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The avant-garde has won the battle for jazz history, the critic Phil Freeman observed recently. The 1960s, it’s agreed, saw the loud stirrings of a new approach to jazz. Though disturbing to some at the time, its proponents, such as [...]
Catherine Russell’s duo album with pianist Sean Mason “My Ideal” (Dot Time) from earlier this year is a gem. I reviewed it for The Arts Desk (link below), and have gone on listening to it for pure pleasure, often wondering [...]
Kalpadruma (which means ‘tree of life’ in Indian-origin religions) is an ensemble led by saxophonist/composer Asha Parkinson, a rising star who reached the semi-finals in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2016, 2018 and 2020, and who [...]
