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St. Andrew’s Church, Grinton. 2 June 2024. Swaledale Festival.Framed by a grand archway lit in blue and purple, it took only a few notes from guitarist Martin Taylor, playing solo, to have the crowd under his spell. Opening with Neal [...]
b-flat acoustic music + jazz club, Berlin-Mitte. 4 June 2024. Part of Jazzwoche Berlin. It’s only June and there’s still plenty to play for, but this one is already in the running for my gig of the year. Last night [...]
Michel Godard trio with Florian Weber and Anne Paceo (*) Did I hear a slight flicker of emotion, even of nostalgia in Philippe Ochem‘s voice as he announced the opening of the sixteenth Jazzdor Berlin-Strasbourg Festival last night? If there [...]
Tutu Puoane, Ewout Pierreux, Brice Soniano, James Williams Tutu Puoane’s UK debut as leader at Ronnie Scott’s was a masterclass in improvisation, and also in how to relate to an audience. It was a rainy Thursday afternoon outside, but the [...]
It is nearly five years since LA based pianist Greg Spero last performed in London with his supergroup Spirit Fingers featuring Dario Chiazzolino (guitar), Max Gerl (bass) and Mike Mitchell aka Blaque Dynamite (drums). Spero is now one of the [...]
This nine-piece jazz-fusion collective are midway through a tour marking their fourth album, ‘Find Your Flame’, which has gone down a storm since its release at the beginning of the month. Having seen the group deliver a memorably energetic set [...]
Tim Garland‘s Lighthouse Trio’s 20th anniversary tour began with the London album launch in Kings Place Hall One last night. The tour continues with summer and autumn dates through to November. Put simply, go. John Fordham, in the brilliant feature [...]
Summer sunshine was streaming into Stapleford Granary: as a ‘full house’, well fed by the caterers, poured into this arts centre near Cambridge. We had come to hear the singer Jacqui Dankworth, accompanied by pianist, arranger (and husband) Charlie Wood. [...]
‘We’re going to be playing some tunes from our new album as well as some tunes from our earlier albums’. Having opened proceedings with this statement, Fergus McCreadie followed up by telling the sell-out audience that he couldn’t say which [...]
St Ann’s church is an established festival venue for Manchester Jazz Festival and the concert by Trish Clowes and Ross Stanley continued this tradition as the only concert taking place there in the 29th festival. The great acoustic of the [...]
