Borneo Jazz Festival Photo Report
- Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Maria Bakkalapulo journeyed to the heart of the rainforest for the ninth annual Borneo Jazz Festival in Miri, Sarawak.
Live Reviews
Printmakers leave their mark at Wiltshire Music Centre
- Monday, May 12, 2014
Stan Sulzman’s solo on the Kenny Wheeler 's Enowena reached a peak of flowing lyrical phrases over a bustling, multi-layered accompaniment from the band; drums, bass, guitar and piano combining to urge him on over a samba-ish latin groove.
Slowly Rolling Camera take trip hop to Rich Mix
- Friday, May 9, 2014
The melding of musician and machine at Shoreditch’s unpretentious arts venue, Rich Mix, which last night played host to Slowly Rolling Camera supported by Future Dub Orchestra, represents the creative détente which seems to have been reached between the dinner jazz your parents like, and the electronica that the youth of today appreciates.
Cassandra Wilson, Edmar Castaneda and Pat Metheny shine at Jazzkaar Festival
- Friday, May 2, 2014
The Baltic states might be a long way behind their Nordic neighbours in terms of the kudos of its major jazz festivals, but Estonia’s Jazzkaar is undoubtedly the exception.
Vein and Osby get the Vortex spinning
- Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The title of Swiss trio Vein’s new release, Vote for Vein!, sounds like an offbeat TV satire.
Moonlight Saving Time Flying High at Bristol’s BeBop Club
- Thursday, April 24, 2014
It was a hometown gig at Bristol’s BeBop Club for Moonlight Saving Time to launch the long Easter weekend.
Shez Raja Collective Go Mystic at Pizza
- Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The charismatic bandleader is an abiding jazz archetype.
Hiromi Blasts Off at Cadogan Hall
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014
It felt fitting that this gig fell on the same day as the London Marathon, because, while they’re finely crafted (if not a little formulaic) compositions, Hiromi’s winding jazz-rock suites often threatened to become aural endurance tests.
The Comet Is Coming taking off at Hootananny Brixton
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Space: the final frontier.
Django Bates and the Norrbotten Big Band do the double at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014
You could argue that it's easier to premier a project than to take it on a successful second outing, particularly when that premier is a wonderfully eccentric tribute to Charlie Parker that left critics salivating and a packed Albert Hall in raptures.