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Azymuth bring the Jazz Carnival to Ronnie Scott’s

Thursday, March 5, 2015

A rare moment at a jazz gig: a request not just for a song, but a chart hit.

Simon Spillett Quartet vibe up The Verdict

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Verdict, Brighton The start is explosive.

Tony Kofi’s Sphinx play the music of Ornette Coleman

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Verdict, Brighton 28 February 2015 Any improvised jazz gig sends the performers out on a tightrope walk in front of the audience - Tony Kofi introduces tonight’s show as “no parachute, no safety net”.

Zhenya Strigalev goes Robin Hood at Ronnie’s

Friday, February 20, 2015

Compressed into contorted shape, the body’s bent frame is sprung under a mass of notes pouring down into the saxophone.

Louise Balkwill dancing in the dark at Pizza Express Jazz Club

Friday, February 20, 2015

Having been totally bowled over by Louise Balkwill’s incredible vocals and engaging stage presence on a jazz summer course a few years back, I was keen to see how she and her Trinity College compatriots sounded as a fully-fledged jazz band at a Sunday lunchtime gig at Pizza Express Jazz Club on Dean Street.

Anita Wardell and Nicky Schrire mix jazz and folk at The Forge

Thursday, February 19, 2015

We might have been in Camden, but in a concert of rare intimacy and tenderness, singers Anita Wardell (above left) and Nicky Schrire (above right), and pianist Robin Aspland conjured the clear, bright air of their Southern Hemisphere roots.