Ian Shaw @ Glasgow Jazz Festival
2018-06-22
With its basement bar, low ceiling and intimate setting, The Blue Arrow on Sauchiehall Street is the perfect jazz venueContinue Reading
Cover Star Keyon Harrold: A New Miles Davis?
2018-06-20
Hailed as “the future of the trumpet” by Wynton Marsalis, and “one to watch” by Rolling Stone, Keyon Harrold isContinue Reading
2018 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Programme
2018-06-13
For its 40th anniversary Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is in a festive mood. The programme for this 40th anniversaryContinue Reading
MUSIC REVIEW: Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood
2017-11-16
As evidenced by their opening track Two To Tango, the theme of jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth and her pianist, arranger,Continue Reading
EDINBURGH JAZZ: Fionna Duncan and Brian Kellock Duo
2017-07-16
In advance of his eleven gigs (and counting) at this year’s Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, pianist Brian Kellock gaveContinue Reading
Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock in Scotland’s Falkirk
2017-01-21
“Anyone remember 1927?” asked a tongue-in-cheek Tommy Smith before gliding into the second tune of the evening, which was releasedContinue Reading
Liane Carroll does Chelsea some JAZZ
2017-01-08
Liane Carroll is my favourite singer. She epitomises everything I used to get out of theatre but, sadly, no longerContinue Reading
Courtney Pine at The Jazz Cafe, London
2016-12-29
With no support act and an interminable wait from the doors opening at 7 pm to the curtain rising aContinue Reading
Ali Affleck is Scottish JAZZ
2016-10-17
by Peter Callaghan After Rose Room’s barnstorming performance at The Faw Kirk on the opening night of the inaugural three-dayContinue Reading
Rose Room Quartet wows Falkirk Live!
2016-10-15
by Peter Callaghan Gypsy swing quartet kick off Falkirk Live! With a barnstorming gig. Five out of five! As theContinue Reading
Unleashed at The Traverse
2016-09-06
by Peter Callaghan A lyric in Dan Hicks‘ song I Scare Myself, sung in the second half of Liane Carrol,Continue Reading
Joe Stilgoe does Movie Jazz at the Fringe
2016-08-11
by Peter Callaghan Joe Stilgoe – a sharp-suited and even sharper-witted jazz musician “of sorts” (his self-deprecating words, not mine)Continue Reading
Mads Mathias at Edinburgh Jazz Festival
2016-07-21
by Peter Callaghan With his Paolo Nutini good looks, Harry Connick Jr smooth vocals and Cole Porter knack of writingContinue Reading