REPORT: Fiona Monbet Quartet and Stéphane Kerecki Quartet at Jazz Sur Seine Showcase Night in Paris

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Fiona Monbet with Damien Varaillon (left) and Laurent Derache (right) iPhone snap by Sebastian Scotney Fiona Monbet Quartet and Stéph...

CD REVIEW: Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra – Jazz Planets

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Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra – Jazz Planets: A Tribute To Gustav Holst and Duke Ellington, arranged by Peter Long (Right Track Rec...

NEWS: 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Award winners

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Jazz Ensemble of the Year: ARQ (from left): Diane McLoughlin, Buster Birch,  Alison Rayner, Steve Lodder and Deirdre Cartwright Publicit...

INTERVIEW: Jason Moran (James Reese Europe and The Absence of Ruin, UK dates plus JazzFest Berlin)

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James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters Photo credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images (specifically cleared for our use by promot...

NEWS: George Crowley to run new Wednesday evening gigs at Empire Bar, Mare St., Hackney

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George Crowley Photo: Whirlwind Recordings Sebastian writes:  Saxophonist George Crowley , who runs Friday night jazz at the Con Ce...

REPORT: Jazzèbre Festival in Perpignan, France

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Jazzèbre's mascot Photo: Tony Dudley-Evans Jazzèbre Festival (Perpignan, France, 12-14 October 2018. Report and pictures by Tony...

INTERVIEW: Charlie Wood (New Album Tomorrow Night, Release Date 12 November)

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Charlie Wood Photo credit: John Need "10% head, 45% heart and 45% gut" is how singer-pianist CHARLIE WOOD describes his ne...

REVIEW: Tina May at the 606 Club

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Tina May with Steve Brown Photo: Peter Jones Tina May (606 Club, 14 October 2018. Review and picture by Peter Jones) “Everything is ...

CD REVIEW: Metamorphic – The Two Fridas

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Metamorphic – The Two Fridas (DISCUS 65CD. CD review by AJ Dehany) When she was six, the painter Frida Kahlo contracted polio. Confine...
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INTERVIEW: Abraham Brody (new album Crossings and EFG LJF concert 18 Nov)

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Abraham Brody Publicity picture US-Lithuanian singer/composer ABRAHAM BRODY’s second album,  Crossings, comes out on 16 November wit...

CD REVIEW: Trygve Seim – Helsinki Songs

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Trygve Seim – Helsinki Songs (ECM 675 1580. CD review by Peter Bacon) The singular title track of this album, Helsinki Song , has a fo...

CD REVIEW: Gabrielle Ducomble – Across the Bridge

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Gabrielle Ducomble – Across the Bridge (MGP CD020. CD Review by Peter Jones) Blessed with a light, accurate, affectless voice rathe...

INTERVIEW: Cellist Shirley Smart (new album Long Story Short, launch party at Vortex, 24 Oct)

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Shirley Smart Photo credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Last time we published an interview with SHIRLEY SMART (link below), comments came in...

CD REVIEW: Flying Machines – New Life

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Flying Machines – New Life (Ubuntu Music UBU0017. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Flying Machines ’ maiden voyage – their eponymous d...

REVIEW: Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell at Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham

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Matt Mitchell and Tim Berne in action at Eastside Jazz Club Photo: © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell (Eas...

NEWS: Full Programme for fourth Cambridge International Jazz Festival announced (13-27 Nov)

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Madeleine Peyroux Publicity Photo Sebastian writes: Festival Director Ros Russell' s introduction to this fourth Cambridge Inte...

REVIEW: Georgia Mancio's 2018 Hang opening night at Pizza Express

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L-R Nikki Iles, Georgia Mancio, Tom Cawley and Alina Bzhezhinska Phone photo by Sebastian Scotney Georgia Mancio's 2018 Hang Seri...

CD REVIEW: Yellowjackets – Raising Our Voice

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Yellowjackets – Raising Our Voice (Mack Avenue MAC1137. CD Review by Peter Bacon) It’s clear from the first minute or so of the openi...

CD REVIEW: Cuong Vu 4tet Change In The Air

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Cuong Vu 4tet Change In The Air (RareNoiseRecords RNR091. CD Review by Jon Turney) Here’s intriguing small group jazz worthy of a s...