As a young trombonist growing up in Blackpool, one of the first jazz albums I owned was The Very Best of NYJO, which was given to me as a Christmas present by my Mum and Dad. A sprawling four disc [...]
This concert was the culmination of a week-long residency for NYC-based pianist Helen Sung in Guildhall’s Jazz Department, a week during which – so I was told by a number of those involved – she has imparted a particularly positive, [...]
Claire Cope is an interpreter of tales. The pianist’s latest compositions, inspired by female explorers and written for an eleven-piece ensemble, rise and fall across dramatic narrative arcs. One can only hear a ten-minute musical hero’s journey so many times [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist Spike Wilner, who co-owns and operates the indispensable NYC clubs Smalls and Mezzrow. Wilner’s new album, The Children and the Warlock – a tribute to his late mentor, [...]
Dorothy Lawson is a Canadian-born cellist and a founding member of acclaimed string quartet ETHEL and a longtime member of the Ron Carter Nonet. She has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the White Oak Dance Project, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the [...]
