Timba Británica gets London’s Jazz Café jumping
- Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Latin-jazz summit hits Camden’s Jazz Café’s stage with a percussion heavy celebration of Timba rhythms and cross-cultural collaboration
Live Reviews
Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia and more light up Wild Fields Fest
- Review
There was a plethora of top UK jazz acts at this intimate Norwich festival
Lisbon’s Jazz em Agosto festival hits its 40th anniversary with Darius Jones, Pat Thomas, Peter Evans and the Fire! Orchestra
- Review
Martin Longley offers part two of his report, covering the second week of this eleven night festival, set in the exotic garden amphitheatre of Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum. Portugal meets NYC…
Bill Frisell, Nubya Garcia and Andreas Røysum Ensemble make for a memorable Moldejazz Festival
- Review
Showcasing established and emerging international names alongside local Nordic heroes makes for memorable Moldejazz Festival
Charles Lloyd, Lizz Wright and Chris Potter uplift Umbria Jazz Festival 2024
- Review
There was another star studded line-up at Perugia’s enchanting and spectacular jazz festival
Lisbon’s Jazz em Agosto marks 40th anniversary with James Brandon Lewis, Ava Mendoza, Lucas Niggli and Gabby Fluke-Mogul
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Martin Longley gorged on the entire eleven nights of Jazz em Agosto, set in the exotic garden amphitheatre of Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum…
Billy Cobham and EST30 among the highlights at Ystad Jazz Festival 2024
- Review
Ystad loves its jazz festival as much as the fictional TV police drama ‘Wallander’, which was set here. The festival is completely run by an army of local volunteers who do everything they can to make the festival a fun and friendly place where you...
Henri Herbert, Ieva Dūdaitė and Richard Galliano among the highlights at Vilnius‘s Kristupo Festivalis
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In Lithuania´s capital the cross-genre Kristupo Festivalis (Christopher Summer Festival) celebrated its 30th birthday with some memorable concerts
Sun Mi Hong, Fergus McCreadie and Elio Villafranca shine at Sligo Jazz Project 2024
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The long-running jazz summer school and performance project packed in another top notch line-up for this year’s event in Sligo
Live Review: Moers Festival
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The four-dayer Moers Festival hits its 53rd edition, not far from Cologne, resonating with the wayward sonics of Zeena Parkins, Conny Bauer and Arto Lindsay. Martin Longley strode around its oval site, from darkened indoor hangar to outdoor hippy...