As the bassline riff of Alice Coltrane's ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ resounded at Ronnie Scott's last night at the Brit Jazz Fest now in its second week, opener Matthew Halsall and his band were performing acoustically because a power cut that began just before the start of the set was affecting the length of Frith Street.
With not long now until their latest album The Embrace is released next month on 12 September, Robert Mitchell’s 3io have also announced tour dates to support the release.
The Boulevard in Imperial Wharf hosts the annual Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival in London next month on 15 and 17 September.
While Ronnie’s staff team pressed home advantage in the midweek jazz quiz in the bar upstairs, nudging the Jazzwise team into second place, the club’s winning ways continued with full houses once again for the first week of the 3rd Brit Jazz Fest.
Bassist Harald Johnsen, formerly of the Tord Gustavsen Trio, one of the most celebrated internationally successful piano trios of recent years, has died at the age of 41.
The Necks have confirmed that Mindset is the title of their next album to be released in September.
It seems like a no brainer: a coming together of two of today’s most multi-talented vocal/instrumental performers, get them to arrange and perform their best songs together, and stand back to watch sparks fly.
At the Vortex in Dalston last night newcomer singer Emily Saunders launched her debut album Cotton Skies.
Matt and Phred’s is planning a relaunch to expand its range and become a “pan-arts” venue, according to the club aiming to take advantage of “the diversity of talent in the thriving artistic community of Manchester’s Northern Quarter and beyond.
This evening at Ronnie Scott’s the third Brit Jazz Fest, a fortnight-long festival of keenly priced double bills, offering a hearty sample of all that’s good about the UK jazz scene, gets underway.
