Ikue Mori hits 70 with Ches Smith, Satoko Fujii and more at The Stone, NYC
- Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The avant electronica artist gathers a vast array of cutting edge jazz and improvising musical talent to mark her seventh decade
Live Reviews
Six-stringer Silvan Joray lands in the UK for the launch of Updraft
- Monday, December 11, 2023
The Swiss-born NYC-based guitarist made a strong impression on his first ever UK gig, as he took to the stage at Dalston’s Vortex Jazz Club and performed originals from his new album
Ava Mendoza, Charles Lloyd and Craig Taborn among the highlights at Jazztopad jazz fest
- Wednesday, December 6, 2023
It was another exciting year at this intelligently programmed jazz event in Wroclaw, Poland – Kevin Le Gendre reports back on some stand-out performances
Gard Nilssen brings epic big band sonics to We Jazz Festival, Helsinki
- Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Gard Nilssen's raucous Supersonic Orchestra headlined a festival-within-a-festival that packed 11 shows on four stages on a heady evening
Joshua Redman, Emma Rawicz and Nikki Iles among this year’s highlights at “richly layered” EFG London Jazz Festival
- Thursday, November 30, 2023
The panoramic city-wide event dazzled with a daring mix of jazz styles with some boldly ambitious large ensemble works underpinned with some standout individual performances
The wild west of France plays host to Immanuel Wilkins, Henri Texier, Ava Mendoza and Swedish power-horners Angles
- Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Martin Longley reached the end of the line in an unruly rain-and-windswept Brest, for the 20th edition of the lesser-known Atlantique Jazz Festival…
Trevor Watts blows back to the Big Apple
- Tuesday, November 28, 2023
The revered British saxophonist returns to NYC to unleash his improvisational wizardry with percussionist Jamie Harris
Live review: K-Music Festival, London
- Friday, November 24, 2023
The 10th anniversary of this Korean jazz festival, held at various venues around London, drew acclaim from gig-goers, and won over fans new to the genre
EFG London Jazz Festival: Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet at Pizza Express Soho
- Thursday, November 23, 2023
Aided by Tony Kofi, the London-based harpist wowed LJF-goers with an intimate, intense set in the heart of Soho
Live Review: Pete Long and his Good Men at Cadogan Hall, London
- Thursday, November 23, 2023
Clarinettist Pete Long and drummer Richard Pite's sparkling live tribute to Benny Goodman's landmark 1938 Carnegie Hall concert album was a hit with London jazz-lovers, 85 years on from the original show...