a) The Westbrooks’ Granite Band, 2021b) with Uncommon Orchestra, 2023 How do you keep hope alive in dark times? During lockdown, the Westbrooks turned to Ellington’s salve, to “write another blues”. It was his way of dealing with racism, and [...]
“Once jazz is in your blood, you never escape,” says pianist, singer and impresario Neal Richardson. “I love it and couldn’t bear to do anything else, really.” His second album, The Maximalist is released on Splash Point Records, through distributor [...]
Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin…and John Cage are among the influences that Swedish-born pianist Lars Jansson and Danish saxophonist Thomas Agergaard acknowledge on “Garden of Sounds”, their new duo album released by the Arts label. [...]
