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“Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan Hall with an iconic show on 12 October. Lovers of [...]
At Pizza Express in Dean Street on 27 November, the audience will experience “a very special one-off appearance by the Pete Allen Jazz Band… whole-hearted ensemble playing, and confident, out-going solo work, a driving rhythm section, some sparky vocals, and [...]
Shabaka, who will be at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 November, is “an emblematic artist for the age.” Much of the well-deserved attention for ‘Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace’, the debut solo album by Shabaka – the artist [...]
On Thursday 10 October, French guitarist / singer / band leader Benoit Viellefon is launching his new album Out of Dates at The Brunswick, Hove with a concert by his Hot Club. Benoit Viellefon, originally from Northern France, has led [...]
‘So nice to see a busy room,’ said pianist and composer Claire Cope after her eleven-piece ensemble had played their first piece, the eponymous ‘Every Journey (Has a New Beginning)’ from her second album Every Journey, due for release in [...]
Halfway through this excellent show at The Lighthouse, drummer and composer Tristan Banks takes time out to regale the audience with a tale about the baião Brazilian beat he’d just played on “Cidade Alta”, one of many standout tracks on [...]
London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra(The Vortex, 17 September 2024. Review by Tom Hardy) Tuesday 17 September presented an exciting new venture by one of London’s most recently formed big bands, Finn Genockey’s London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra. The band unites the talents [...]
Sebastian writes: The Season Press Launch today at the Southbank Centre contained an announcement that the Montreux Jazz Festival will be embarking on its first partnership in the UK. The first manifestation of this initiative will be an exploration of [...]
The only item lacking was a sign warning the capacity audience to fasten seat belts. Because, when Guy Barker introduced his new musical extravaganza, explaining that his magnum opus (dialogue by his chum, writer Rob Ryan) had been inspired by [...]
“‘The song’ is still at the heart of everything I do, and one of the greatest joys of my life is when I am required to arrange new repertoire – to frame songs in such a way that the listener [...]
