Some bleary-eyed logic coming here, the result of a week rushing to gigs (and avoiding roadworks) in this great city… please indulge me. First fact: some of my very best experiences down the years at the Montreal Jazz Festival have [...]
I find the music of Shakti so captivating that concentrating on photographing the group in concert might be considered the biggest challenge I face. I could almost forget that I have a camera in my hands, and be swept away [...]
As shown in the fascinating recent three-part BBC television series on the Montreux Jazz Festival (‘They All Came Out to Montreux’, still available on iPlayer, where the first episode is essential viewing for its early performance footage), founder/director Claude Nobs [...]
“We Jazz Together” – that was the theme of the JAZZx Festival, held in the beautiful Romanian city of Timisoara. You may agree that it’s as good a slogan as any for such an international event. The programme, performed in [...]
Love Supreme is my favourite jazz festival. This year was my sixth time returning to its grassy arena, and once again I did not come away disappointed. My expectations of the festival are always of warmth, excitement, and musical virtuosity, [...]
This piece is not about the 2023 festival, but rather an album for which I have huge affection, and think of as a masterpiece. In this feature, saxophonist Steve Kaldestad from Vancouver and pianist – and one of the best [...]
