A friend of a friend, who has very little English, perfectly summed up this headline performance in the Cambridge Jazz festival thus : “He is a wizard”. With the Amika String quartet to his right and the three other members [...]
This not surprisingly sold-out solo concert was the last in a 40 date European tour and a headlining feature in the 2024 Cambridge Jazz Festival. The novelty and pleasure of playing outside of London or a major city was remarked [...]
John Arnett writes: Taking place over four days in one of the cinemas of the very congenial Ambleside institution that is Zeffirellis, this four day festival was the seventh, annually, in what has proved to be a highly successful and [...]
“Evergreen” is the debut album of US trumpeter and flugelhorn player Jun Iida. The album was recorded in Los Angeles where he lived for five years, before recently moving to New York. Six of the ten compositions are his own [...]
As Matthew Halsall obligingly explained at the outset, this sold-out show at the Norwich Arts Centre was a game decidedly of two halves. The first featured pieces mostly from the band’s new album “An Ever Changing View” (2023) his ninth, [...]
This concert represented a triumphant and celebratory return to home turf for Norwich trio Mammal Hands, showcasing their sixth and latest album“Gift from the Trees” (Gondwana, reviewed HERE). The setting was the suitably spiritual and atmospheric converted church that is [...]
Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as is this one, by Manfred Eicher. On the earlier album Towner plays both classical and 12 string guitars as well as [...]
This was the last in an imaginative and diverse programme of free open air concerts throughout August at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, on the visually striking geodesic Dome Stage, in the Summer at Snape series. Against the early evening backdrop of [...]
It would be hard to imagine a more exhilarating and celebratory opening night than this one, the first concert of the 250th Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Established in 1772, it is one of the oldest arts festivals in the world. [...]
The story behind this clearly heartfelt tribute album is a fascinating one. Blue Road Records Band are the house band of the eponymous Miami studio, founded in 2019 by Miriam Stone, one of three guitarists in the six piece ensemble [...]
