Whether it be the multi-venue extravaganza of the London Jazz Festival, or rushing between various stages at Love Supreme or Glastonbury, music festivals usually require a combination of considerable energy and careful planning to experience them as fully as possible. [...]
London audiences are often, perhaps unfairly, dismissed as reserved in their enthusiasm but there could be no mistaking the ardour of tonight’s audience for Patti Smith. They spend more time out of their seats than in them, even up in [...]
‘We’ve got a small big band, we’ve got a rock band, we’ve got a jazz quartet, we’ve got a vocalist so there’s lyrics to write. It’s endless possibilities,” says drummer, composer, lyricist and bandleader Rod Oughton of his octet OK [...]
Saxophonist Sam Braysher has been quietly but determinedly carving out his own space in London’s jazz scene since graduating from Guildhall in 2011. While his freelance portfolio involves larger ensembles (including John Warren’s nonet and the London City Big Band), [...]
