From playing keys with the all-conquering afrobeat inflected London party band that is Ezra Collective, to being a regular collaborator of Nubya Garcia and others, Joe Armon-Jones has become an inescapable presence in UK jazz and for good reason too. [...]
Award-winning London-based guitarist Billy Marrows releases The Penelope Album Live via Discus Music on 28 March. He will set out on a spring tour to mark the occasion, celebrate his work and debut new compositions. Marrows, who has become a [...]
One of the most in demand jazz guitarists on the UK scene today, Nick Costley-White is gearing up to release his third album Poncha (Ubuntu Music), which will be celebrated with a not-to-be-missed live show at the intimate World Heart [...]
With What Happened There, legends of Japanese avant-garde music Keiji Haino and Natsuki Tamura come together for a wild set of jagged and intriguing improvised music that is a thrilling journey into the minds and approaches of two left-field virtuosos. [...]
Nordsnø Ensemble are an intriguing proposition. An award-winning Octet based in Germany – they fuse contemporary jazz with the influence of Scandinavian folkloric tradition. On this, their third full-length album, they team up with British pianist and organist Kit Downes, [...]
With their vibrant and versatile take on piano driven contemporary jazz, the Ilario Ferrari Trio has been wowing audiences and critics alike with the lively compositions taken from their latest album Above The Clouds – released by Elsden Music. On [...]
Latvian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Reinis Jaunais is a restless wanderer who has taken his dextrous acoustic guitar-playing all over Europe, across Asia and to Australia and beyond. He’s a musical magpie, who takes in a myriad of influences from his [...]
Bringing together the colossal talents of pianist Brad Mehldau, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner and guitarist Peter Bernstein with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart – MTB is the reconvening of a group of jazz greats from the Criss Cross [...]
After successfully pivoting away from the saxophone and launching a new phase of his career with a bag of full of flutes and an exploratory and spiritual new sound, Shabaka is back with another albeit shorter helping of meditative tracks. [...]
With the backdrop of the beautiful Hackney Church, Grammy award winning London jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats storm through a triumphant set. Expanded to a full band line-up, they’re on top form and seem genuinely humbled by the large and [...]
