Peter Bernstein commented “There’s an old joke in show business. You play a venue twice – once on the way up and once on the way down”. Fortunately for us, he had miscalculated and this was actually the third time [...]
Nigel Price announced the launch of his latest recording, Live ’23, with the Organ Trio in a performance at Alfie’s in Soho. It represents the culmination of a 43 date tour in 2023 that covered the length and breadth of [...]
Kyle Eastwood is a regular visitor to the U.K., usually appearing at Ronnie Scott’s on an “annual residency”. Eastwood plays down his connection to his famous actor and director father, which made the concept of Eastwood Plays Eastwood intriguing. As [...]
In Germany, guitarist Philipp Schiepek (b.1994) is widely considered one of the finest musicians of his generation, with a training in both jazz and classical guitar. His many awards including BMW Young Jazz Artist in 2020. There is a gorgeous, [...]
Peter Bernstein’s association with Dutch guitarist Jesse van Ruller stretches back to the time shortly after van Ruller won the Thelonious Monk jazz competition in 1995. In 2018, they appeared onstage together in a Jim Hall tribute tour in Italy. [...]
The Fergus McCreadie Trio appeared as part of the Scotland Unwrapped series at Kings Place, London, adding a second show after the first quickly sold out. The series is in its 16th edition and runs throughout 2024. The band returned [...]
Kurt Elling introduced the show with “Thank you for coming out to hear some disgruntled jazz musicians mid week”. As it turned out, disgruntled couldn’t have been further from the truth. The band hit the ground running with a couple [...]
This concert, the first of a forty-three date British tour being undertaken by Nigel Price, took place inside a lovely Edwin Lutyens-designed church. It was probably the hottest night of the year, but the trio still managed to raise the [...]
Guitarist Carl Orr’s gig at the 606 on 22 August marking his farewell to the UK, had attracted a full house 606 club. The band – with Laurence Cottle (bass), Tomasz Bura (piano and keys), and Francesco Mendolia (drums ) [...]
