Julian Nicholas Quintet Thursday 26th October, 2017 All Saint Church, Hove For this final concert in the 2017 All Saints lunchtime recital series, multi-reedsman Julian Nicholas was joined by vocalist Imogen Ryall, pianist Mark Edwards, bassist Nigel Thomas and drummer Dave Trigwell. Not surprisingly, the group attracted the largest audience of the year. […]
Ian Price Charity Celebration Hare & Hounds, Worthing Tuesday 5th September, 2017 Now an annual event at the Hare and Hounds, this tribute to saxophonist Ian Price sees a number of musicians who performed with him join forces in his memory and raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support. Mark Bassey’s band played […]
Sam Braysher/Michael Kanan Quartet The Verdict, Brighton Friday 8th September, 2017 American pianist Michael Kanan is known for his appearance at New York’s Smalls, as well as his work with vocalist Jane Monheit. For the launch of his new duet album with UK saxophonist Sam Braysher, he was joined by bassist Dario Di […]
Jazz For Labour Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th September, 2017 The Walrus, Brighton The brainchild of Jazzwise editor in chief and Brighton resident Jon Newey, and organised by Newey, Terry Seabrook and Julian Nicholas, this two-evening event helped raise more than £1,300 for the local Labour party, in the same week that Labour […]
Summer Festival Roundup Various Venues The event Gilles Peterson on the Beach on Saturday 29th July sounded promising with a whole day of live music followed by a DJ set by the man himself. Unfortunately, the badly organised event was delayed by several hours and accompanied by heavy rain. However, vocalist Claire Martin […]
Philip Clemo: Dream Maps Live Friday 25th August Kino-Teatr, St. Leonards-on-sea Guitarist and soundscape composer Philip Clemo released his album of ambient, original music last year, which featured an array of jazz musicians, many from Sussex. For this performance he gave a reduced version, accompanied by virtuoso musicians such as cellist Emily Burridge […]
Love Supreme Festival Glynde, Sussex Friday 30th June – Sunday 2nd July, 2017 Oli Howe’s trio Howes3 helped start Love Supreme’s fifth incarnation with a selection of original compositions, the highlight of which was a guest appearance by energetic and uplifting vocalist Abi Flynn, who co-wrote the tune Day 7 with Oli Howe. […]
Geoff Simkins Trio The Verdict, Brighton Sunday 18th June 2017 Local legend Geoff Simkins hasn’t released an album under his own name for a number of years, so it was great to see him launch his new album at The Verdict in Brighton, accompanied by the two other musicians on the CD, Nikki […]
Geoffrey Keezer & Gillian Margot The Verdict, Brighton Monday 5th June 2017 Beginning with a masterclass, in association with Brighton Jazz School (of which Keezer is a patron), husband and wife team Geoffrey Keezer and Gillian Margot answered questions from the audience that covered everything from musical empathy, rubato, introductions, rhythm, song choice […]
ENEMY The Verdict, Brighton Monday 22nd May 2017 ENEMY, a superb trio of Kit Downes, Petter Eldh and James Maddren, was formed as a reaction to how Kit thinks about “complexity, and how liberating it can be”. And although this was an evening of complex music, it was also an evening of […]