Julian Lage – Squint(Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) If your local jazz club had a huge whip-round or received a vast council grant (OK I’m dreaming), who would you want to see on the bands… ...

These tributes and birthday wishes from friends, colleagues and fans for his eightieth birthday are now particularly poignant. Peter was informed about the greetings, and responded with typical ...

The EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other venues are being announced. We have already ...

Drew McOnie’s Nutcracker on the South Bank with a jazz score by Cassie Kinoshi has been getting good reviews (photo Mark Senior) – read more Wednesday 8 November – Mark Armstrong from Miles to ...

Jo Harrop in Gateshead (see below). Photo Ken Drew courtesy of Lance Liddle Wednesday 2 October – Pete Bernstein / Jim Mullen are at the 606 Wednesday 2 October – Alexander Hawkins / Marco Colonna are ...

The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November. Dave Holland writes:… ...

Ronnie Scott’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert (Royal Albert Hall. 30 October 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) On 30 October 1959, in that year of jazz masterpieces, British tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott ...

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s new album celebrating the Max Roach centenary was reviewed by Mike Hobart in the Financial Times – read more Wednesday 25 September- Adrian ...

Jorge Roeder – El Suelo Mio (Self-released. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) Surely those huge free-standing speakers need to go (I’m often told). They take up far too much room in your house, Seb. Why ...

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess (Speakers Corner/Verve 6040. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) There is no shortage of jazz interpretations of Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess, including ...

Chet Baker - Italian Movies (Moochin’ About, MOOCHIN03. 3 CD set. Review by Nicolas Pillai.)At the end of disc 1, Chet sings ‘Arrivederci’ in that haunting bittersweet voice, backed by lush strings.

Saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smith is a leading light in Kansas Smitty’s House Band, the era-spanning talented musicians based around their eponymous bar in Hackney’s Broadway Market. The ...