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Esperanza Spalding a bright hope on the double bass

2009-11-23T09:51:34Z

Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding

Guide to the London Jazz Festival

2009-10-30T09:40:01Z

The London Jazz Festival swings into town next month - it's time to learn to love the J-word. Richard Godwin takes you from A to Z

Ronnie's celebrates with Jack Bruce

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Singer-composer Jack Bruce has more right to play Ronnie Scott's than most British chart-toppers.

BritJazz09 is a resounding success

2009-08-16T23:00:00Z

To general delight and amazement, BritJazz09 saw full houses throughout and future events now look a certainty, says Jack Massarik

Buckingham Palace hits right note with jazz fans

2009-08-03T11:28:00Z

Buckingham Palace made a surprise appearance today on a shortlist of the country's most important jazz venues

Singing with your supper

2009-04-15T14:10:42Z

Combine dining out with a live music set at some of London's top restaurants.

Things are heating up for Soweto Kinch

2009-03-30T23:00:00Z

Since roaring down the M1 with his alto sax and a strikingly original concept album, Soweto Kinch has kept a low profile, but look out.

Jazz clubs gamble fortune

2008-12-15T00:00:00Z

The talent bookers at Ronnie Scott's and the Pizza Express Club in Dean Street have backed two groups to keep cash registers ringing.

Manners, Lily - it's so not cool to lash out

2008-08-20T09:05:49Z

When did it become a ho-ho-ho national joke for our celebrities to beat people up? The nation is chortling today over the photos of a trashed Lily Allen punching a member of the public outside Ronnie Scott's

Wild Lily Allen lashes out at a woman during a heavy night out

2008-08-19T08:22:37Z

Lily Allen threw a punch at a passer-by during a drinking session in London's Soho. Lily reacted after being heckled as she left Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club at 2am.

Showing maturity

2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

Gone are the screaming, circular-breathing 20-minute histrionics that left listeners frazzled. Afropeans welcomes more restrained jazz.

Jazz has a new image

2008-03-25T00:00:00Z

US tenorist Eric Alexander is more George Coleman than Coltrane. A product of jazz conservatories rather than smoky basements, he provides flab-free contemporary jazz.

Stepping out the shadows

2008-01-29T00:00:00Z

Once a humble supporting act, singer-pianist Liane Carroll finds herself back at Ronnie Scott's a fully-fledged star.

World-class icebreaker

2008-01-16T00:00:00Z

Few UK artists can headline at Ronnie Scott's as effectively as Claire Martin, a charismatic singer and world-class icebreaker.

Ronnie Scott's: We will present the finest jazz

2007-12-12T15:46:22Z

The owner of Ronnie Scott's has pledged to uphold its tradition of booking great jazz players.

Ronnie Scott's in crisis as artistic director quits

2007-12-11T11:08:22Z

Ronnie Scott's jazz club is in turmoil after its artistic director, Leo Green, quit amid speculation he had fallen out with the jazz fan who bought the club two years ago.

At the Beck and call of a rock legend

2007-11-28T00:00:00Z

Jeff Beck may not have hit the big time as consistently as fellow Yardbirds Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page, but his trail through rock 'n' roll is mythic enough.

More sweat please, Craig

2007-10-15T23:00:00Z

Craig David's six show residency at Ronnie Scott's shows that the formerly fresh-faced singer has grown up.

Good-humoured diva

2007-09-04T23:00:00Z

Everything Marlena Shaw touches turns to jazz and young singers should study her artful pacing and easy-going audience control.

Funky virtuoso

2007-07-24T23:00:00Z

Bankable near-jazz stars are the face of the new Ronnie Scott's, and singer-guitarist Jose Feliciano is the latest artist to benefit.

What's wrong at Ronnie's?

2007-06-26T09:16:17Z

A year to the day since it reopened its doors there are complaints that the celebrated jazz club has lost its heart and fears that it's set to be taken over.

Winehouse a hit in the jazz world

2007-05-08T07:53:10Z

She may have lost to Arctic Monkeys at the Brit Awards but Amy Winehouse has at last won a trophy for her acclaimed album Back To Black.

Eastwood's All-Star line-up

2007-05-02T11:00:13Z

Kyle Eastwood, The eldest son of Hollywood star Clint Eastwood performs a one-off gig at Ronnie Scott�s on Thursday.

Devotion to jazz sets Allyson apart

2007-03-27T23:00:00Z

Karrin Allyson is a bit special. Not only is her voice warm, husky-edged and in tune, but her devotion to the jazz tradition, sets her apart from most other children of the Seventies.

Legend brings his funky jazz to town

2007-02-21T09:56:40Z

Musical director to the late, great James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis is bringing his funky sounding jazz to Ronnie Scott's.

Critics choice: Top five gigs

2007-01-19T08:47:46Z

With star-packed events at Ronnie Scott's and the Roundhouse featuring Jamie Cullum, Paul Weller and Bill Wyman, to Swedish electropop at the Mean Fiddler, there is something for everyone.

Critic's choice: New Year's Eve jazz gigs

2006-12-28T11:43:02Z

Jack Massarik picks five groovy jazz gigs to see in the New Year and riff you into 2007.

CDs of the week

2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

Take That are back with polite, mature pop, Jay-Z delivers his eighth studio album and a double-disc retrospective marks the 10th anniversary of Ronnie Scott's death.

Left in the dark at Ronnie's

2006-08-29T23:00:00Z

It wouldn't have been difficult to have improved on the horrible spaghetti Bolognese at Ronnie Scott's but that seems to be beyond the capability of the new management.

Very chic but so very cold

2006-08-06T23:00:00Z

Gig review: Prim is a word seldom applied to Chick Corea, but after 20 minutes of sedate chamber-jazz by the great US pianist, numbness began to set in and Jack Massarik was left wondering where all the Friday-night fever had gone.