Mathisen and Espen Berg Trio triumph at Trondheim
- Monday, July 11, 2016
There are empty rows in the riverside Dokkhuset during native sax king Marius Neset’s exhilarating finale.
Live Reviews
Swiss Big Easy comes alive at Ascona Fest
- Thursday, July 7, 2016
Revisiting old haunts can be a let-down.
Transatlantic triumphs light up Ljublijana fest
- Tuesday, July 5, 2016
If the much maligned technocrats of the Brexit-bashed EU wanted to have a coherent Union in Europe then this adventurously programmed festival would be music to their ears, jazz being the universal language rather than the common market.
Ernest Ranglin and friends celebrate outstanding musical career at the Barbican
- Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Generations of musicians and music lovers from across the globe filled the hall at the Barbican to witness this concert, convened in honour of one of the 20th century’s most talented and influential musicians.
Riepler rips at The Vortex
- Monday, June 20, 2016
“Thinking what I will use/to get the cool tone”, sang the great singer-songwriter Stephen Stills during ‘Piece of Me’, a cut from his 2005 release Man Alive!.
Brecht's The Threepenny Opera swings to New Orleans at the National Theatre, London
- Monday, June 6, 2016
Show tune is a vague term.
Randy Weston and Christian Scott get Morocco’s Gnawa Festival grooving
- Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Randy Weston (above) was there, folding his lanky 90-year-old frame onto a stool at a baby grand and smiling as his longtime sidemen, double bassist Alex Blake and saxophonist/flautist T.
Krupa and Waglewski hit the Bluesroads to Krakow fest
- Tuesday, May 31, 2016
So widespread is the phenomenon of the jazz festival throughout Europe that it is easy to forget that older forms of black music also command the faithful from Sicily to Scandinavia.
Kenny Clayton’s swinging 80th birthday gig at Ronnie Scott’s
- Tuesday, May 24, 2016
There are certain people who have fallen under the radar as far as popular recognition is concerned, but ask any Soho-ite or working musician and they will confirm their admiration and respect for pianist Kenny Clayton.
Johnathan Kreisberg Quartet on a roll at The Spin
- Monday, May 16, 2016
The synergy between ex-prog rock guitarist Johnathan Kreisberg’s quartet and The Spin audience in Oxford was palpable during what was only one of three UK stops on his European tour.