The Comet is Coming blast off from Somerset House
- Monday, July 17, 2023
The jazztronica trio play what could be their final London show with a suitably interstellar blend of high-octane beats, synths and sax
Live Reviews
Branford Marsalis Quartet blow-up a storm at Barbican
- Friday, July 14, 2023
The US sax star performed a thrilling night of original compositions and imaginative reinterpretations plus some surprise guests
Samara Joy and Kurt Elling fire up Portugal‘s Funchal Jazz Festival
- Wednesday, July 12, 2023
The lovely Funchal Jazz Festival was again a stage for US jazz but also a fantastic band from Portugal
Mariá Portugal And Inga Rothammel Cultivate Vibrant Spontaneity At Cologne’s Salon de Jazz
- Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Martin Longley stopped off for a post-Moers Festival Kölsch or two, discovering an unfamiliar Cologne haunt…
Lakecia Benjamin, Bilal and homegrown stars get Bulgaria’s A To Jazz fest grooving
- Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Kevin Le Gendre reports back from this much-loved and long-running free festival in Sofia that showcases the best of international and homegrown Bulgarian jazz talent
Jazz dynamite in the ‘Gateway to the Dolomites’: high-wire sounds inspire at Südtirol Jazz Festival
- Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Tim Dickeson takes in the spectacular sights and exciting sounds from the Bolzano, northern Italy festival that always produces a beautiful combination of music, experimentation and location
Gnawa Festival electrifies Essaouira, Morocco
- Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Jane Cornwell soaks up the sights and many sounds of this pan-global musical gathering
Tigran, Marcus Miller, Courtney Pine and Grace Jones help Love Supreme Jazz Festival’s 10th birthday go with a bang
- Tuesday, July 4, 2023
The all-encompassing celebration of jazz and beyond came of age with spectacular performances and passionate crowds to match
Germany’s Long-Lived Moers Festival Shapes Abstraction Into Energised Expression
- Monday, July 3, 2023
Martin Longley bathes in improvisation, composition, electronics and rockaboogie…
Sélène Saint-Aimé, Steve Coleman and Rubalcaba/Pédron Help Ferment The Apples Of Normandy
- Friday, June 30, 2023
Martin Longley observes the complete jazz takeover of Coutances in north-west France…