UPDATE 21 Feb: This good news from the organisers of Jazz at the Parakeet: Quoting from their re-named Instagram page: “HI EVERYONE! Since receiving the message from the Parakeet that we couldn’t continue after the end of February, we’ve been [...]
“A Year in the Life celebrates the joy of making music in London, with each track telling a distinct story”, according to the press release for the album. And for its composer and arranger Tom Smith, “…the band sounds like [...]
Anyone who knows Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset for his jazz-classical crossovers is in for a surprise with Cabaret – a joyous, often boisterous album that sounds deeply inspired by eighties fusion music such as Weather Report and Michael Brecker-era Steps [...]
Drummer and bandleader Matt Skelton has put together a new programme for quintet, in celebration of the work of drumming legend Shelly Manne, and of the five volumes of ‘At the Blackhawk’ records that are – Matt says “the centrepiece [...]
