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Guide to the London Jazz Festival

30.10.09
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... more

Julian Joseph jazzes up Brit fest at Ronnie Scott's

03.08.09
American talent has been banished from Ronnie Scott's by Britjazz09. Julian Joseph and Polly Gibbons kicked things off.... more

CDs of the week

29.05.09
Elvis Costello returns to Nashville, Paolo Nutini, unites the whole with his ragged old man croak and Patrick Wolf gives us his fourth album.... more

Mullet man still sounds dangerous

24.11.08
With jazz megastars becoming ever more scarce, featuring two of them in one supergroup was a masterstroke for London Jazz Festival's closing night.... more

Lost chords from Brad Mehldau

21.10.08
It was all flaky pastry and no meat until Brad Mehldau served up a fast version of Charlie Parker's demanding original, Confirmation.... more

Good vibes from Pat Metheny

28.07.08
Guitar icon Pat Metheny was only 19 when vibraphonist Gary Burton gave him his first proper job. The pair are still going strong.... more

Stars that shine for ever

22.07.08
Keyboard superstar Chick Corea and bass guitar ace Stanley Clarke are ageless wonders of virtuosic technique with seemingly inexhaustible ideas.... more

Larry Coryell's dream team plays brilliantly

10.06.08
A journalism graduate, Larry Coryell is one of the few jazz stars who could write his own reviews and possibly sell them.... more

Virtuoso from El Maestro

23.11.07
Paco de Lucia showcased his ease with pure flamenco in a gig that had all the soulfulness you'd expect of a guitar legend. ... more

CDs of the week

16.11.07
Girls Aloud release another slap of feisty handbag pop and Tom Brousseau touches upon the idiosyncracies of love in this week's albums.... 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

Jazz at the Southbank

26.09.07
A host of events will be taking place around the capital as part of this year's London Jazz Festival.... more

CDs of the week

06.07.07
The third album from Interpol, gipsy rebel-rockers Gogol Bordello and the Smashing Pumpkins feature in the CDs of the week... 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

The summer's hottest tickets

20.06.07
From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more

CDs of the week

18.05.07
Ozzy Osborne's latest disc disappoints, Sophie Ellis-Bextor releases a fun-filled opus and G Love get busy with some serious funk in this week's album reviews.... more

Swinging in an English way

01.02.07
Tim Garland is celebrating his 40th birthday with a career-summarising week of jazz. His performance alongside Bill Bruford impressed, but never really got down and dirty, says Jack Massarik.... more

CDs of the week

19.01.07
Debuts from both Damon Albarn's The Good, the Bad and the Queen and The View make good listening, plus there's an indispensible Latin-Arabian compilation.... more

The new ambassador of jazz

07.11.06
Gwilym Simcock is one of the young stars of this year's London Jazz Festival - he says he's on a mission to bring the music to his generation.... more

Very chic but so very cold

11.08.06
After 20 minutes of sedate chamber-jazz from great US pianist Chick Corea, numbness began to set in and Jack Massarik was left wondering where all the Friday-night fever had gone.... more

Very chic but so very cold

07.08.06
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.... more

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