Alex Paxton is a young composer and improvising trombonist who mostly works with contemporary classical ensembles, but whose music is, I believe, of considerable interest to followers of contemporary jazz. It is full of quirky changes of pace and mood, [...]
“An evening of Joni Mingus,” said conductor and musical director Peter Edwards. His slip of the tongue perfectly described the fusion of music played by this 18-piece UK band, fronted by the generous talent of London-based vocalist ESKA. Joni Mitchell [...]
There’s probably a bad joke somewhere that starts “two Koreans, two Italians and a Scot walk into a bar” but in this case there’s no joke, and no bar, it just describes the multinational, Amsterdam based quintet at the centre [...]
Two Nights at an unusual location: the a cappella masters Take 6 brought their show to Holborn Pizza Express Live venue for 4 intimate concerts as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Their first time back to Europe since [...]
Matana Roberts (alto sax, clarinet & vocals), Joy Guidry (bassoon & vocals), Hannah Marcus (fiddle, accordion, guitar & vocals), Nic Caloia (bass & vocals), Sam Shalabi (guitar, oud & vocals) and Ryan Sawyer (drums, vibraphone, jaw harps & vocals) A masked Matana Roberts glided [...]
