Immy Churchill, Songs That Shaped Me, Vortex Downstairs, ****

A rising vocals star finds her own path

Marvin Muoneké, Mark Lockheart, Gary Crosby, Alex Webb and Winston Clifford – Cadogan Hall **** recommended

A lunchtime appointment themed around the timelessness of Coltrane and Hartman proves charming and thoughtfully spun…

Andrea Di Biase’s Oltremare, Vortex ****

Persuasive originals win the day.

The Bad Plus, Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Barbican, City of London ****

Playing the music of the Keith Jarrett American Quartet on their farewell tour, The Bad Plus…

Talkline, Vortex, Dalston ***

Unusually fronted by a singer who plays vibes accompanied by double bass and piano, Talkline on…

Live review: Nathan Carter, London Palladium, Soho ****

An entertaining evening as once in a generation country singer Nathan Carter has the London Palladium…

Ethan Iverson, Vortex, Dalston ****

A visit by US pianist Ethan Iverson in the company of two British players was illuminated…

Ches Smith Clone Row, Vortex, Dalston ***1/2

Tone rows, microtonalism, punk jazz and more from an edgy 2 guitar sporting four-piece on crunching…

Sidewalk Boogie down the Gasworks conjure ‘Dark Eyes’

The Sidewalk Boogie arrangement took the banging gypsy jazz tune older than old beyond traddery distant…

Live review: Karim Saber Quintet, Pizza Express Live, Soho ****

Unveiling music from Sundance.

Live: Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart feat. Gunhild Carling, Ronnie Scott’s, Soho ****

You could cut a rug to that chug, chug chug – all night long.

Live review: Simon Spillett quartet, The Bohemia, Finchley

An evening in the B3 Lounge of Tubby Hayes, Benny Golson and Johnny Griffin tunes led…

Live review: James Allsopp + Rebecka Edlund and Tom Step’s Van-Ventures, Vortex, Dalston

A busy night at London's Vortex.

Joe Webb trio at the Green Note

An act that's making great strides

Jo Harrop – Magy’s Farm, near Dromara, County Down

As autumn leaves fall all around the beautiful countryside setting, acclaimed jazz singer Jo Harrop plays…

Live: Andrew Irwin and Joe Hill, Coalter’s, Enniskillen ***1/2

'Alice in Wonderland' steals the show in this latest Skintown gig by Andrew Irwin and Joe…

Live review: Francesco Turrisi and Shannon Barnett, Hawk’s Well, Sligo

A review of a Saturday afternoon show that formed just a small part of this year's…

Live: Emma Rawicz Quartet, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo ****

Touring Ireland at the moment, last night into the west the tour reached Sligo. At the…