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Wild Card beat the heat at Ronnie’s Bar

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

It was fitting, perhaps, that Clement Regert's (above) groove jazz outfit Wild Card should have arrived at Ronnie's upstairs bar on one of the hottest nights of the year.

SEN3 Square Circle At The Oval

Monday, May 22, 2017

The Oval Tavern in Croydon might not be the first place you'd look for new jazz talent, but that's where emerging trio SEN3 were playing their latest gig.

Simon Spillett Quartet swing hard in homage to Harry South

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Harry South has been an overlooked figure in British jazz, yet this pianist, composer and arranger not only played with some of the major musicians of his time – including Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey and Joe Harriott – but was held in such high esteem generally that when Georgie Fame decided to record his 1965/6 album Sound Venture, Harry was the arranger and big band leader that the young vocalist wanted.

Shobaleader One take drum’n’bass to the dark side

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Four figures take to the stage of The Concorde in Brighton, masked and robed like Kendo warriors – the leader slings a mighty matt-black bass over his shoulder and the band smash unhesitatingly into the mutated cop-chase funk of 'Cooper's World'.

Frank Williams' African Jazz Quartet bring South African sunshine to Oxford's St Aldates

Monday, March 20, 2017

After Frank Williams left South Africa in 1978 he made his name in the UK in the 1980s playing with fellow South African jazz exiles in Chris McGregor's legendary Brotherhood of Breath and, later, Dudu Pukwana's Zila.

Burning Bright: The Westbrooks Take On Blake At Kings Place

Monday, March 20, 2017

The music of Kate and Mike Westbrook defies categorisation.

Baker's Boys Spit Out The Bone At Leam Jazz

Thursday, March 16, 2017

There's a feeling that, in the past, British trombonists have tended to be overlooked or sidelined.

Verity Lane journeys the Japanese sublime in North London

Monday, February 27, 2017

This multi-media production has a breadth of ambition that is matched by a depth of virtuosity.

Damon Brown International Quartet With Ed Jones Deliver Hard Bop Judgements At The Verdict

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

It's a complex web of internationalism that binds this band together; an Englishman, a Scot, an American and a German, all resident across the far east from Singapore to Seoul, joined by a saxophonist from London, and playing here tonight in the warm refuge of The Verdict.