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Claire Martin & Ray Gelato: We’ve Got a World That Swings review – jazz artistry

3137 days ago
Guardian Music(Linn)Claire Martin can grasp the essence of any jazz-oriented style that appeals to her and make herself instantly at home in it. This time it’s the irresistible mixture of swing, jump-and-jive and sheer bonhomie purveyed by Britain’s ... more info

London jazz festival 2012: from Herbie Hancock and Esperanza Spalding to John Paul Jones – what to see

4428 days ago
Guardian MusicThe London jazz festival starts on Friday 9 November, and here are our critics' picks of what to see – plus suggestions from performers including Robert Glasper and Gwyneth HerbertGuy Barker's Jazz Voices: Celebrating a Century of SongBarbican, Fri... more info

Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care – review

4621 days ago
Guardian Music(Linn)Like all really good jazz singers, Claire Martin blossoms in the presence of really good jazz musicians. In this case her accompaniment is in the hands of Kenny Barron, a pianist of brilliance and intuitive delicacy, and she has never sounded b... more info

Prom 71: Tribute to Stan Kenton – review

4854 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonJazz hasn't featured much in the Proms this year, but by staging a centenary tribute to Stan Kenton's big-band music of the 1940s and 50s, the organisers were unleashing enough roaring noise to stand in for half a dozen other... more info

This week's new live music

4895 days ago
Guardian MusicWarm Brains, LondonThere are a million shades to a British indie rock occasionally thought of as uniformly grey, and whether as producer or musician, Rory Attwell has roamed across this spectrum. A one-time member of the shortlived Test Icicles and l... more info

Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett: Witchcraft – review

5020 days ago
Guardian Music(Linn)It's hard to believe that it was almost six years ago that they first got together. It seemed so unlikely at the time, this song-and-piano partnership between a notably feisty jazz vocalist and an esteemed composer. But now it's accepted that t... more info

Nash Ensemble, Richard Rodney Bennett – review

5021 days ago
Guardian MusicWigmore Hall, LondonA composer who has always brought style, humour and professionalism to his notably varied music, Richard Rodney Bennett has distinguished himself on the screen and the cabaret stage as much as the concert platform. His 1985 Sonata... more info

Album review: Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett, Witchcraft

5025 days ago
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Chris Dagley obituary

5256 days ago
Guardian MusicVersatile session man and house drummer at Ronnie Scott's clubRonnie Scott's jazz club has found some superb local candidates for the taxing task of drumming in its house band over the years – including the wilful Phil Seamen in the 1960s, the inno... more info

In praise of… Pizza on the Park

5355 days ago
Guardian MusicA furtive planning application threatens one of London's most cherished jazz venuesLondon, a capital woefully short of jazz venues, is about to lose one of its most cherished, Pizza on the Park. The fact that the historic basement room will hold its ... more info

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