Stormzy said a few years ago that Jacob Collier should “for ever remain genre-less”. On the evidence of this dazzling evening of music there seems no danger of the now 30-year-old multi-instrumentalist/vocalist disappearing down any niche rabbit hole. Hugely energised [...]
What a wonderful opportunity for the Royal Academy of Music jazz students this was: a few days’ work culminating in this one-off concert with the double bass and composer legend that is Dave Holland. Now, unbelievably, 78, the evergreen maestro’s [...]
Steel-pannist, composer and keyboardist Mark Cherrie is steeped in the Trinidad-jazz tradition through family ties (dad Ralph was one of the leading early lights of the Notting Hill Carnival) and work for many years with much-missed pianist/pan master Russ [...]
The Royal Scammers’ January residency at Ronnie’s has become an annual fixture and hopefully will be for years to come on this showing. Jeremy and twin brother Paul Stacey’s 14-piece sets out to honour the singular talents of Donald Fagen [...]
Promoting their new album on ECM, A Time to Remember, and on the verge of a tour in the Far East, this quartet received an ecstatic reception at this smart basement venue in King Street. Swiss/Albanian Elina Duni is a vocalist [...]
Glaswegian drummer Corrie Dick’s musical imagination and desire to create music that speaks to the heart was abundantly clear on this Jazz Hastings tour date for his Sun Swells band. Fronted by the entrancing vocals of Swede Rebecka Edlund, deploying [...]
