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Recent live gig and concert reviews
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…
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: 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.
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…
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