“Our goal is to reach people through melodies and our musical ‘conversation,’ so that even people who know nothing about jazz feel the music on a visceral level.” US Pianist and composer Lynne Arriale released her sixteenth album, The Lights [...]
Yesterday’s season announcement for the season Sep 2023 – July 2024 at the Wigmore Hall has some interesting jazz names..: QUOTE FROM ANNOUNCEMENT BEGINS: “Brad Mehldau performs “14 Reveries” on Wed 20 September, a welcome return to Wigmore Hall for the [...]
Antii Lötjönen’s Quintet East is something of a super group, drawing its personnel from the most in demand and feted players on the Finnish Jazz scene. The frontline of Veneri Pohjola on trumpet, Mikko Innanen on alto and bari, and [...]
The concept here intrigues. Marvellously expressive French soprano sax specialist Émile Parisien and accordion virtuoso Vincent Peirani have recorded and toured extensively together, their highly developed mutual sympathy making for an agile, self-sufficient duo. The same goes for the equally [...]
