The Kansas Smitty’s collective morphs into yet another bewitching persona as saxophonist and leader Giacomo Smith produces a startling collection based on re-imagined 1920s music for German experimental label 7K!. The results are accessible, skilful and totally connected with the [...]
Known for several decades as an adventurous sideman in the equally daring ensembles of saxophonists James Carter, Tim Berne, and Chris Potter, multi-keyboardist Craig Taborn has come into his own as a significant solo piano improviser. Shadow Plays is Taborn’s [...]
On Sing a Song of Bird, four jazz vocal titans pay their respects to Charlie Parker. Singer Roseanna Vitro leads the session, joined by legends Sheila Jordan (still swinging like the clappers in her 90s), Bob Dorough (this album was [...]
The 44th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections comes from a classic night at the 100 Club. This recording, a near lifelong favourite, preserves a pretty spectacular night’s playing by all concerned. I heard it at first hand, though the much-cherished [...]
The Jazz Repertory Company’s latest show, Bossa Nova with Strings, will be premiered at London’s Cadogan Hall on Sunday 21 November. It promises to be a night of glittering variety. As well as songs from the repertoire of Frank Sinatra [...]
Guy Barker is returning to the Royal Albert Hall this December for the sixth year of his Big Band Christmas, and it’s back to full capacity. UKJazz News: After the first Big Band Christmas concert in 2016 (picture above) Sebastian [...]
The launch of saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock’s new album Dream Band (Fresh Sound) is at Ronnie Scott’s on 4 November. The album will be released on the Barcelona label Fresh Sound on 19 November. It is the fourth album [...]
