This year’s edition of Bari in Jazz marked a transition of the festival from being held mainly in Bari to a more regionally inclusive festival that moved from town to town making use of the fabulous locations that are available in these ancient Italian towns.
“Yes… central heating.
“Yes… central heating.
A packed venue, atmospheric lighting, crystal clear sound and the kind of old school stagecraft that would have Tony Bennett nodding in approval.
His highest profile work so far may have been with Phronesis and Kairos 4Tet, but the packed house for this tour-opening launch for his new album, Strata, suggests pianist Ivo Neame’s time as leader has come.
On their arrival at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris for the penultimate afternoon of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Jazz Festival 2015, every attendee sported a wide smile: In the courtyard of this unique venue playing host to ‘Grand Bal Swing’ for the third year running, palpable excitement was mounting for the swing jazz extravaganza that was to come.
A happy accident of international flight scheduling has brought Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock to the Verdict on a Wednesday night; the walls are lined with the pictures of Blue Note greats, but Smith is the first living Blue Note artist to have played here.
Elbjazz is defined by a deep sense of place, enticing 15,000 jazz fans by barge across the Elb river to Hamburg’s otherwise off-limits shipyards.
A lemur with a life ring, a mock political campaign poster and a picture of the band dressed as pastry chefs – cast your eye over VEIN’s album covers and you might think the Swiss trio were playing it for laughs.
Now firmly established on the jazz festival calendar the Amser Jazz Weekend mixes top flight acts with the music student’s end of year assessments.
