Live Reviews

Hasidic New Wave and Yakar Rhythms at Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY

• Friday, February 23, 2018

It's a treat to have the opportunity see a band who rarely play live.

Scott Hamilton makes a big noise at Small's, Brighton

• Monday, January 15, 2018

While it's gratifying in the extreme to see the amount of attention that's starting to coalesce around the current crop of young British jazz players, the bedrock of the music shouldn't be overlooked.

Joe Lovano, Ambrose Akinmusire and China Moses power-up at Pančevo Jazz Fest

• Wednesday, November 29, 2017

is a quiet, post-industrial town separated from Serbia's capital Belgrade by the Danube.

Amy Roberts-Richard Exall Quintet Limber At Imber

• Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Imber Court out in leafy East Molesey was once the Met Police's private playground.

Joshua Redman, Donny McCaslin and Marc Ribot shine at bumper Belgrade Jazz Festival

• Monday, November 20, 2017

This year the Belgrade Jazz Festival chose a programme more aimed at exploration than familiarity and featured many emerging artists plus a smattering of more familiar names to add balance to the line-up.

Kamasi Washington and Donny McCaslin wow at So What’s Next? Festival – Photo Report

• Friday, November 17, 2017

Jazz was just the starting point at an eclectic fifth edition of the So What's Next? jazz and beyond festival that took place in Eindhoven, Netherlands in early November.

Chris Barber Big Band keeps on swinging at Cardogan Hall

• Tuesday, September 19, 2017

At 87 Chris Barber is somewhat stooped and tends to ramble when addressing the audience.

Jace Clayton gets rebellious for his Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner at LSO St Luke’s

• Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Among the more obscure exponents of minimalism and classical avant-garde, the late Julius Eastman was nonetheless a compelling composer and all round agent provocateur whose oeuvre resonates loudly in the 21st century.

Wallen Heralds Hughes At Rich Mix

• Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Those with long memories know that the precedent to this performance reaches far back.

Jan Garbarek and Nils Petter Molvær brighten up a rainy Au Grès du Jazz Festival

• Monday, September 11, 2017

Au Gres du Jazz Festival takes place in the beautiful setting of the tiny village of La Petite Pierre (59km from Strasbourg) in the Northern Vosges National Park region of Alsace.