Jo Harrop in Gateshead (see below). Photo Ken Drew courtesy of Lance Liddle Wednesday 2 October – Pete Bernstein / Jim Mullen are at the 606 Wednesday 2 October – Alexander Hawkins / Marco Colonna are ...

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s new album celebrating the Max Roach centenary was reviewed by Mike Hobart in the Financial Times – read more Wednesday 25 September- Adrian ...

Wednesday 11 September Ray Gelato is at Alfie’s Soho Wednesday 11 September Soho Jazz Jam ft. Arran Kent is at Alfie’s Soho Wednesday 11 September – Claire Cope has an exciting 11-piece project at the ...

“You think you can outlast the E Street Band?!”, Bruce Springsteen asks incredulously, some three hours and five minutes into the first of two massive shows at Wembley Stadium. “We’ve been doing this ...

Our friends from The Tea Hive YouTube channel (hint – SUBSCRIBE!!!) have just been on their first road trip…to interview Norma Winstone – watch Wednesday 20 March – Trudy Kerr (Vocals), Sean ...

Wednesday 13 March – Art Themen (above) and Dave Barry quartet, with Dave Green (bass) and Gareth Williams (piano) at CryerArts, Carshalton Wednesday 13 March – Italian pianist Marco Marconi & his ...

“Let’s bring Bud home.” Biographer Peter Pullman is marking the centenary of Bud Powell with a fundraiser to move to pianist’s remains home to New York – read more Wednesday 6 March – Tim Whitehead ...

Keiron Tyler writes about the reissue of South African duo Mike Makhalemele & Winston “Mankunku” Ngozi’s 1976 album The Bull and the Lion for the ArtsDesk – read more Thursday 18 January – Tim Garland ...

Wednesday 15 November – Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat at The Cathedral Hotel, Lichfield Arts Wednesday 15 November – Ashaine White presents The Knocking Down The Door Creator Fund Showcase at Toulouse ...

Thursday 10 August – Elaine Delmar, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Bobby Worth are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR Thursday 10 August – Tara Minton is ...

Jemma Freese – Shadowboxing (Available from Bandcamp – link below. Album review by AJ Dehany) Whether thrashing a keyboard with indie art-rockers Maxïmo Park, hammering avant-hard jazzpunk soundscapes ...

Charles Owens Trio – 10 Years (La Reserve Records. Album review by Adam Sieff) Tenor saxophonist Charles Owens (born 1972, and not to be confused with the much older saxophonist and former Buddy Rich ...