“I have truly been lucky.” Bassist Oli Hayhurst was a member of Pharoah Sanders’ European Quartet for over a decade, alongside pianist William Henderson – then Benito Gonzalez from 2019 – and drummer Gene Calderazzo. Here (*), he remembers Pharoah [...]
The Espen Eriksen Trio – pianist Eriksen, bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye – have been together for fifteen years and recently released their first live album, “In the Mountains”. Ahead of upcoming UK dates, Espen Eriksen spoke [...]
“I have the sun in my heart,” sings Ukrainian vocalist Viktoria Leléka, and you believe her. This album of mostly traditional Ukrainian songs played by her international jazz quartet Leléka (she named herself after her band, who met each other [...]
With the release of Ghosts, pianist Michael Wollny reunites the trio that recorded Weltentraum, the 2014 album that brought his already mature and prodigious gifts to wider attention. Wollny has been busy since then and worked with bass player Tim [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry figures who work with and hire musicians who [...]
Will this be the final solo piano release from Keith Jarrett? We know he can no longer perform, but you’d bet on ECM continuing to pluck new items from the archives. And with such an archive, that’s generally welcome. The [...]
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