The 2023 North Sea Jazz (NSJ) Festival managed once again to illuminate, surprise and inspire, even on my 21st visit. Choosing what to see from a whole menu of the best of both established and newer acts, is always a [...]
Scott Stroman has led quite a few major projects recently at Guildhall/ Milton Court. Last year there was a ‘Mingus Epitaph’ and ‘Birth of the Cool’; and this year Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Scorched, written for John Scofield and Peter Erskine, in January, and a [...]
As Howl Quartet launch their second album, Airglow, one of the band’s two saxophonists, Dan Smith, explains how the group is taking its freewheeling music out to the world. They’re called Howl Quartet and say they’re “a garage band at [...]
Branford Marsalis is a man of multiple talents – an award-winning saxophonist par excellence, composer and jazz educator. He is as comfortable performing the music of Debussy and Stravinsky as he is rendering a Duke Ellington composition with stunning similarity [...]
Having brought the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to London for an electrifying night at the Barbican, Wynton Marsalis travelled north to headline Buxton International Festival’s 2nd season of jazz performances. Bringing Marsalis to Buxton Opera House, accompanied by some [...]
Our round-up of Suedtirol 2023 is in three parts. The first weekend was covered by Oliver Weindling. Alison Bentley has covered the remainder. This is the first of her two reports. Mountains surround you in the Italian city of Bolzano/Bozen. [...]
