Beats & Pieces may call themselves a big band rather than a jazz orchestra, but their music draws on the sounds and textures of ensembles led by Gil Evans, Carla Bley and Maria Schneider rather than the big bands of [...]
We the audience – Tim Garland explained – would be hearing a trio rather than a duo, with the building as the third member of the group. St Martin-in-the-Fields (almost full last night) with its grandeur, its location just 200 [...]
Vocalist Tessa Souter has made her way back over the pond from her home in New York for two nights at The Pheasantry Pizza Express in Chelsea. She’s known for her unique take on a variety of jazz standards – [...]
