16 year old saxophonist Sam Barnett recently released his debut album, New York – London Suite. Currently studying at The JazzCampus in Basel, Switzerland, he spoke to SJM editor Charlie Anderson. How did you first get into playing saxophone? When I was 3 I heard this saxophone being played through a stereo and […]
A whole host of musicians will be raising money for fabulous vocalist Abi Flynn at The Walrus on Wednesday 6th December. The event is open to everyone and tickets are £10 on the door. It starts at 8pm so please show your support. Promoters Kineojazz are putting on another event in December featuring […]
Vitor Pereira Quintet The Verdict, Brighton Saturday 25th November, 2017 Portuguese guitarist and composer Vitor Pereira has already recorded two albums featuring his own compositions: his debut Doors from 2012 and last year’s New World, the title track of which opened his return to The Verdict, where club owner Andy Lavender is an […]
Tell us about your group Malija with Liam Noble and Jasper Høiby. How did it get started? I worked with Liam and Jasper in 2008 when I did a quintet record called In Deep. I hadn’t really worked with either of them much before and I wanted a new band so I just phoned […]
Back in 2009 Atzmon released his tribute to Charlie Parker on his album In Loving Memory of America, a collaboration with violinist and arranger Ros Stephen and the Sigamos String Quartet. Atzmon has collaborated with them again for his 2017 album The Spirit of Trane. “I really like working with strings and with Ros […]
You’re appearing at Chichester Jazz Club on 17th November performing the music from George Shearing’s The Swingin’s Mutual. I’m doing a lot of The Swingin’s Mutual but also some of the music that he did with Dakota Staton. Some bluesy stuff that she did with his quintet. Some of the quintet arrangements I arranged […]
November sees the London Jazz Festival return to celebrate its 25th year and features a triple bill of Thelonious Monk’s music to commemorate his centenary, along with a celebration of the Ella Fitzgerald centenary by Liane Carroll and Claire Martin at St. John’s Smith Square on Sunday 19th November. This year’s festival uses the […]
The Cloggz The Under Ground Theatre, Eastbourne Saturday 30th September, 2017 The Cloggz combine the technical virtuosity of their jazz backgrounds with a myriad of influences with the end result being a mixture of jazz, tango, film music and other genres. The common theme in their performances is simply choosing a set of […]
Portrait of the Modern Jazz Quartet All Saints Church, Hove Thursday 5th October, 2017 Vibraphonist Nat Steele’s group pays homage to the MJQ through performing their repertoire and arrangements. Given that the MJQ were together for more than 40 years this is quite a task and one that they undertake extremely well. […]
Oli Rockberger Monday 23rd October, 2017 Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham This was Oli Rockberger’s final gig of his first UK tour as a bandleader where he was joined by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Hannah Read, who also features on his latest album Sovereign. Although this was a tour to promote […]