Jazz Posts

What's on – selected gigs this week

Published: 29 Nov 2021. Updated: 53 minutes ago.

Kellylee Evans, Greenlight (EP), Enliven Media ****

Published: 28 Nov 2021. Updated: 18 hours ago.

The Kevin Brady electric quartet, Hawk's Well theatre, Sligo

Published: 28 Nov 2021. Updated: 20 hours ago.

Brigitte Beraha, By The Cobbled Path, Let Me Out Records ***

Published: 27 Nov 2021. Updated: 47 hours ago.

Christian McBride and Inside Straight, Live at the Village Vanguard, Mack Avenue ****

Published: 26 Nov 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

The big release today from the heart of the UK scene is Glimpses of Truth

Published: 26 Nov 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Gabi Hartmann, Always Seem To Get Things Wrong (EP), Komos ****

Published: 26 Nov 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude, Gearbox *****

Published: 26 Nov 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Inspired by the Hudson and his heroes Dave Douglas releases his first solo (as in performed alone) trumpet album

Published: 25 Nov 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Eleni Karaindrou is 80 today

Published: 25 Nov 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Dominic Lash, Ricardo Tejero, Southville, Summer, Own Label ***

Published: 25 Nov 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Club focus: the Oxford

Published: 25 Nov 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Chris Laurence, Ken Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones, Jazz in Britain (EP) ****

Published: 24 Nov 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson publishing deal announced

Published: 24 Nov 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Dwight Trible delivers a remarkable version of 'Strange Fruit' with Theo Saunders

Published: 24 Nov 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Among the jazz artists nominated for the 2022 Grammys Jon Batiste dominates across multiple genre categories

Published: 23 Nov 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Unknown to Known, Portico, (EP) Own label ****

Published: 23 Nov 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Marta Sánchez signs to Whirlwind – maiden voyage with the label is to be SAAM featuring Ambrose Akinmusire

Published: 23 Nov 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Who's on in some of Europe's greatest jazz clubs coming up

Published: 23 Nov 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Icon of Brazilian music Hermeto Pascoal to collaborate with NYJO

Published: 22 Nov 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Butcher Brown and Carrtoons, 'Frontline' (Carrtoons remix) Concord ***

Published: 22 Nov 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Glasgow improvisers press the Go button for this year's GIO fest which opens on Thursday

Published: 22 Nov 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

A selection of what's on this week

Published: 22 Nov 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Kevin Brady touring with his all-star quartet guest blogs on how his father was hugely influential in introducing him to jazz

Published: 21 Nov 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

John Edwards, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost, Alan Wilkinson, EMPoWered, 577 Records ***

Published: 21 Nov 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Trombone icon Slide Hampton has died at the age of 89

Published: 21 Nov 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Eighties Cecil Taylor live recording with Stańko and Rava in the ensemble set for release this month

Published: 20 Nov 2021. Updated: 8 days ago.

Appetite for classic modern mainstream piano strikes a chord

Published: 20 Nov 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Johan Lindvall Trio, This Is Not About You, Jazzland ***

Published: 19 Nov 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Florian Arbenz, Francois Moutin, Maikel Vistel, Conversation #4: Vulcanized, Own Label ***

Published: 19 Nov 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Alex Hitchcock, Dream Band, Fresh Sound New Talent ****

Published: 19 Nov 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us, International Anthem ****

Published: 19 Nov 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Dreamers title track streams

Published: 19 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Online this weekend it's the Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival

Published: 18 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Theon Cross and Poppy Ajudha are successful in gaining MEGS funding

Published: 18 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Heads up for a taster of upcoming Jacob Gurevitsch album Yellow Spaceship – Buika wondrous on Melancolía

Published: 18 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

I'm Hip lyricist Dave Frishberg has died at the age of 88

Published: 18 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8, Warp ****

Published: 18 Nov 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Ayumi Tanaka trio, Subaqueous Silence, ECM ***

Published: 17 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Ava Mendoza, 'Sun Gun,' Astral Spirits ****

Published: 17 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Scott's Jazz Club in Belfast prepares to welcome Barry McCrudden, Linley Hamilton, Kyron Bourke, Katharine Timoney and Nigel Mooney

Published: 17 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Looking ahead to 2022: Andrew Cyrille, William Parker and Enrico Rava set the free-jazz agenda with 2 Blues for Cecil

Published: 17 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Notes from the jazz margins: impressions of the scene in 21

Published: 17 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Details of Jeff Parker's Forfolks set for a pre-Christmas release

