Maisha Re-Shape Retro Tropes At Brighton's Patterns
- Thursday, May 23, 2019
It’s a Tuesday night in Brighton and an expectant crowd have assembled in Patterns nightclub to see Maisha embark on the first date of their belated album tour.
Live Reviews
Sco's Combo Show At Cadogan Hall
- Monday, May 20, 2019
This was a wonderful set from the former Miles Davis and Billy Cobham guitarist, John Scofield, with a nod to all spheres of his musical development from angular bebop to Louisiana swamp shuffle and avant-blues.
Alfa Mist Lifts Concorde From The Fog With Post-Modern Vision
- Thursday, May 16, 2019
Tonight’s proceedings are initiated by Laura Misch, who has imprudently got chilled to the bone while watching the sunset out on the beach.
Glancing backwards, moving forwards: John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension @ Barbican Centre
- Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Now aged 77, John McLaughlin has a lifetime of intriguing work to revisit.
Rileys Revel In The Art Of Rippling Repetition
- Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Terry Riley is one of those few and far between composers whose oeuvre straddles Western minimalism (of which he is a founding father), Indian classical and jazz.
Metamorphic Rock Reflective Modes At Newcastle's Black Swan
- Thursday, March 28, 2019
“I am the person I know best.
Thomas Dixon Quartet and Not Now Charlie show zeal and promise at Newcastle's Bridge Hotel
- Thursday, March 28, 2019
One night, two exciting young bands, at the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle.
Kirk Knuffke Trio go deep at New York’s Zinc Bar
- Thursday, March 14, 2019
Deep in Manhattan's West Village, where the New York jazz cats hang, lie venues such as Blue Note, Smalls, the Village Vanguard, and Zinc Bar.
Black Art Jazz Collective bring the heat to Dizzy’s in sub-zero NYC
- Tuesday, March 12, 2019
“You just came here to keep warm, right?” quipped tenorist Wayne Escoffery well into the second set at NYC’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, on a blustery winter night in late February.
Steely Dan wow Wembley with songbook wizardry
- Tuesday, March 5, 2019
There are few gig-goers who would describe the SSE Arena as their favourite venue but despite the lengthy queues, security checks by brusque staff and questionable acoustics, Donald Fagen’s legendary outfit – many of whom have been doing Steely Dan gigs for more than 10 years – quickly had the ageing über-shed rocking.