Vincent Peirani, Jokers, ACT ****

An accordion, guitar, drums instrumentation isn't necessarily one that leaps to mind for a jazz group. Actually at times what we have here belongs to no genre although jazz listeners certainly can get what Vincent Peirani, Federico Casagrande and …

Published: 27 Mar 2022. Updated: 2 years.

An accordion, guitar, drums instrumentation isn't necessarily one that leaps to mind for a jazz group. Actually at times what we have here belongs to no genre although jazz listeners certainly can get what Vincent Peirani, Federico Casagrande and Ziv Ravitz are doing: Just hear for example when Casagrande stretches out to solo on 'Heimdall'. Featuring gutsy reworkings of Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor material plus Peirani originals in the mix this is all fresh and invigorating, Peirani once again displaying how much bottle he has ripping up the rulebook in radically altering how the accordion is supposed to sound.

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Claire Martin and Camille Thurman to play the Wigan Jazz Festival this summer

Lancashire's Wigan Jazz Festival this summer returns with a line-up just announced. Artists appearing include Claire Martin and Dave Newton, Simon Spillett, the Louis Dowdeswell Big Band and Camille Thurman (above) with the Darrell Green Quartet. …

Published: 27 Mar 2022. Updated: 2 years.

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Lancashire's Wigan Jazz Festival this summer returns with a line-up just announced. Artists appearing include Claire Martin and Dave Newton, Simon Spillett, the Louis Dowdeswell Big Band and Camille Thurman (above) with the Darrell Green Quartet.

Click for full details and tickets for the 7-10 July festival