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Lovers of vintage 1980s American and Brit Funk and funk jazz will be in for a special treat on 22 June when the Saturday Love All-Dayer comes to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green. From 1pm to 9pm, patrons will be [...]
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. [...]
In Greek mythology, Proteus, son of Poseidon and Phoenice, was a shapeshifter with the power to transform matter and change form; Grammy winning (and five times nominated) jazz trumpeter and composer Chris Botti is perhaps one of the most versatile [...]
Speakers Corner Quartet, a pivotal group on the South London music scene, with the Guildhall Session Orchestra and special guests – names will be announced closer to the date of the show – will be performing at the Royal Festival [...]
The popular jazz series Out To Lunch, returns this summer for its 14th year. Initially OTL had a mixed programme that included jazz, but by 2012 jazz took over as the sole genre, reflecting what the audiences requested. Kicking off this June [...]
A sell-out crowd at Café OTO on Friday night witnessed what to my mind is one of the finest and most moving concerts I’ve seen in many a year. Nat Birchall is a saxophonist and composer much better known in [...]
On a sunny evening, Wednesday 8 May, Immy Churchill, Louise Balkwill and Becky Alice performed a gig at Oliver’s to celebrate the music of Anita Wardell, and to raise money to help with her recovery. Link to GoFundMe below. Becky [...]
Pianist Geoff Castle (1949-2020), a member of Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Paz and Carmina was a “a pivotal and seemingly ubiquitous player on the British jazz scene” (Roger Farbey). His output ranged from contemporary Jazz & Latin to Folk and Caribbean. [...]
I remember seeing a documentary called ‘The Django Legacy’ on the telly back in ‘91. I recorded it on VHS and watched it over and over again. In those ‘pre-internet’ days you found inspiration wherever you could, and this short [...]
“We play it because it’s great music,” says bandleader Pete Long, who will be directing the latest of the Jazz Repertory Company’s recreations of defining moments in jazz. ‘Benny Goodman/Glenn Miller at Carnegie Hall 1939: The Battle of the Big [...]
