Topping the opening-night bill was Norma Winstone, doyenne of British jazz singers and lyricist extraordinaire. She sang with passion, sensitivity and English reserve that is her personal property ... more
Robert Mitchell's opening solo-piano set contrasted technical brilliance with strange, moody studies for the left hand which listeners could follow on manuscript pages projected onscreen... more
A bouquet for Ronnie's manager Simon Cooke, who showed that business can mix with sentiment by booking the son of fondly remembered Amancio D'Silva... more
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... more
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
Keyboard superstar Chick Corea and bass guitar ace Stanley Clarke are ageless wonders of virtuosic technique with seemingly inexhaustible ideas.... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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