We might have been in Camden, but in a concert of rare intimacy and tenderness, singers Anita Wardell (above left) and Nicky Schrire (above right), and pianist Robin Aspland conjured the clear, bright air of their Southern Hemisphere roots.
“Is it jazz?” “I don’t know.
London locals, Quest Ensemble and Flux, invited a packed-out Vortex down two contrasting tangents last Thursday.
A sold-out Ronnie Scott’s revelled in three dynamic faces of young British jazz on Tuesday night.
It’s a busy life being an Impossible Gentleman.
With enough rave reviews of his album Subterranean: New Designs on Bowie's Berlin to earn it a rightful place in all the end of year jazz polls, 2014 certainly ended on a high for drummer Dylan Howe.
The first South Coast Jazz Festival was an unqualified success.
From the opening tap of dry ride cymbal and warm, fluid guitar aloft some busy B3, lucky holders of this, the Watermill's most trumpeted ticket to date, were, at once, entranced by the emotive, almost telepathic interplay of this master trio.
A Sunday lunchtime slot can mean many things in terms of jazz programming: a nervy new singer being given their first break, a tired-but-safe pair of hands playing a predictable crowd-pleasing set, or an unwieldy big band performing a challenging bunch of five-page charts.
Pianist Darius Brubeck was warmly received on a busy Monday night at Pizza Express Jazz Club, marking the launch of the group’s new album Cathy’s Summer.
