The Neil Cowley Trio, the breakthrough piano-led band which was such a refreshing presence when it debuted with Displaced four years ago, played the second of the first ever ”in the round” performances at Ronnie Scott’s club in London’s Soho last night.
Dalston may have not quite seen the likes of it but with the clock ticking steadily more loudly to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra residency at the Barbican later this month, the Vortex, partner club for the concert hall programme, is hosting a special complementary British Jazz Generations series of double bills over three nights plus late night-jams featuring guests from JALC.
His plane might have been struck by lightning on the descent to Bergen airport earlier in the day but suitably refreshed later and raring to go pianist Gwilym Simcock was on fine form last night in the night club setting of Sardinen in the high-powered company of fellow Brit, the reclusive guitarist Mike Walker and American stars, electric bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum.
New album The Imagine Project by Herbie Hancock is probably going to delight and confound in equal measure.
It’s one of the finest music rooms in London but in a familiar tale of big business versus the humble music venue it was announced earlier this year by owners Pizza Express that the Hyde Park Corner venue Pizza on the Park is set to close, with plans afoot to turn it into a hotel.
If you turn up at Ronnie Scott’s next Monday or Tuesday you might feel your eyes are deceiving you.
Firebrand violinist Nigel Kennedy unveils a varied weekend of Polish music, mixing jazz, folk and classical as well as creating a unique film screening and late night jam sessions between 29 – 31 May at London’s Southbank Centre.
It may be a little under six months away until the London Jazz Festival, held in association with BBC Radio 3, begins on 12 November but it’s never too early to book, and the first shows for one of the biggest music festivals in the country are now going on sale, the organisers Serious have announced.
Just a day after Parliament reconvened following the election, members of the All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group gathered tonight in the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons to attend the annual Parliamentary Jazz Awards the group organises in association with music industry body PPL.
The F-IRE Collective is to launch a week long festival of new groups next week at The Pheasantry on the Kings Road in Chelsea: a legendary late-1960s underground music venue that and is now owned by Pizza Express who reintroduced live music late last year.