Live Reviews

Scott Hamilton Quartet grooving hard at Pizza Express Jazz Club

Bassist Dave Green’s walking bass in thumb position cut scintillatingly through Scott Hamilton’s Ben Webster-style tenor saxophone during the head of chirpy opener, ‘I Just Found Out About Love’ by Nat King Cole, drawing whistles from the crowded floor.

Barry Harris Trio bring bossa and bop to Pizza Express

Beloved Detroit-born jazz pianist and educator Barry Harris, who has worked with such luminaries as Coleman Hawkins and Miles Davis, was flanked by clapping as he settled snugly onto the piano stool from which location for over 80 years he’s worked legendary bebop-shaped enchantment with his huge nimble-fingered hands, and imparted musical insights to his legions of disciples worldwide.

Propaganda Swing Marches into Nottingham

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre will present the UK premiere of playwright Peter Arnott’s jazz-inspired WII drama, Propaganda Swing, from 13 to 27 September.

Fapy Lafertin Quartet swings Le Quecumbar

Passers by on Battersea High Street on a warm summer evening, hearing the sweet energy of a guitar and a violin in full flight on a warm summer evening, stopped to listen as Fapy Lafertin’s guitar and Hannah Bienert’s violin entwined, parted, teased and cajoled before bringing Lapertin’s Cinzano – an exhilarating coupling of fast jazz waltz and czardas - to a soaring conclusion.

Dave Holland Prism power-up at Ronnie’s

Anticipation was biting the diners and drinkers circling the stage, and up there waiting for Dave Holland and his band to plug in and find their positions under the heavy spots, the club's compare was informing the floor that the double bassist's debut at Ronnie's was in fact with Miles Davis in 1969, the finer details of which, he explained, "Dave would probably go through later.

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