Martin Longley spends three days at Ancienne Belgique, absorbing the positive effects of the festival that bills itself as The Ideal Antidote For Paranoia & Hysteria…
The second edition of this vibrant multi-venue event showcased a new wave of pace-setting talent
Andrey Henkin assesses a large-scale jazz reworking of the revered Italian composer’s music as performed at New York’s Roulette theatre
Martin Longley gazes up at a weekend of clear blue skies, as brand new cable cars glide up to Voss town’s mountain pinnacle…
How often have you bemoaned the scarcity of improvised music at so-called “jazz” festivals? Big Ears in Knoxville, in the Southern US state of Tennessee, may be the antidote – an American city festival that makes no genre-based mission statement, but proudly programmes a solid half of (broadly defined) jazz acts. The rest? A trippy brew of avant-garde/experimental trailblazers, party-starting Latin and African exports, and hipster-approved folk, roots and indie darlings.
The Listen Festival, dedicated to DJs, on both floor filling and mind-bending missions, finished in style by taking over the upper floor of Brussels' Central station to give ravers the chance to travel in their own dimension: Kevin Le Gendre reports
Martin Longley plays musical chairs at the Opus Jazz Club…
There’s a wide range of international talent at this exciting jazz jamboree
Kevin Le Gendre soaks up the sights and sounds of this musically rich symposium and showcase
Martin Longley visits the lesser-known Eastern city that’s just two hours away from Berlin, taking in combos from NYC, Amsterdam and Canarias, as well as the local Polish talents
