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These Funky Things (Remind Me of Sco)
John Scofield Trio + Scottish National Jazz OrchestraLondon Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 15th November 2010 Hurray! I finally managed to get to see John Scofield last week. Through some bad luck with timings and being based in Manchester, somehow it's taken me this long. Technically I did see him many years ago at ...
Murcof and Francesco Tristano - London Jazz Festival
Murcof and Francesco TristanoLondon Jazz Festival, Queen Eliizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 16th November 2010 There was promise here for sure. The combination of Fernando Corona aka Murcof's minimalist electronica grace and the idiosynkrasia of 'not'-pianist Francesco Tristano ought to have delivered something special, but I'm not sure it did. Things started promisingly enough with Tristano scattering ...
Gary Burton Quartet + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - London Jazz Festival
Gary Burton Quartet + Scottish National Jazz OrchestraLondon Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 17th November 2010 Following a warm up week in New York, tonight's concert was the first major outing for Gary Burton's new quartet, and compelling stuff it was too, hitting the pocket from the off. As early as the second tune, ...
Beyond Good and Evil
Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society + Zoe RahmanLondon Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. Saturday 13th November 2010 I'd heard lots of good things about pianist Zoe Rahman in recent years, so I was really pleased to see she was opening this double bill playing solo. The plaudits are justified, as she was great. Her ...
The Theatre of the Absurd
Simcock Meets CharnockLondon Jazz Festival, Purcell Room, Southbank, London. 12th November 2010 Well this was new and strangeimprovised jazz with improvised movement, Gwilym Simcock on the piano with maverick Nigel Charnock on 'movement.' Initially the whole thing seemed somewhat absurd. Simcock started with some very quiet and reflective playing that Charnock soon started contorting to. The ...
Kenny Wheeler 80th Birthday Concert, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Saturday 23rd October 2010
A lovely evening was had at the RNCM last week for the Kenny Wheeler 80th Birthday concert. It's been a while since I've seen Wheeler, back when I was living in London. I managed to see him quite a few times at the Vortex, then on Stoke Newington Church St, and I really remember shuffling past ...
Uncanny Reveries - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Eight
The Golden Age of Steam and TrioVD, Pavilion. Les Chisnall, St Anns Church. Orca Trio, Pavilion. Friday, 30th July 2010.I made it in the nick of time to take my pew for Les Chisnall's solo piano recital at St Anns Church. I'm no stranger to Chisnall' playing, but this was the first time I've ...
Party to the End of the World - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Six
Phil Bancroft's Home, Small as the World," RNCM. mjf introduces: Andrew Woodhead Quartet, Pavilion. Edward Barnwell Trio, Bridgewater Hall Foyer. Jim Faulker Group, St Anns Square. Wednesday, 28th July 2010.There's nothing like a bit of hard edged avant jazz to get your lunchtime appetite going, and the Jim Faulkner Group were happy to oblige ...
Howlin' Gwil and Big Mike Walker - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Five
Simcock, Walker, Swallow & Nussbaum at Royal Northern College of Music. 27th July 2010Following Monday night's Jazz on 3 taster, the Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum group were over at the Royal Northern College of Music for a full set on Tuesday. It seemed like the entire North West jazz community were here for this ...
Passion, Grace and Fire - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Four
Arun Ghosh Quintet, Stuart McCallum and Simcock/Walker/SwallowithNussbaum, Band on the Wall. mjf introduces: Sam Rapley/Adam Chatterton Quintet, Festival Pavilion. Monday 26th July 2010This was the first of the 'mjf introduces' series of mid afternoon concerts showcasing new jazz talent from around the UK. A great start it was too from the Sam ...