With a track record in mixing jazz sensibilities with elements of trance, ambient music and cinematic soundtracks, Mammal Hands – saxophonist Jordan Smart; drummer and tabla player Jesse Barnett, and pianist Nick Smart – are part of a tranche of modern British bands, such as Go-Go Penguin, who [...]
Returning Weather is Irish composer-singer Christine Tobin’s nine-part meditation on the nature of home and homecoming. This fine evocative song cycle charts a personal journey as well as a continuing refinement of the Irish singer-songwriter’s craft as a writer of [...]
Up-and-coming vocalist Immy Churchill is already in demand, having that natural-born ability to connect to the music and draw the audience in. Still undertaking jazz studies, the future looks set to be full of exciting and affecting music-making. This article [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a 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 are [...]
