Charlie Anderson rounds up the latest jazz news. Talented Portuguese guitarist and composer Vitor Pereira returns to The Verdict in Brighton on 17th November with a new album of material. He’s currently crowdfunding to raise money to tour the music around the UK. Also appearing at The Verdict this month are the Mark Cherrie […]
Eastbourne Splash Point Jazz Festival The Fishermen’s Club, Christ Church and Leaf Hall, Eastbourne Sunday 30th September, 2018 Splash Point Jazz’s inaugural jazz festival in Eastbourne saw 12 different bands performing across 3 separate venues. The largest venue of the festival, Christ Church, hosted Festival Director Neal Richardson’s Band who performed a number of […]
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock will be doing his best to unify the jazz community on 30th April, International Jazz Day. This year’s host city is St. Petersburg, which recently expelled US diplomats following the Salisbury spy poisoning. The Jazz FM Awards ceremony also takes place on International Jazz Day, at Shoreditch Town […]
Veteran jazz photographer and SJM contributor Brian O’Connor launches an exhibition of his jazz photography at the Clocktower Cafe in Croydon next month. Having photographed a number of jazz artists since 1971, the exhibition will have its official opening on Saturday 7th April at 2pm by the deputy mayor of Croydon, with music supplied […]
Nicole Henry Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-sea Wednesday 8th November, 2017 I’d not heard of Nicole Henry until it was announced that she was to perform the opening gig at the London Jazz Festival. I then found out that two days before, the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham-by-Sea had gained the distinction of booking […]
Sari Schorr and the Engine Room Crawley Blues Club, The Studio, The Hawth, Crawley Sunday 16th April 2017 I’d never heard of Sari Schorr until she was listed as appearing at the Hawth. Quite a revelation. From all out blues, a touch of rock, and more than a hint of jazz, she puts […]
Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers The Hawth, Crawley Friday 17th March 2017 Australian Geoff has made a welcome return to these shores after a few years, with his usual mix of hard blues containing quite a sprinkling of the jazz influence. Many of his solos on guitar would not go amiss in […]
Frank Holder Trio The Hawth, Crawley Sunday 19th March 2017 Just two weeks shy of reaching 92 years of age Frank Holder is certainly by now a national treasure. He’s not quite so firm on his feet with the dancing, he does sometimes forget the words, but scats easily over the problem or […]
Images of Jazz Brian O’Connor With a foreword by bassist/jazz club owner Peter Ind, this book features over 400 photographs taken over the course of nearly 50 years at more than 60 venues across Britain. Photographer Brian O’Connor has been photographing jazz musicians since the early 1970s and is also a regular […]
Art Themen & Andy Panayi Splash Point Jazz Eastbourne Wednesday 28th September It’s always nice to see a new jazz club opening, so it was a pleasure to be in at the start of Splash Point Jazz Club Eastbourne, which has found a home in the Fishermen’s Club, just a pebbles throw […]