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Best blues bars in London

23.10.09
Drown your sorrows with bourborn and the music of the deep South in the best blues bars in town.... more

John “Hoppy” Hopkins captures post war Britain

23.06.09
John “Hoppy” Hopkins is a modest cultural icon whose career has taken many unexpected twists. He returns with photographic records from 1960‑66.... more

Branford Marsalis Quartet are a disappointment

29.05.09
This eagerly-awaited one-night stand with the Branford Marsalis Quartet couldn’t end soon enough, and that’s a painful admission to make. ... more

CDs of the week

24.04.09
Bob Dylan returns with his 33rd studio album, The Enemy reinvent themselves as rock gods and the Handsome Family get mellow.... more

Joshua Redman draws credit crunch crowd

20.03.09
On a chilly midweek night, with no pre-publicity and the credit crunch in full bite, Ronnie's was rammed to the rafters for Joshua Redman.... more

Dreamlike moment from Lynne Arriale

17.02.09
Bolder artists tend to be works in progress, and Lynne Arriale belongs in that category.... more

CDs of the week

23.01.09
Bruce Springsteen has written an album that dwells on love and Franz Ferdinand return with their distinctive sound.... more

Branford Marsalis Quartet triumphs

09.07.08
Branford Marsalis Quartet's storming finish was an exhilarating antidote to the tense opening set by Andrew McCormack's trio.... more

Magic of Monk

21.05.08
Monk on My Mind is an artful and long-overdue tribute to jazz's most original major pianist-composer, Thelonious Monk.... more

Meeting of the diva misfits

27.02.08
The little-known friendship of the black jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald and white Hollywood sex goddess Marilyn Monroe makes for an absorbing piece of theatre... more

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08
From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

Viennese master's glorious send-off

26.11.07
Martin France drummed with more venom than usual and Django Bates played magnificently in an all-star tribute to Joe Zawinul.... more

Monk, funk and even a banjo

31.10.07
It takes place at 41 venues over 10 nights and ranges from world music to the complete works of Thelonious Monk - Jack Massarik previews the London Jazz Festival.... more

Pair leave room for individual expression

02.07.07
Although multi-Grammy award winners Chick Corea and Gary Burton have an occasional partnership, together they created an exquisite hybrid ... more

It's Miller time

23.04.07
Greenford's gifted allrounder Troy Miller is a brilliant drummer, keyboard player and composer who had the Pizza Express Jazz Club swinging for three nights at the weekend.... more

Bringing Brooklyn to Africa

17.11.06
Randy Weston led the BBC Big Band through his compositions at this London Jazz Festival concert, his African roots proudly nourishing each one.... more

CDs of the week

27.10.06
Songbird showcases Willie Nelson's tough, delicate tones, the first Who album in 24 years is released and Make Believe lacks a certain spark.... more

Left in the dark at Ronnie's

30.08.06
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. ... more

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