Guardian Music — (Basho)British pianist Kit Downes, formerly of Empirical, is beginning to get the kind of enthusiastic attention Gwilym Simcock did on his emergence a few years before - but for a more economical jazz-derived style with a more audible connection to h... more info

Scotsman.com — EMPIRICAL *** REDROOMS, PERTH THEATRE more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonTomasz Stanko is the quintessential European jazz star in his pork-pie hat, snazzy suit and elevated shoes. With a radio mic on the bell of his trumpet, he's free to stalk the stage of a captivated, sold-out QEH.He has a s... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, LondonWith a symphony-sized orchestra and a raft of singers, the Jazz Voice concert was numerically the heavyweight contender of the 2009 London Jazz festival's opening weekend. But the biggest show of the weekend featured just one ma... more info

Scotsman.com — EMPIRICAL: OUT 'N' IN **** NAIM JAZZ, £12.72 more info