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Multi-instrumentalist Eki Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, and soul music to create a sonic landscape all her own. Born in London to Jamaican parents, Eki was raised in a musical family. She emigrated to [...]
The album cover for Unfolding is a black-and-white photo of a cup of coffee on shade-dappled planks. It’s a good visual analogue for these musical conversations between Louis Sclavis (Bb and bass clarinets) and Benjamin Moussay (piano): intimate, relaxed, tenebrous [...]
The Horsebridge Arts Centre is rapidly establishing itself as an exciting jazz venue in North Kent, bringing top artists to its fine performance space to further enhance its vibrant arts programme. Its monthly ‘Jazz at the Horsebridge’ series, in collaboration [...]
Winners of the 12th Scottish Jazz Awards were announced last night 28 November at a ceremony at The Savings Bank venue in Glasgow: The Winners are: Rising Star Award, sponsored by Musicians’ Union – Laura Oghagbon Best Instrumentalist Award, sponsored [...]
Paddy Milner is widely recognised as one of the leading blues piano players in the world today. In addition to his solo work as a songwriter and singer, he is currently keyboard player of choice for Sir Tom Jones, having previously worked [...]
Arild Andersen is ECM royalty. He’s been with the label for almost as long as there’s been a label to be with, having played on Jan Garbarek’s ‘Afric Pepperbird’- the seventh release – in 1971. As bassist, bandleader and composer [...]
Brigitte Beraha’s Lucid Dreamers took the audience of Green Note to a vivid world of imagination with a myriad of evocative musical shapes and colours. It was a dreamland that lives up to their name. Beraha’s compositions are heavily charged [...]
Lavery are a painterly eight-piece from Dublin, freshly formed in 2023, with a single What I Want and the a three- track EP Jade Garden behind them. Their confident EFG London Jazz Festival debut at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, was [...]
‘I have a two-track mind: one is about feeling, and one is about technique. After 50 years of blowing the horn on stage, I’ll take the feeling over the technical part every time ….’ Saxophonist David Murray, with his unparalleled [...]
Curiously, this album recorded in Copenhagen, began at a Buenos Aires reception for distinguished visitor John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie, probably the most gifted and jazz trumpeter since Louis Armstrong. Naturally, there’s a band at the event and Gillespie, much captivated [...]
First time on vinyl – three limited edition 180g LPs – for this historic live performance from the first headline act of the first Montreux festival bill. At the time, saxophonist Lloyd’s quartet was the hottest jazz act around, fresh [...]
London-based saxophonist and composer Tom Ridout has been running jazz jam nights every Monday at sYp, a bar and live music venue in the heart of the capital’s financial district, for over a year. Sat in the shadow of the [...]
Tim Berne’s music always reminds me of two other famous composers: J.S Bach and Charlie Parker. There’s something utilitarian about it: like Bach’s music, it can be played on any combination of instruments (with a little bit of work). And [...]
It’s Postmodern Monk, but so is Monk. Xhosa Cole Quartet’s third album and tribute to legendary composer and pianist Thelonious Monk, FreeMonk, freely reworks the legendary composer and pianist with giddy virtuosity. Even so, the album feels comparatively restrained compared [...]
Pianist Thandi Ntuli opened this richly varied evening with a sung recitation over characteristically rolling South African piano,that brought a questioning note to this gala night for the end of the London Jazz Festival. It was a celebration of the [...]
Known as one of Europe’s finest jazz groups, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio certainly turned in a stellar performance at the Cadogan Hall on the penultimate day of the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival. Alternating between meditative, slow-building, and fast-paced pieces [...]
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