Showcasing more than 40 acts from around the world, the 2017 jazzahead showcase program was once again a voyage of discovery. Personal highlights include the performance from...
Monday the 28th of August, London’s 606 Jazz Club presents the Jim Mullen Organ Trio. The 606 Club has existed as a Jazz Club Restaurant for more than 30 years, being run by...
Mijke Loeven has been appointed new director of Amsterdam’s leading jazz venue the BIMHUIS. Mijke will assume her new role on 1 September, current artistic director, Huub...
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...
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...
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...
An 80th birthday bash is, normally, a very special event indeed, but it would become even more special if, the birthday boy in question is, as in our case, the mighty Louis Hayes,...
Alex Skolnick Trio—Jazz Rock On Text: Tony Ozuna Alex Skolnick is the veteran guitarist of Testament, a long-standing speed-metal outfit from the Bay Area, in California, but in...
Imagine being able to escape the day to day grind, the dreary weather, the never ending demands of others to be transported to a place where the sun warms your body, you are...
Ronnie Scott’s – Sunday 29th January. Rain is pouring by the bucketful outside, but inside Ronnie’s there is always a welcoming atmosphere and on the night the crowd is...
Last month saw many varied performances again at the epic Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, but one that really stood out, that made the crowd AND this writer feel energized and breath...