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Dreamlike moment from Lynne Arriale

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

Barack Obama: Man with a culture plan

28.01.09
Now that Barack Obama has moved into the White House America’s arts world can look forward to playing a key role in his revolution — it’s a strategy we could learn from...... more

Last Jazz Crusader standing

16.01.09
It's been a while since The Jazz Crusaders first fought the good fight, and only one of the original members remains. ... more

’Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris reveals a great deal about an incredible singer

20.11.08
’Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris is an affectionate tribute to 'The Greatest Voice You Never Heard' ... more

Makeba, anti-apartheid's voice, dies after concert

10.11.08
Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star who was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, has died... 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

Neo-bop by a Neopolitan

09.01.08
Bad enough that Fabio Capello is teaching us how to play football, his Italian compatriot Renato D'Aiello is showing Londoners how the tenor sax should be played... more

Pharaoh Kings and a Tennessee claw

20.11.07
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck share an extraordinary split-second empathy, not only when performing their super-precise duets but also while soloing.... more

Double delight at Ronnie's

11.07.07
More double-bills like the one of Roy Hargrove and Roberta Gambarini might justify Ronnie Scott's admission prices and restore its street-cred... more

What's wrong at Ronnie's?

26.06.07
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.... more

Blow by blow recall

14.05.07
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big-Band rocked Cadogan Hall as they made storming work of the great trumpeter's difficult scores.... more

Manu knows what he is doing

19.04.07
Taking in everything from funk, jazz and soul to hi-life, Latin and calypso rhythms, Manu Dibango is a performer you can trust.... more

Grateful for silence

09.03.07
Kenny Barron enjoyed the attentive silence from an unusually well behaved crowd at Ronnie Scott's.... more

The silver-haired elder statesman of jazz

03.01.07
Silver-haired Scott Hamilton has grown into his role as an elder statesman of the mainstream jazz revival and no living saxophonist throws down elegant solos as well as him.... more

Rich chords and fine funk

28.12.06
Hiram Bullock says he doesn't do jazz - but his gig at Live! on the Park was packed with hard-hitting jazz-funk numbers, full of rich jazz chords and punchy ensemble phrases.... more

Heavy going

21.08.06
Trumpeter Jumaane Smith was blowing like a young Woody Shaw as the Rashied Ali quartet played some heavy modern jazz in two uncompromising sets at Live! on the Park.... more

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