Concert Reviews

Nordic Jazz Comets – Live in Berlin.

Last week saw the first edition of the Nordic Jazz Comets project to be held outside of the Nordic region. The 2017 edition of the festival was held in Berlin in association with...

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Entropi – Concert Review – Jazz at the speed of Light

A famous and eclectic venue in North London holds the key to many successful concerts, whatever the genre, Kings Place in York Way, King’s Cross IS the place to visit. Every...

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Herbie Hancock, Craig Taborn & Kamasi Washington shine at Gent Jazz 2017

Gent Jazz Festival 2017 held over seven music filled days between 6th and 16th of July. I was one of the 34, 000 people who came to the festival. I was able to spend six days at...

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Maciej Fortuna Trio live review, July 11th, 2017 ~ A Trumpeter Plus

On the second day of the Bohemia Jazz Fest, so July 11th, on the Old Town Square in Prague, the Maciej Fortuna Trio plus a special guest drummer started their set in the daylight,...

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Moving and groovin’ ~ a great performance by super-hero George Benson

This week has been a rather legendary week for this writer. One day I was watching Woody Allen play in one of the most iconic venues that London can offer and another I was...

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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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“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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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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