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Moonlight Saving Time Flying High at Bristol’s BeBop Club

Thursday, April 24, 2014

It was a hometown gig at Bristol’s BeBop Club for Moonlight Saving Time to launch the long Easter weekend.

Shez Raja Collective Go Mystic at Pizza

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The charismatic bandleader is an abiding jazz archetype.

Hiromi Blasts Off at Cadogan Hall

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

It felt fitting that this gig fell on the same day as the London Marathon, because, while they’re finely crafted (if not a little formulaic) compositions, Hiromi’s winding jazz-rock suites often threatened to become aural endurance tests.

The Comet Is Coming taking off at Hootananny Brixton

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Space: the final frontier.

Django Bates and the Norrbotten Big Band do the double at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

You could argue that it's easier to premier a project than to take it on a successful second outing, particularly when that premier is a wonderfully eccentric tribute to Charlie Parker that left critics salivating and a packed Albert Hall in raptures.

Beyond hip hop: Glasper stays true to his improvising roots at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Much has been made of Robert Glasper's R&B and hip hop leanings and of his gradual drift away from jazz and the acoustic setting of the piano trio towards the heavy, electronic grooves of the Robert Glasper Experiment.

Jean Toussaint and Gareth Williams bring the house down at Jazz Direct

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Jack Pine has been running his in-house concerts under the banner of Jazz Direct for some years now.

James Taylor Quartet Big Band cool as cats at QEH

Friday, March 28, 2014

There cannot be many musicians who live within a stone’s throw of a great cathedral, where not only can they partake of worship, but also have the opportunity to sing with its choir.

The Necks bring interstellar improv to Bishopsgate

Monday, March 24, 2014

Part of the ‘City Sessions’ programmed by the Vortex that bring creative music to the heart of London’s financial district, this gig comes with layers of irony.