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Jazz Vocalist Angela Verbrugge Set To Entertain With Quirky Repertoire At Pizza Express Live On June 3 And 4

May 31, 2023

Pizza Express Live Soho Presents A Canadian Jazz Vocalist And Lyricist Inspired By Cole Porter: Angela Verbrugge With Nyc Bebop Jazz Pianist Ray Gallon Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4. Pizza Express Soho in London / 10 Dean Street London / 8PM Tickets available—£25 at pizzaexpresslive.com Victoria, BC based, Angela Verbrugge , returns to London’s ...

The Yazatas

Active since: 2022

THE YAZATAS

This masterful trio play an ambient blend of Soul, Jazz, Folk and Alternative Rock.

The band accelerates from brooding melodic riffs to pumping rhythms like a possessed soul machine changing gear!  

The name ‘Yazatas’, means venerable spirits in Persian. It was chosen as the three members Jezmond Farren, Zehy AlDhabari and Zaki have a musical chemistry that makes them sound like they are channeling the same soul! 

Diana Torti

Born: May 25

Jazz singer, improviser and composer.

Internationally acclaimed vocalist Diana Torti, brings her breathtaking virtuosity to the forefront of her artistry, presenting music that is bold, beautiful and fearless. A visionary vocalist and improviser, Torti pushes boundaries through blending the evocative atmospheres of ancient music with the soulful nuances of her Mediterranean roots creating a deeply immersive sonic experience.



With a sound that is so versatile and intoxicating, ‘Diana's music is enveloping, taking you to new dimensions, making you lose yourself in floating and impalpable sounds, only to then find you again in the words’ (Giacomo Pisani), she has captivated audiences across the world at intimate jazz clubs and prestigious international stages. Exploring improvisation as a pure expressive force, blending her classical roots with avant-garde intensity, Torti is a masterclass in vocal versatility.



Résonances at the The Vortex

by John Eyles
April 25, 2023

Résonances The Vortex Illusion London UK April 17, 2023 Résonances is an experimental event which merges live visual art with dance, musical performance and poetry. As such, it has much in common with similar live performances such as Claire Zakiewicz's series of Some Loose Assemblies at the Hundred Years Gallery, ...

The Nonidentical

Active since: 2013

Featuring leading lights of the London alternative jazz scene, The Nonidentical combines ferocious improvising with intricate compositional textures. The band came to be out of a series of experimental nights curated by composer and multi-instrumentalist Zac Gvi that brought musicians together with dancers, performance artists, poets and actors to collaborate and explore their differences and common ground. Their forthcoming debut album “Material Tropes” is a politically charged record written in response to the London riots of 2011, Situationism and the climate crisis that revisits the question of whether and on what terms music can engage with ideas outside itself.

Zac Gvi

Zac Gvi (Zachary Gvirtzman) is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London with a background in Jazz, Folk and Contemporary Classical music. He works as a composer and musical director for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and the multi-award winning company Kandinsky Theatre. He collaborates with musicians like Evan Parker, Jarvis Cocker, Seb Rochford, Larry Grenadier, Lore Lixenberg, Kit Downes, Jason Yarde, Rob Luft and Phelan Burgoyne. He’s a member of the F-IRE Collective and has performed at the South Bank Centre, the Royal Opera House, the ICA, Ronnie Scott’s and many other venues in the UK and internationally. 

Amy Winehouse

Born: September 14, 1983

Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

by Chris May
March 14, 2023

It is rare for a debut album by a young musician to merit four stars, but Faithful One, by the 22 year old London pianist and composer Sultan Stevenson, deserves every shining one of them. An alumnus of the community programme Tomorrow's Warriors, in his liner note he singles out the Warriors' founders, Gary Crosby and ...

Noisy Women present at Café Oto, London

by John Eyles
March 4, 2023

Noisy Women Flying Free Café Oto London Sunday February 19, 2023 Barely thirteen months after the Noisy Women's debut concert at Hundred Years Gallery, London, with the total of their concerts still in single figures, there was an air of excitement and anticipation in the audience before this performance began. The original four Noisy ...

Dan Waldman

Guitarist Dan Waldman has paid dues both in Europe and the USA, over a number of genres, performing as a sideman with artists such as Jason Marshall, Soul Understated (Bean Clemons / Mavis Swan Poole), Pee Wee Ellis, Jean Toussaint, Gareth Lockrane, Frank Willams / Brotherhood of Breath, The Real Live Show / MC Malik Work, Grupo Lokito (RIP Eugene Makuta), Jovol Bell, Nate Jones, Kim Thompson, Raheem DeVaughan and Celestine - appearing on recordings released by Acid Jazz, Jazz Refreshed, Mark de Clive Lowe and more.

His 2020 debut release as leader  'Sources & Angles', featuring Will Vinson on sax, Kassa Overall on drums and Ryan Berg on bass received a 4 star review in Jazzwise magazine, international radio play and positive reviews elsewhere including The Times and on this site.