It is clear on listening to Toronto-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff’s latest album ‘Stars and Constellations’, a complex and at times challenging work, that he approaches orchestral jazz composition with both seriousness and an eye for detail, and also [...]
This debut album from corto.alto builds on previous award-winning EPs. It displays a fine palette of live sounds and electronic music, building a superb sound world of next-generation jazz with rich harmonies and exciting improvisation. corto.alto is the moniker of [...]
In the latest of our series where musicians write about their inspirations and idols, Ken Schaphorst, composer, performer, educator – fuller biography below (*) – writes about George Russell (1923-2009). Ken Schaphorst will direct a concert to mark the George [...]
“Every idea in my album is somehow linked to ancestral history,” says Brazilian drummer and composer Paolo Almeida of ‘Oferenda’, his fifth album, which includes guests such as Lionel Loueke. ‘Oferenda’ is the product of three years of imagination, emotion [...]
Here’s an official version of what happened on Wednesday at Wimbledon New Theatre: “24 Primary schools, and adults from All Saints Day Centre; 1,703 attendees representing schools right across this diverse borough, including from Perseid special school. Organised by Merton [...]
Anyone approaching this second album by the RNZAF Jazz Orchestra and expecting military band precision and discipline will find plenty of these qualities. There’s also much writing, arranging and playing that takes this orchestra, whose parent band plays at state [...]
