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Ambrose Akinmusire QuartetSamora Pinderhughes/ EOS Kammerorchester I am spending a couple of days in Cologne, and this is going to be the first of three concert reviews from Cologne Jazz Week. CJW is a major festival, with a lot going [...]
Russian-born tenor sax maestro and flautist Art Baden delivers a stirring debut, evoking legends of his instrument such as Wayne Shorter, while finding a distinct voice and improvisational style. On How Much Of It Is Real? Baden is flanked by [...]
Nigel Price announced the launch of his latest recording, Live ’23, with the Organ Trio in a performance at Alfie’s in Soho. It represents the culmination of a 43 date tour in 2023 that covered the length and breadth of [...]
What do flash mobs on public transport, synthetic ensembles of musical machinery and an impromptu concert on a rowing boat all have in common? Well, they were all regular sights during last week’s Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Austria. For several decades, [...]
Led by Czech-born guitarist Honza Kourimsky, Mahuki is a funky, versatile ensemble whose debut CD recalls everything from Ezra Collective to Balkan and Eastern European folk music. Gratitude is a fusion record that deftly hops between musical influences, from synchronised [...]
Pat Thomas is becoming one of the prominent musicians in the UK, playing the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik in Ahmed, with Orphy Robinson in Black Top, and with Rachel Musson and Mark Sanders in Shifa amongst other groups. He recently had a [...]
I must confess that I came to this album with a good deal of positive bias. Chick Corea’s output in the early-to-mid 1970s was a formative part of my musical education and those classic LP records, the Light as a [...]
Herbie Hancock once opined that the spirit of jazz was the spirit of openness. The Herne Bay Jazz Festival organisers, including its musical director, vocalist Kai Hoffman, have tapped into that feeling perfectly. It’s a non-profit festival and most of [...]
Météo Mulhouse Festival (Six venues in Mulhouse, Alsace. 21-24 August 2024. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The Météo Mulhouse Festival, known as Jazz à Mulhouse from 1983, and under its current name since 2009, has always been known for its adventurous programming. In the [...]
Franz Hackl, the trumpeter whose brainchild Outreach Festival is, splits his time between New York and Schwaz, his hometown, a few miles down-river from Innsbruck. The festival, now in its 32nd edition, is the highlight of the Outreach Academy, a [...]
