Will it work? How is it going to work? Who will do it…will they be up to it? Perhaps the easiest thing is to theorize, to wonder in advance about whether a large-scale concert involving a full studio orchestra doing [...]
“This will be the 14th time I have toured the UK with my own band…It’s extremely important for jazz musicians to keep touring,” writes guitarist Nigel Price. His level of pro-activity is, as ever, inspirational. Today he announces a 42-date [...]
The Down for the Count Orchestra and soloists will perform “Songs from The Golden Age of Swing at Cadogan Hall, London, 10 September 2023 (start time 6.30pm). In these cash-strapped times, what better way to cast aside the tribulations of [...]
A scrupulously-sequenced Late Night Prom of music entirely by living composers brought Manchester Collective’s third album NEON to a wide audience in a concert that thoughtfully negotiated tensions between scale and intimacy. Manchester Collective was formed in 2016 by Adam [...]
Kai Hoffman, East Kent’s answer to George Wein, runs a great little jazz festival in Herne Bay which took place over this past weekend. I hopped across from Deal and caught much of Sunday’s music which was taking place at [...]
