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Bill Stewart, in the trio with Larry Goldings and Peter Bernstein, will be playing in Dorking (16 April) and London (17 & 18 April). Canadian musician writer T Bruce Wittet explores in depth Bill Stewart’s sound and influences… I have [...]
Eleonora Claps. You beauty! This Italian-born woman, mother and fabulous musical artist absolutely delighted a warm and plentiful audience at Jazz Cafe POSK. On a night of originality, expert musicality and diversity, she lit up the stage, pouring all of her talent and [...]
I found myself first in the queue for this gig at seven o’clock sharp when the doors opened, meaning a near two-hour wait until the music started…. but it was entirely worth it. The word supergroup is often tossed around [...]
When Ben Higham looks ahead to the album launch for The Brass Monkeys’ latest release, Lullabite, at PizzaExpress in Dean Street on 28 April he says, “It’ll be cosy.” With eight musicians playing instruments including tuba and French horn, alongside [...]
The jacket which sax player Nathaniel Facey wore at last week’s album launch for Empirical’s new album Wonder is the Beginning at a packed World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens was a metaphor for the music that followed: colourful, vivid, creative, and dry clean [...]
It’s been almost six years between composer, arranger and pianist Simon Lasky’s second album and his new release, For the Dreamers, which is out today on Ubuntu Music… The six years between these albums have been busy for the London-raised [...]
The colourful abstractions of the Alex Hitchcock Dream Band mesmerised a sold out PizzaExpress on the sole UK date on their Spring tour. English saxophonist, bandleader and Ivor-Novello nominated composer Alex Hitchcock has a growing international reputation. The band had [...]
“Whatever you’re doing, it ain’t working…” Gabriella Di Laccio, founder of the Donne Foundation, spoke at the opening of Late Night Jazz at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, and recalled this comment, made six years ago by a male [...]
Colin Clark, who runs a regular gig at the art and craft gallery Gallery 30 in Petersfield says: “We are proud and excited to announce the first Petersfield Jazz festival, which we hope will become an annual event.” UKJazz News: [...]
“Oh yes, I’ll definitely be performing ‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket,’ says acclaimed Las Vegas singer Amanda King, who is bringing her joyous show ‘Ella The Early Years’ to London for the first time, with two special nights at The Pheasantry in Chelsea [...]
