Acoustic Triangle (the trio of bassist Malcolm Creese, saxophonist/bass clarinettist Tim Garland and pianist Gwilym Simcock) is about to embark on a 20th Anniversary tour. In June 2001, at Soho’s Pizza Express Jazz Club, a quietly captivating UK trio – [...]
On 25 September The Jazz Repertory Company will return to Cadogan Hall, London with The Roaring 20s, a programme originally devised by the much-missed Keith Nichols, and featuring a dozen of the UK’s leading exponents of vintage jazz including trumpeter [...]
The 36th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features a thrilling encounter between two great horn players. Joe Lovano’s long tenure with Blue Note mostly produced studio recordings, but they had to do a live one at the Vanguard, didn’t they? [...]
Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse a.k.a ESINAM creates a gloriously unique sound universe with her debut album Shapes in Twilights of Infinity. Whilst her Ghanaian roots shine through with powerful ancestral rhythms, they are entwined with contemporary melodic flute and layered [...]
A collection of two large-scale suites and two shorter pieces, Sanctuary is a bold work. Through-composed with lots of space for improvised solos, the large ensemble provides a wealth of dynamics. The arrangements and playing bring to mind several works by the [...]
My late chum, Al, an omnivorous jazz fan, often referred wistfully to the kind of music that, if you were strolling along a street and a strain caught your attention, would persuade you to enter the club. Al’s description nails [...]
