JazzinEurope News Tag Archive

Ola Onabule – Pizza Express London gig review by Fiona Ross

Editor’s note: Recently returning from a packed out performance at The Chichester Festival Theatre. Ola Onabule performed two sold out concerts at Pizza Express in...

Nigel Kennedy – The unparalleled jazz virtuoso

Violin virtuoso and composer Nigel Kennedy played George Gershwin and more at Ronnie Scott’s in London last week amid a standing ovations furore and utter delight from the...

Op-Ed – Social Media and the impact on Creativity in the Music Industry

Editors note: Social Media now plays a vital role in the life of a musician in helping them to earn a living. As Fiona Ross say’s it’s a time consuming pursuit....

Orphy Robinson All Stars presents: The music of Bobby Hutcherson

31st January  – Ronnie Scott’s – London.  One word: outstanding! Orphy Robinson and his All Stars band “start their journey” with “Knucklebean”, the 1977...

Kathleen Potton – ‘Nero’ – CD Review by Fiona Ross

Australian born singer/songwriter’s Kathleen Potton’s debut album Nero, explores her experiences while working, studying and writing all over the world – Australia, Asia...

Trumpeter Ellister Van Der Molen follows her heart: She plays Jazz!

At the age of ten she made her first steps into the music world. Now, thirty years later, Ellister van der Molen is a much sort after Dutch jazz trumpet player. She performs with...

Jazzahead! 2018 Showcase Program announced.

Featured Image Kamil Piotrowicz (Photo by Jakub Szpojda) Just prior to Christmas jazzahead! announced the showcase program for their 2018 edition to be held in Bremen Germany...

Sunday Blues | Joe Bonamassa, Christmas Video + FREE Album

For most musicians, opening for blues legend B.B. King would be the pinnacle moment of their career. But for Joe Bonamassa, who shared the stage with King in 1989 when he was all...

Ben Sidran live at Ronnie Scotts – Jazz, poetry and existentialism

This review is a re-write, and this is not because I was lost for words, but because technology failed me (yet again), in fact it has done so a few times this year! ...

“Nighthawks” – the album launch at Kansas Smitty’s Bar – London East End

“A good review: for it to be good and constructive, it has to have some negative words in it…”. This is NOT a quote of mine, but nevertheless a quote from a fellow writer...

Sunday Blues – Muddy Waters – Live version – Got My Mojo Working

Muddy Waters performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album,  his live performance of “Got My Mojo Working” was...