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Named after a magic number with both mathematical and mystical significance, 137 is what used to be called a supergroup playing a very contemporary and experimental update on what used to be called jazz-rock. Adrian Utley of Portishead plays guitar; [...]
“230 Musicians 50 Bands 1 Stroller Ticket….“ (Festival poster). “A well-balanced, diverse programme of quality music.” (Festival Director Paul Kelly.) Swanage Jazz Festival will take place from 12 to 14 July 2024. All sorts of jazz events or festive gatherings [...]
It just took a swaying bass line that immediately made bodies move in sympathy, pattering brushes on the snare leaning on the offbeat, a rising and falling pentatonic pattern with trumpet and trombone blending with a signature harmony, and the [...]
It was a minute or two before the instantly recognisable sound of Andy Sheppard’s tenor drifted across the stage at the start of the gig on the last day of the Bristol Jazz Festival. There was an almost audible collective [...]
The Swanage Jazz Festival programme has just been announced, and tickets are now on sale. FULL PROGRAMME LISTINGS (*) Friday 12 July – From 4pm The Wonder of Stevie with Derek Nash and Noel McCallaIan Shaw and Tony Kofi – [...]
“One of the most unique adventures that I’ve made in the jazz world,” says Gwilym Simcock of his new trio. The Wiltshire Music Centre describes this concert – the same line-up is also appearing at Kings Place – as follows: [...]
St George’s Bristol is a 200 year-old Church but a posh new addition gives us the Glass Room, an excellent smaller space to enjoy this rip-roaring five-piece band up close. It was a stirring homecoming gig for Out Front’s instigator, [...]
Coming up to six o’clock on Friday evening, there’s a pleasant sea breeze offsetting hot sunshine outside the main marquee, Alan Barnes’ alto is tearing into Art Pepper’s Straight Life to close his festival opening set, and all’s right with [...]
Ten years after its first edition, the revival of something like a full programme for Bristol’s jazz festival this year feels like a small miracle. In the last five years the organisers have contended with being almost snowed off (2018), [...]
A programme showcasing the breadth of the British jazz scene in a beautiful location awaits audiences at Swanage Jazz Festival on the weekend of 7 to 9 July. Situated on Dorset’s stunning Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the [...]
