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Christian Sands at Ronnie Scott’s | Concert Review

With a very elegant blue suit, Christian Sands’ diminutive figure stepped out on the Ronnie Scott’s stage looking happy and eager to play another date to his international...

International Jazz Day Host Cities Announced

International Jazz Day is a global celebration, declared by UNESCO in 2011, recognizing the power of jazz music to promote peace, intercultural dialogue and meaningful...

Rafael Barrera: ‘Amser’ – Digital Album Review by Fiona Ross

Rafael Barrera is a new artist on the Jazz scene, originally from Mexico City, but now a student at the prestigious Royal Welsh College of Music. He is a pianist, improviser, and...

Jazz goes Dutch across the UK and Ireland

The biggest-ever celebration of jazz from the Netherlands in the UK and Ireland sees two of Europe’s most creative and exciting ensembles touring to venues in Nottingham,...

Free concerts during Tenth Swing Festival Breda (2017)

Sunday 29 October, in the city centre of Breda the tenth Swing Festival will be held. This year there are four free concerts in three venues in the Dutch city. A tradition is the...

Walter Trout new album & tour dates.

Walter Trout remains at the top of his game, and his new album – ‘We’re All In This Together’ continues to do justice to his reputation as the bleeding...

A tale of two Tommys as Scotsman Smith tours his latest album

Internationally acclaimed Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith plays Ronnie Scott’s in London on Monday 23 October as part of a tour to launch his latest album, Embodying the Light....

Miles Davis’ “Tutu” Encoded in DNA

Recently, I viewed a documentary on the future of data storage. In the documentary it was proposed that encoding data in DNA could be a solution to to storage issues we will face...

Chantae Cann ‘Sol Empowered’ – CD Review by Fiona Ross

Chantae Cann is an American singer songwriter who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist for artists such as Leon Timbo, Darlene McCoy, PJ Morton, Morgan Heritage and India...

Jason Moran – Celebrating Thelonious Monk & European Tour dates

Jason Moran has become one of the most prominent jazz pianists on the scene (born 1975 in Houston, Texas). He is also a composer, an artist, curator and a MacArthur Genius grant...

Ola Onabulé – Taking on the world, on his own terms.

Ola Onabulé is an artist who has a strong, loyal and constantly growing fan base. This isn’t just because of his musical prowess, beautifully crafted lyrics and the powerful...