Jazz
Liane Carroll: Ballads - review
(Quiet Money) The peerless British vocalist Liane Carroll is at the Pizza Express Jazz Club until 29 April with a variety of guests, and this collection of famous love songs will probably take centre stage. It's another imaginative Carroll collaboration
Steve Coleman & Five Elements - Functional Arrhythmias
Functional Arrhythmias is the latest and most ambitious chapter in saxophonist Steve Coleman s ongoing study into patterns found in nature in this case, the various rhythms found inside the human body and using them as the building blocks for his highly i
James Last - UK Tour
The German composer and big band leader James Last returns to the Hall. With his happy sound, James Last has enchanted millions of people around the globe. Whether pop or polka, rock and roll or waltzes, jazz or classical, this extremely versatile musi
Late Night Jazz: The Bevin Boys - Royal Albert Hall
The Bevin Boys combine the smooth sounds of Nat King Cole, with the swingin’ rhythm of Louis Prima to create their own unique hybrid 1940s style has delighted audiences in theatres and festivals around the country. Their repertoire features carefully
Kurt Elling, Ronnie Scott’s, London – review
With his immaculate timing and pitch-perfect tenor, the jazz singer finds depth in even seemingly ephemeral lyrics
Paul Motian - Paul Motian
ECM salutes the late, great drummer with an Old & New Masters Edition box of six of his early albums on the label. The recordings from 1972 to 1984 are Conception Vessel, Tribute, Dance, Le Voyage, Psalm and It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago. Paul MoVincent Peirani: Thrill Box - review
(ACT) The accordion has grown to become an important voice in the new, distinctively European styles of jazz. It has proved to be capable of a vast expressive range, with a seemingly infinite repertoire of textures and tone colours. Peirani is the late
Spellbound - Trilok Gurtu
'Spellbound' by the acclaimed Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu features an all-star lineup of trumpeters from around the globe - including Nils Petter Molvaer, Paolo Fresu and Ambrose Akinmusire - performing compositions by Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie a
Light from Old Stars - Kit Downes
This is the third album from the Mercury Prize nominated leader. Light from Old Stars captures the realms of the magical and fantastic through earthy ideas. It includes the tracks 'Wander and Colossus' and 'Outlawed'. The Guardian gave the album f