Where to listen to short chamber concerts every working day of the week In 40 years of travelling I have been to most of the big cities around the world, and have my own view of their relative merits.   All great cities provide the complete range of artistic events, but New York I think is…

Gifted guitarist vigorously picks away. Eight years ago or so I was sitting 10 feet  behind Chucho Valdez, as the big man played jazz piano in the Bluenote.  He played so fast I could not see his hands actually move – there was just a blur at the end of his arms. Although this was in my period…

West Indian piano wizard vigorously thumps away  at keyboard in new Blues Festival – at least one audience member quite nicely set up for this. London has a new festival, ‘Bluesfest’, with the usual line-up of ‘not blues’ or ‘barely blues’ artists, as well as some real bluesmen, although few that I would call genuine…