The Ring Modulator

Tortoise + Cluster, Royal Festival Hall, London Jazz Festival, Sunday 22nd November 2009 Well what a treat and a half this inspired bit of p...

Stefano Bollani's 'I Visionari', Kings Place, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 21st November 2009 Pianist Stefano Bollani had a bu...

Gwilym Simcock & The Voice Project, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 21st November 2009 From the off this was a spin...

Bill Frisell, Mike Gibbs & The BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Jazz Festival, Barbican, Thursday 19th November 2009 This gig had all the ...

Blimey, where I've been? Neglecting this blog again it seems yes. Coming off the back of the ace London Jazz Festival and doing the Wri...

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, 21st September 2008 The surfacing of stellar talent Sibongile Khumalo by drumming legend Jack DeJoh...

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Monday 17th November The Manu Katché Band deliver their own brand of pristine grooves with such con...

Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Sunday 16th November London based Manchester exile Arun Ghosh has had quite a year, releasing his debut alb...

Frøy Aagre, Ray's Jazz at Foyles, Saturday 15th November 2008 . I just made it to Ray's Jazz Cafe in time to catch the nordic sounds...

Well I missed out on the MCR Blog Awards this year, but this has been made up for by successfully winning a place on the ' Write Stuff ...

We were awaken with the mighty funk of the MK-Ultras on the Wednesday morning back in St Anns Square. I've known the guitar player Nick ...

It was back to the Bridgewater Hall foyer on Tuesday lunchtime to join the Troubadours with Kirsty Almeida, many of them back here too from...

I was looking forward to seeing the Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet down at Matt and Phreds on the Monday 21st July as soon as I saw the mjf fe...

I caught the last set of Matt Halsall 's gig last night at Matt and Phreds . It kicked off with a punchy rendition of 'Sending My Lo...