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The popular jazz series Out To Lunch, returns this summer for its 14th year. Initially OTL had a mixed programme that included jazz, but by 2012 jazz took over as the sole genre, reflecting what the audiences requested. Kicking off this June [...]
The news of saxophonist David Sanborn’s death on 12 May 2024 at the age of 78 left many in the music world in sadness and shock. He had spent much of his life battling illness. Whether it was the serious [...]
Gary Husband is perhaps best known for his work as a sideman, not least in various line ups of John McLaughlin’s 4th Dimension. But he’s also released several records of piano music, leading trios and, more rarely, as a solo [...]
NikNak (Nicole Raymond) has been turning heads for a few years with her distinctive approach to electronic music and turntablism. On this, her fourth album, she weaves an Afro-futurist opus from a multitude of influences. Imbued with her interests in [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and tenor saxophonist/bass clarinettist David Murray. His new album, Francesca, was released 17 May via Intakt Records, and features pianist Marta Sanchez, bassist Luke Stewart, and drummer Russell Carter. Links [...]
Jazz has famously been described as the sound of surprise, but Sumi Tonooka makes a vivid case for the way jazz careers can evolve in astonishing directions. As a veteran improviser, the Philadelphia pianist, composer, and bandleader knows all about [...]
California-born alto saxophonist John O’Gallagher relocated to Portugal in 2021, after 25 years of playing in New York, and a subsequent shorter period of playing, teaching and researching into Coltrane’s improvisational structures in Birmingham. He has clearly found a niche [...]
