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Meg Morley Trio at 606 Club

By GARETH THOMAS

Meg Morley Trio, and the Will Sach Band from the Royal Academy of Music
606 Club
London
April 10, 2018

Underground in Chelsea's cosy and rustic 606 Club, Meg Morley performed her trio's debut album, Can't Get Started, alongside Richard Sadler on double bass and Emiliano Caroselli on drums. The Australian ...

Dhevdhas Nair

I grew up listening to a wide variety of music. My mother, who was Indian, loved Beethoven Bach and Mozart, my dad who was English, was into Wagner, Bach, the Beatles, and Indian classical music. When I was a kid he used to take me to the all night Indian music concerts at the Albert Hall in London which had a big effect on me. Not just absorbing the form of the music, which starts slowly without rhythm, drawing you in in a psychologically expert way, and the virtuosity of the playing, but also observing the unique atmosphere in the hall, the relaxed but focused attention of the audience

Gilad Atzmon And The Orient House Ensemble at The Vortex Jazz Club

By JAMES FLEMING

Gilad Atzmon And The Orient House Ensemble
Vortex Jazz Club
London
March 23, 2018

The show was not called “The Music Of Trane," nor even “The Compositions Of Trane," but rather “The Spirit Of Trane." John Coltrane's soul has transcended this earthly realm and ascended beyond even our ...

Vladimira Krckova

Vladimíra Krčková is a singer, actress, composer, lyricist; sings and writes modern jazz with elements of contemporary classical music (although French chanson, South American music, blues and pop aren't foreign to her). In 2015, Ms Krckova wrote and directed her first official music video 'Your Aura On My Lips' and is currently working on her second music video that will have a format of a short film and will be released 2018. It is important to say she possesses a perfect vocal technique and an outstanding vocal range. It is unbelievable what a high quality can such a fragile young Czech lady offer together with such lightness, nature and clarity

Derek Bailey // Three Presences at Cafe Oto

By JOHN EYLES

Simon H. Fell, Mark Wastell, Alex Ward
Derek Bailey // Three Presences
Cafe Oto
London
March 2, 2018

Many people will have done a double-take upon seeing this evening in the Café Oto programme. Over twelve years after the much-loved guitarist Derek Bailey died on Christmas Day 2005, he seemed to be ...

Trish Clowes at Mermaid Arts Centre

By IAN PATTERSON

Trish Clowes
Mermaid Arts Centre
Bray, Ireland
February 9, 2018

Almost five years had passed since saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes' only previous gig in Ireland, at the Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival 2013. Since then, Clowes has released a couple of well-received albums and was selected as a BBC Radio ...

The NJE at Indo, Whitechapel

By GARETH THOMPSON

The NJE
Indo, Whitechapel
London
January 30, 2018

There has been a drinking establishment at 133 Whitechapel Road, east London, since the eighteenth century. A music license was first obtained in 1856 when the site was rebuilt after fire damage. Now a narrow bar, bookended by stained glass ...

Music From Out There, In Here: 25 Years Of The London Jazz Festival

By IAN PATTERSON

Music From Out There, In Here: 25 Years Of The London Jazz Festival
Emma Webster, George McKay
136 Pages
University Of East Anglia
2017

There was a time when London had more jazz festivals than you could shake a stick at. Most, however, have disappeared, leaving the London Jazz Festival, ...