Nicola Angelucci (b.1979) is one of the most established drummers of the middle generation of Italian jazz musicians. He has ...
Arriving at the airport in Luxembourg, one discovers how much they respect jazz. For each stop of the tram on the way into the city centre there’s a short jingle written by jazz pianist Michel Reis.
Ace Records is one of Britain’s most enterprising and rewarding record labels. They are masters of the well targeted ...
It’s hard sometimes to approach music without preconceptions, especially if the name on the cover is familiar. Drummer and ...
It’s late afternoon on 31 October at the Hundred Years Gallery, with Halloween looming. Trick or Treat? Percussionist Mark ...
The fact that he arrived onstage wearing an ornate Dracula cape, and was then ceremoniously introduced as "his Count Tainess" ...
Welcome back to my top five gig picks this month! We’ll be looking at some of the most exciting performances happening across ...
Jazz Cafe Posk in King St near Hammersmith is such a welcoming year-round venue presenting a broad jazz programme, and it was ...
Anthony Braxton and his legacy dominated Day 1 of this year's JazzFest Berlin. At the pre-concert Artist Talk James Fei, ...
Welcome back to my top five gig picks this month! We’ll be looking at some of the most exciting performances happening across ...
New York saxophonist/flautist Greg Abate’s exuberant music helped to celebrate the Juniper Green Note’s first birthday as a ...
In the regular column which I have been writing for the German magazine JAZZTHETIK since 2015, I get the chance to write about a person or an aspect of the UK scene. Knowing, when I wrote this column ...