Jazz
Scott Hamilton: Swedish Ballads
(Stunt) Since long before the present flowering of native talent, Scandinavia has been a very jazz-friendly place. Miles Davis borrowed a Swedish folk song and called it Dear Old Stockholm . Quincy Jones wrote one of his first compositions, Stockholm S
Album review: Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room (Decca)
Begun as a tribute to Ray Charles, The Blue Room expanded to include more modern songs by Leonard Cohen and Warren Zevon, among others, all treated in Madeleine Peyroux's distinctive languid jazz style. Her covers of Charles's Modern Sounds material are e
Kirill Gerstein, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
One lesson to be drawn from Keith Jarrett’s recent Southbank recital was how porous the border now is between jazz piano and its classical counterpart.
Chris Biscoe Profiles Quartet: Live at Campus West - review
(Trio) On the face of it, this is an unassuming concert (captured at Herts Jazz's Welwyn HQ in 2011) mostly dedicated to respectful, straight-swinging accounts of tunes by Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk. But the front line of Chris BiscoRadio String Quartet Vienna: Posting Joe: Celebrating Weather Report - review
(ACT) After spending 2006-2008 in worldwide demand for their exciting string-quartet-meets-jazz-fusion take on the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, radio.string.quartet.vienna have put aside the covers for a while. But if any composer's work might be
Brigitte Beraha/John Turville/Bobby Wellins: Red Skies - review
(e17) As a softly polished duet between vocalist Brigitte Beraha and pianist John Turville (plus the inimitable saxist Bobby Wellins on two tracks), Red Skies isn't quite as varied in atmosphere and repertoire as Beraha's much-admired Babelfish a
Phronesis: Live - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
European jazz trio Phronesis's charismatic live performances have prompted Jon Newey (Editor of 'Jazzwise' magazine) to describe them as 'the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST'. Led by Danish bass player Jasper Høiby, with British pia
Melody Gardot - review
Five years ago, Philadelphia songstress Melody Gardot arrived on to a jazz-pop marketplace already crowded with Norahs , Dianas and Madeleines . That she has recorded three ever-more-successful albums is a tribute to her Hoagy Carmichael-ish songcraMelody Gardot: Live - The Barbican
Melody Gardot returns to the Barbican to perform this very special concert for her UK fans.Grammy nominated, Gardot's voice has won her many fans and a lot of praise from critics.