enough to see Sun Ra and the Arkestra in person, at the Brecon Jazz Festival, in 1990, three years before the leader’s death. It was great too, and every [...]
Bringing together the colossal talents of pianist Brad Mehldau, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner and guitarist Peter Bernstein with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart – MTB is the reconvening of a group of jazz greats from the Criss Cross [...]
After successfully pivoting away from the saxophone and launching a new phase of his career with a bag of full of flutes and an exploratory and spiritual new sound, Shabaka is back with another albeit shorter helping of meditative tracks. [...]
The current, first season of jazz at the Drawing Room After Dark in Brown’s Hotel is slipping away fast. The last night of Week 12 is on Thursday 19 December, featuring Art Themen. That means there are just six more [...]
The opening track of Tullis Rennie‘s Safe Operating Space, Sometime Too Hot, opens with a striking sound, the source of which it is difficult to pin down; it is a dramatic opening that gives us an excellent idea of what [...]
Blue Note has announced that Branford Marsalis is joining the label. The first release, Belonging, will feature his regular quartet with Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, and Justin Faulkner. Blue Note also point out that Marsalis’s last appearance on the label [...]
The Jazzdor festival itself has become a major “brand” for some of the exciting, and indeed European, jazz. It has built from the foundation of its annual festival in Strasbourg, which started in 1986, also to include an annual festival [...]
Love Supreme Festival has just announced some of the names for the next festival. More releases to follow: Smokey Robinson (first UK show in 15 years) Maxwell (Sunday headliner, UK exclusive) Branford Marsalis Stanley Clarke Lakecia Benjamin Sampa The Great [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with singer April May Webb, winner of the 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The so-called SASSY Awards took place on 24 November, and Webb won out against Syndee Winters [...]
It has been six months since I saw Shabaka at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis. That was just a month after the release of his first solo album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, which turned out to be completely different from anything [...]
Multi-instrumentalist Eki Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, and soul music to create a sonic landscape all her own. Born in London to Jamaican parents, Eki was raised in a musical family. She emigrated to [...]
The album cover for Unfolding is a black-and-white photo of a cup of coffee on shade-dappled planks. It’s a good visual analogue for these musical conversations between Louis Sclavis (Bb and bass clarinets) and Benjamin Moussay (piano): intimate, relaxed, tenebrous [...]
The Horsebridge Arts Centre is rapidly establishing itself as an exciting jazz venue in North Kent, bringing top artists to its fine performance space to further enhance its vibrant arts programme. Its monthly ‘Jazz at the Horsebridge’ series, in collaboration [...]
Winners of the 12th Scottish Jazz Awards were announced last night 28 November at a ceremony at The Savings Bank venue in Glasgow: The Winners are: Rising Star Award, sponsored by Musicians’ Union – Laura Oghagbon Best Instrumentalist Award, sponsored [...]
Paddy Milner is widely recognised as one of the leading blues piano players in the world today. In addition to his solo work as a songwriter and singer, he is currently keyboard player of choice for Sir Tom Jones, having previously worked [...]
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