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Woody Allen ~ a legend in cinematographic plays Jazz @ The Royal Albert Hall

The portentous Royal Albert Hall hosted an early evening of jazz, Dixieland jazz, early jazz with someone who is a little bit of a legend in cinematographic terms, Woody Allen....

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“Master Drummer, Tony Allen, at his best!”

Last Friday saw the release of another beauty in the jazz universe, Nigerian epic drummer now a Parisian resident, Tony Allen’s “A tribute to Art Blakey and The Jazz...

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“Warriors of Jazz”

Sometimes we are lucky enough to witness performances that are just great and perfect and need not too much “commentary”, but just listening. On a particular recent...

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“Flow London” – EP – Tjoe Man Cheung

On my various meanderings in my beautiful London town, I found myself sitting at the bar section of the Skylon bar at the Royal Festival Hall, a group of musicians were going to...

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“Swing in the name of perfection”

The main show at Ronnies on a Friday night: picture the scene, I arrive to watch the boys that put danger back into jazz for the second show… this starts around 23.30. It’s...

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5 Questions to Georgia Mancio, asked by Erminia Yardley

With her new album, Songbook, due for release on 23rd April and its official launch at Ronnie Scott’s recently, vocalist and lyricist Georgia Mancio tells me about her work with...

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Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent @ Ronnie Scott’s – “Songbook”: the album launch

A debut for vocalist and lyricist Georgia Mancio and award winning jazz pianist, composer and arranger Alan Broadbent, playing to a sold out audience on Monday night recently, an...

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“When Soweto came to Ronnies”

As part of the Jazzwise 20th Anniversary Special, Ronnie Scott’s had another gem in store. The multi-talented British saxophonist and mc that is Soweto Kinch recently played the...

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“Charlie Parker is alive and well”

Super = adjective: Very good or pleasant; excellent Synonyms: excellent, superb, superlative, first-rate, superior, outstanding, remarkable Uhm, how those words ring true! With...

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Native French, Gabrielle Ducomble | La Chateuse délicieuse

The délicieuse Gabrielle Ducomble took to the small stage of Crazy Coqs downstairs at Brasserie Zédel on time and with a slight timid approach. One could see already from the...

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Chris Standring and Mica Paris Concert Review

Cadogan Hall was a fulcrum of excitement recently as English jazz guitarist (now residing in LA) Chris Standring took the stage for a very special performance. This would see...

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