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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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Carla Bley, Steve Swallow & Andy Sheppard |EU tour dates…

Carla Bley is a highly regarded jazz composer and pianist and her trio with bassist Steve Swallow and tenor saxophonist Andy Sheppard is a first-rate unit. She began playing with...

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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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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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David Helbock Trio | Tapping into Austrian Soul Jazz | Review & Tour Dates

American jazz composers and particularly the pianists have not been shy to take inspiration from Classical music over the years, since the time of Duke Ellington, and Art Tatum....

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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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‘Hank Mobley in Holland’ is a nice new chapter in Dutch jazz history.

The release of a CD from the series Treasures of Dutch is not complete without an extensive historical research by the Dutch Jazz Archive. That is also the case with ‘Hank...

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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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