A life time of “Chasin’ the Bird” plus a nine-date UK tour seemed to have taken its toll on Sonny Simmons as he brought his latest jaunt to a close in front of a packed out Café Oto in Dalston.
The Brecon Jazz Festival returns with a bang this year, Jazzwise can reveal exclusively, run by the team responsible for the prestigious Hay Festival, and with an exciting forward looking line-up, including Kit Downes Trio, Gwilym Simcock, Phronesis, Get The Blessing and Eric Truffaz, that will more than please Jazzwise readers.
The first few notes from the bass strings of his acoustic guitar – virtuosic, urgent and brooding – drew gasps of anticipation from the audience at Riverside Studio as Antonio Forcione led his quartet into the Spanish-flavoured ‘Tears of Joy’, the title track of the their 2005 album.
Fresh from his comeback appearance at the Southbank’s Ether festival Gil Scott-Heron makes a surprise headlining appearance at this year’s Womad Festival.
Jazzwise is pleased to announce its first readers tour to Cuba, which offers the finest Spanish-colonial heritage and architecture, Latin American culture, spectacular scenery and some of the friendliest people, whose passion for music and dance is legendary.
He might be approaching 70 but the guitar legend ain’t getting there quietly as he proved with a blistering two-hour set at the Barbican last night.
Back in April Herbie Hancock turned 70 and to celebrate his birthday year he is set to release a brand new album now confirmed for release in the UK in September.
It’s hard to keep up with Gwilym Simcock.
Details are beginning to emerge of this year’s Manchester Jazz Festival, the major festival of its kind in the north west.
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