For a geezer of my vintage the great and most fruitful UK jazz explosion occurred in the late 60s-early 70s, fuelled by South African expats and musicians from the West Country and then, somewhat in ...
A crisp, swinging, well-executed programme of mainstream/modern, ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’ is a splendid advertisement for British jazz. Ronnie Ross plays some of the most inventive baritone sax I have ...
“The essence of me is writing songs and expressing experiences or what I see around me and just trying to spread some happiness,” declares London singer Emily Saunders. Certainly songs like Blue Skies ...
Benjamin's first two albums were in the soul-funk realm, her third a Coltrane tribute in the modal sphere. She sees Phoenix blending the two In the event it is essentially about loss, grieving, and ...
This slight piece of Ellinqtonia was first issued on Stateside SL 10073, and reviewed by our Editor in May, 1964. The music was written for the Century of Negro Progress Exposition staged in Chicago ...
Coming from the progressive end of pop, Brian Godding was primed for work with such jazz luminaries as Keith Tippett and Mike Westbrook The varied career path of guitarist Brian Godding, who has died ...
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this cheerful set is the absence of Dave Holland. Although he toured with the trio this summer, all the acoustic bass sounds here are synthesised. Were funds ...
Jazz FM, the London-based radio station, this year resumes its jazz awards scheme, with categories including soul and blues acts of the year. Nick Pitts, Jazz FM content director, says of the awards, ...
Not a new musical sub-genre, but an Arts Council funded organisation in north London, Queer Jazz aims to promote LGBTQIA+ jazz performers Claiming that “most jazz fans would struggle to name more than ...
A refined sense of understatement defines this set throughout, the three-way communication and interplay of the trio consistently delivered in exquisite fashion. The trio might stretch out a bit on ...
Yet again I find myself pleasantly surprised, albeit with minor reservations, by a new release reminiscent of old-style – i.e. pre-1960 – middle-of-the-road, jazz-inflected pop which may still be ...
Val Wilmer with her shots of Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin in the background Blue Moments, Black Sounds – A Retrospective has just opened at the Worldly, Wicked & Wise Gallery in north London, ...
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