Two musicians lope onto the Milton Court stage carrying bottles. Without any spoken introductions they settle down in front of some electronic devices and make music for an almost unbroken 90-minute set. What followed was a superbly engaging performance, and [...]
Paying your dues in jazz is often bound up with caring for history: when you’re young you go seriously into the tradition; later, you turn to passing it on. David Murray, a wunderkind on tenor saxophone in the 1970s, is [...]
Angélique Kidjo’s status as one of today’s greatest living artists was decisively validated earlier this year, when she was awarded the prestigious Polar Music Prize for international recognition of excellence in music (alongside the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the [...]
Back in the 1960s and 70s the boundaries between jazz and folk were much more blurred than they are today. Jazz, folk and blues acts appeared on the same bill, and the musicians often played in each other’s bands. Probably [...]
