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Now in its third year, the Buxton Jazz Weekend is already becoming established as a distinctive event. Last year it had Wynton Marsalis as headliner. This year’s first programme announcement highlights an eclectic choice from Festival Director Neil Hughes. A [...]
Jazz doesn’t always announce itself upfront, but you know who this band are in a split second. The first thing that hits me is Joe Morello’s bass drum. It isn’t dropped like the “bombs” of Max Roach or Kenny Clarke, [...]
This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Angelica Sanchez, a leading pianist, composer, and educator who has worked with everyone from Paul Motian to Richard Davis to Nicole Mitchell. Her new [...]
I loved this gig. An appearance in London by Baltimore-born bassist (and wit, raconteur, poet, songwriter) Jay Leonhart really is that most incredibly rare of things. I have heard him only once before, in the mid 1990’s at Scullers in [...]
American drummer, composer and educator Billy Drummond made his London debut as a leader at PizzaExpress Soho last night as part of the 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival. A veteran of the New York scene mentored by the likes of [...]
Mothers In Jazz this week features an enchanting singer with a natural sense of swing. Australian vocalist Jennifer Salisbury has made a name for herself with her breezy but contemporary renditions of American Songbook classics. She channels the great voices [...]
