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Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, Guildhall Jazz Singers, directed by Scott StromanGuildhall Jazz Percussion Ensemble, directed by Adriano Adewale & Ines LoubetSilk Street Concert Hall. 28 June 2024 “To celebrate four decades of jazz at Guildhall is to celebrate Scott Stroman”, said [...]
This pairing of New York’s finest baritone saxophone exponents brings a feast of swinging, straight-ahead and joyful jazz in the hard bop tradition. Gary Smulyan has been in the business for over 40 years and has held the baritone sax [...]
“I’m so happy to announce that my 4th album on ECM Records will be out this autumn. This time a trio with my dear friends and incredible musicians Alice Zawadzki and Misha Mullov-Abbado. The record is called Za Górami (‘Behind [...]
“How did these people get so good?” This was the question Adrian Chiles asked in a Guardian piece yesterday (*), with the title “I may not understand jazz – but I know enough to know it’s wonderful”. I wasn’t expecting [...]
The band Söndörgő is often described as a World Music band, and indeed has won numerous awards under that category. For me its firmly in the tradition of modern European jazz. It combines deep ethnic Balkan roots with exciting improvisation. [...]
“We spend a lot of time as improvisers trying to be highly polished, but really a lot of the interesting music happens when things don’t work out the way you expect.” Saxophonist/composer Sam Norris’s debut album Small Things Evolved Slowly [...]
