Alto Sax Reigns Supreme At Belgrade Jazz Fest
- Friday, November 20, 2015
The theme at this year’s Belgrade Jazz Festival was ‘The Future Of Jazz’.
Live Reviews
Hiatus Kaiyote bring cutting edge future-soul to The Concorde
- Friday, November 20, 2015
There’s a crush of boho twentysomethings up against Brighton’s Concorde stage, working themselves up into a state of such anticipation that the appearance of a sober-looking tour manager bearing towels and water is greeted with a ragged cheer.
Steve Smith grooves hard with Vital Information NYC at Ronnie Scott’s
- Tuesday, November 17, 2015
It was the early 1990s when this writer first discovered drummer Steve Smith.
Knoel Scott takes on tradition at the 100 Club
- Thursday, November 12, 2015
If walls could talk then the 100 Club, squeezed between Oxford street’s identikit chain stores, would tell a story worth putting on film.
Hypnotised by Hindi Zahra at London's Elgar Room
- Thursday, November 12, 2015
Given the limitless ocean of music in which the world is currently swimming, or rather drowning, it makes sense for any artist who doesn't want to sink into anonymity to keep afloat with regular new product.
Turning up the heat at the Tampere Jazz Happening
- Thursday, November 12, 2015
Festival directors often have to unhitch hitches right in the middle of their event.
Elephant9 turn up the voltage at Electric Brixton
- Friday, November 6, 2015
While Elephant9’s recent studio sets might’ve inaugurated amassing embroideries of moods and motions, last night the troupe opted to snub the subtleties for keen fusion assaults.
Marcos Valle Makes Do At The Brooklyn Bowl
- Thursday, November 5, 2015
When taking an evening to see a true legend of the 1960s and 70s, it can be quite a buzz-kill to enter the hyper-modernised complex of The O2, even on an atmospheric fog-ridden November evening.
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express Reunite With Jim Mullen At The Jazz Cafe
- Thursday, November 5, 2015
It had been forty years since the legendary Jim Mullen last provided his unique stylings on the guitar for Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express.
Sheryl Bailey gets playful and virtuosic at the Bull’s Head
- Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Sheryl Bailey, one of New York’s foremost guitarists and now a frequent visitor on the UK’s jazz circuit, finished her most recent tour here in London last Saturday at the Bull’s Head, Barnes.