Published: 16 Nov 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Nishla Smith, Friends with Monsters, Whirlwind ***

Published: 16 Nov 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

First male winner at the Sassys

Published: 16 Nov 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Jacob Shulman, Connectedness, Endectomorph Music ****

Published: 16 Nov 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Wednesday for A Great Day in London

Published: 15 Nov 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamer book cover unveiled

Published: 15 Nov 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Free-jazz musicians Alexander Hawkins and John Edwards among ensemble on Jonny Greenwood Spencer film soundtrack

Published: 15 Nov 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Club focus: Green Note

Published: 15 Nov 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Melanie Charles, Y'all Don't (Really) Care About Black Women, Verve ****

Published: 15 Nov 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

WDR Jazz Prize for Theresia Philipp, Achim Krämer and Kemal Dinç

Published: 14 Nov 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates, International Anthem *****

Published: 14 Nov 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

SWR Big Band, Magnus Lindgren and John Beasley with Joe Lovano, Bird Lives, ACT ****

Published: 14 Nov 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Dave De Rose and Dan Nicholls, Plants Heal, DDR Records ****

Published: 13 Nov 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Okvsho, Orange Wine, Hip Dozer **

Published: 13 Nov 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Eberhard Weber, Once Upon a Time: Live in Avignon, ECM ****

Published: 13 Nov 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Jelly Cleaver, Forever Presence (EP), Gearbox ***

Published: 12 Nov 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Bill Charlap trio, Street of Dreams, Blue Note ****

Published: 12 Nov 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Chip Wickham signs to Gondwana

Published: 12 Nov 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Sara Colman, Ink on a Pin: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell, Stoney Lane ***

Published: 11 Nov 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Mobo jazz nominees announced

Published: 11 Nov 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

UK jazz strength is not new: glance in the rear view mirror go on for a sharp wake-up call and vital reality check

Published: 11 Nov 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Ivo up for an Ivor

Published: 10 Nov 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Club focus: Ninety One Living Room

Published: 10 Nov 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

John Patitucci and Andy James, An Evening with John Patitucci and Andy James, Le Coq Records ***

Published: 10 Nov 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

London scene club gig picks

Published: 9 Nov 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Daniel Casimir, Boxed In, Jazz re:freshed ***

Published: 9 Nov 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Dave Okumu Deptford live album announced with Church of Sound date scheduled ahead of release

Published: 9 Nov 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Various Artists, Shorter Moments: Exploring the World of Wayne, Posi-Tone Records ****

Published: 9 Nov 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound, Blue Note ****

Published: 9 Nov 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

What's on this week

Published: 8 Nov 2021. Updated: 20 days ago.

Nice work if you can get it or are we all going too niche?

Published: 8 Nov 2021. Updated: 20 days ago.

What's the title track of Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ghost Song like? New album set for 2022 has originals plus a cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights

Published: 8 Nov 2021. Updated: 20 days ago.

Anthony Wonsey, Lorraine's Lullabye, Cellar Live ****

Published: 7 Nov 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Reissued on Friday: a fine Elton Dean 1976 live recording with extra material

Published: 7 Nov 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Gregory Porter, Still Rising: The Collection, Blue Note ***

Published: 6 Nov 2021. Updated: 22 days ago.

Paul Edis, Tony Momrelle, Carroll Thompson, Alex Webb’s British Standard Time, Jo Harrop, Chris Standring and the Geoff Gascoyne Orchestra, Cadogan Hall

Published: 6 Nov 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard, Puerta, ECM ****

Published: 5 Nov 2021. Updated: 23 days ago.

Sultan Stevenson trio, Vortex

Published: 5 Nov 2021. Updated: 24 days ago.

Best jazz-vocals albums in 2021

Published: 4 Nov 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

What the point of a review is

Published: 4 Nov 2021. Updated: 24 days ago.

Judi Jackson, Grace, Silvertone Records ***

Published: 4 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Andorra, Orbit, April Records ***

Published: 4 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Ennis, Cork, Limerick and Dublin Síomha dates – and ‘Spéir Rua’ streams

Published: 3 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Set the metronome as the art of the songwriter is in focus: with the release of British Standard Time

Published: 3 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Terrace Martin track Leave Us Be from the upcoming Drones streams

Published: 3 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Anna Gréta, Nightjar in the Northern Sky, ACT ***

Published: 3 Nov 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Joy Crookes, Skin, Insanity/Sony ****

Published: 2 Nov 2021. Updated: 26 days ago.

Is there an ideal band size?

Published: 2 Nov 2021. Updated: 26 days ago.