Frank Griffith reviewed one of the last gigs of Nigel Price’s mammoth 43-date 2023 tour, which finished on 8 December. Top British guitarist Nigel Price and his trio unleashed a burning two sets at District, a new venue in the [...]
“I just closed my eyes and played”: Tony Kofi recalls making a celebrated Thelonious Monk album, now rereleased by The Last Music Company on its 20th anniversary. When Tony Kofi was struggling to record what would become an admired set [...]
This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between Morgan Enos and Steve Davis, a celebrated trombonist and former Jazz Messenger who has recorded with everyone from Chick Corea to Horace Silver to Cedar Walton. His new album [...]
384,400 is an iconic number for stargazers who think in SI units. For old-school Imperial thinkers, it translates to 238,855. More pertinently for jazz fans, it’s the title of the new quartet album from Terence Collie. The pianist/composer, who also [...]
As over- and misused adjectives go, ‘epic’ currently receives something of a battering, yet it’s an appropriate description of Oscar Peterson’s 60-year career. A large, imposing man with an expansive range (Duke Ellington dubbed him the “Maharaja of the keyboard”), [...]
A new video series is launched today. As its founders announce: “London-based singers Rebecka Edlund and Becky Alice bring you The Tea Hive, a new video series in which they share buzzing stories about music they love over a cup of tea.” In the [...]
Mélanie Dahan is a French vocalist who balances the art of chanson with a modern vocal jazz aesthetic. She will be at Ronnie Scott’s on Valentine’s Day 2024 She has performed worldwide and collaborated with musicians including Giovanni Mirabassi, Baptiste [...]
