What happens when three good things come together: good food, good music and a good cause? The Colour of Jazz brings Chats Palace to life with a night dedicated to all the good things. Join us and loads of others on 23rd February for a good cause and good music....
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Preview: Walthamstow Jazz Festival @ Walthamstow Assembly Hall (London; Saturday 16th February 2019)
Looking to indulge us further in the current jazz scene revelry, Byrd Out and Waltham Forest Council will by debuting the very first Walthamstow Jazz Festival. Set in the iconic arts venue of Walthamstow Assembly Hall, the event will have two stages and will host both live performances and DJ...
Often seen cooly blasting fat bass notes from the back line, Theon Cross is set to take centre stage to showcase his first album Fyah at Corsica Studios. Best known for his untiring tuba performances alongside many of the top UK jazz acts, such as Sons of Kemet, he brings...
There’s no denying that jazz and jazz fusion is a more popular genre right now than perhaps it was five or 10 years ago. This rise in popularity, I believe, can be attributed to the wave of jazz fusion bands in London, such as Kokoroko and Yazz Ahmed. A name...
We left Vels Trio a few months ago, after an electrifying set during Ealing Jazz Festival, and we’ll meet them again in a few days’ time at another jazz festival in the British capital. This time, the prog and electro-jazz trio from Brighton will perform in North East London during North...
If, on the one hand, we’re pretty sad about the closure of another nice London independent music venue like Ghost Notes – on the other, we feel the need to bless the birth of Supreme Standards, a brand new music platform aimed to support and expose “the best new UK and international jazz, funk, soul and...
The three rooms over two floors proffered at the (thrice) monthly discotheque – South London Soul Train – offer a specific selection of funky, groovy, brassy and soulful music. For me, it’s a go-to event where you can certainly find space to dance and “let go” in a happy and upbeat...
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To be fair, Vula Viel are a blessing for a music scene like the London one, obsessed with coolness and what being cool implies. They simply play what they like, how they like it. Paraphrasing the title of their upcoming album, they’re not afraid, they can afford to be natural....
By now, you’d already know that we don’t like charts, ranks or hierarchies. So, of course, we have compiled a list of our favourite albums of the year (next to songs and videos), but more than a ranking, we prefer to call our choices a “music guide to 2018”. To...
What Colour Is Jazz? @ Chats Palace (London; Saturday 23rd February 2019)
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