Cognisant that I was about to attend yet another gig by Down For The Count, just about the best big band currently working, I invested in a Ouija board and sent an urgent SOS to Dr Peter Mark Roget begging for a set of fresh superlatives. With a deadline staring me in the face and […]

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07.10.2025

European Jazz Conference, Bari, Italy - Jazz Journal

On the Adriatic coast, facing the not-too-distant shores of Montenegro, the city of Bari in Apulia has long been a meeting point of cultures. So it was obviously a perfect spot for this year’s European Jazz Conference (EJC). It was hosted in various historical venues around the city and its debates and meetings were articulated […]

Jazz Journal

07.10.2025

Reviewed: Tom Lyne | Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko & Volker Goetze | Adrian Cox Trio - Jazz Journal

Tom Lyne: Well Mixed Blue (LisaLeo Records 001) Canadian double bassist Tom Lyne has lived in Scotland for the last 27 years. He’s been the bassist for much of this time in pianist Dave Milligan’s trio. He’s played with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, with pianist Brian Kellock and for several years has performed as […]

Jazz Journal

08.10.2025

Wall2Wall festival 2025, Wales - Jazz Journal

An American couple in the audience at this year’s Wall2Wall festival at Black Mountain Jazz reminded me of the famous Miles Kington quip about leaving South Wales to seek jazz in London only for him to discover that a lot of it had decamped to South Wales, albeit temporarily. He was talking in the days […]

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