Brigitte Beraha’s Lucid Dreamers took the audience of Green Note to a vivid world of imagination with a myriad of evocative musical shapes and colours. It was a dreamland that lives up to their name. Beraha’s compositions are heavily charged [...]
The Vortex was the place to be on the cold Thursday evening of EFG London Jazz Festival. Anticipation was high for the Laura Jurd Trio as regulars and newcomers alike packed themselves in, clambering over one another, filling every seat [...]
Rosie Frater-Taylor’s London Jazz Festival show brought a rock-star edge into the pristine, new-feeling venue, World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. The show marked the end in a long series of dates following the release of her most recent album ‘Featherweight’ [...]
Greg Spero is a pianist, composer, producer and educator from Los Angeles. He will be returning to Ronnie Scott’s, this time joined by the London version of his jazz fusion group Spirit Fingers featuring Lox (drums), Ben Glasser (guitar), and [...]
The spotlight shone on Nai Palm as Eventim Apollo welcomed Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote back to London, in the wake of their fourth studio album “Love Heart Cheat Code” (Brainfeeder/ Ninja Tune) released in June. If, like me, you’ve listened [...]
Tom Step reports from Jazz in the Park. 30 August- 1 September 2024, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Artists: DAOUD, Qinta Spartă and Norzeatic, Oreglo, Jazzbois, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Isfar Sarabski, Cymande, Orchestra Baobab, Tigran Hamasyan Trio, Avishai Cohen Trio, Roni Kaspi [...]
Tutu Puoane, Ewout Pierreux, Brice Soniano, James Williams Tutu Puoane’s UK debut as leader at Ronnie Scott’s was a masterclass in improvisation, and also in how to relate to an audience. It was a rainy Thursday afternoon outside, but the [...]
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 [...]
Swedish singer Rebecka Edlund sat in the glow of countless fairy lights, flanked by Lancashire cellist Phoebe Harty and Yorkshire violist Cori Smith on either side. The three of them seemed to read one another’s minds, as they spun trance-like [...]
