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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.
marlbank11 November 2025
Live review: Conrad Herwig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club
Live highlights this year included a rare sighting of trombone deity Conrad Herwig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club.
marlbank12 November 2024
Myles Sanko Launches Let It Unfold oozing sheer soulfulness at Ronnie’s ****
Live highlights in 2024 also included a very soulful showing from Myles Sanko in the new look Ronnie Scott's. It's our gig of...
marlbank12 November 2024
Ivo Neame, Zettalogue, Ubuntu **** recommended
Textbook piano led small group jazz from an English master - Django Bates of his generation, Ivo Neame.
marlbank6 November 2024
Track of the week
Pure arthouse So moving and quietly compelling ‘Le Calme au Château’ proves in its own unforced way. The best 3 minutes and 44...
marlbank11 October 2024Michael Mayo, Fly, Mack Avenue/Artistry Music **** recommended
Definitive post-Bobby McFerrin interpretations The Fly personnel includes pianist-keyboardist Shai Maestro, bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Nate Smith, the on-screen drummer...
marlbank11 October 2024JD Allen, The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful, Savant ***1/2
Capable of great things JD Allen is a unique player who travels that bit more deeply than most.
marlbank11 October 2024Tickets go on sale this morning for Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra who are to play Ireland for the first time
National Concert Hall gig on 11 March 25 A significant event for the Irish jazz scene next year is in the offing with...
marlbank11 October 2024Monkin’ Around, 4 in 1, Ubuntu ****
Shaken not stirred Along with Duke Ellington the music of Thelonious Monk is among the most recorded body of jazz composition anywhere by...
marlbank10 October 2024
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