Diane Reeves was on superb form at the Barbican Hall thanks to a noble voice and excellent support from her international band. Lionel Louke also gave a highly original performance.... more
Jeff Beck's screaming post-Hendrix machismo will never cut it with the jazz world and was an insult to a half-century of world-respected jazz tradition, says Jack Massarik.... more
Britney Spears makes a comeback, Unklejam serve up some Seventies-style electrofunk and jazz man Herbie Hancock all feature in the CDs of the week.... more
Some Pumpkins-lite grunge, a solo release from one of James Brown's backing singers and catchy tunes in Arabic and Spanish are among the week's standouts.... more
This Sunday-section of the London Jazz Festival was reserved for sophisticates who like their jazz long on intelligence, sensuality and melody.... more
Saturday sees the spectacular Lord Mayor's Show, the London Jazz Festival kicks off and budding artists flog their wares at the Inspired Art Fair.... more
As a trained doctor who combined medical and jazz careers, Eddie Henderson seems an ideal match for Ambulance, Arnie Somogyi's self-styled 'specialists in musical accident and insurgency'.... more
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