“We’re friends. And we also have huge respect for each other,” one member of Façades told me at their Sunday evening launch concert in Palmers Green. After all, there has to be a good reason why four creative singers, all [...]
A new side of guitarist Szymon Mika emerges from his latest album for quintet, Agma. After intimate solo and duo projects in his previous releases, there is a much more outward-facing feel to this album. As Mika has mentioned in [...]
Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson are both players at the forefront of contemporary jazz, creating fresh and original music. There is clearly chemistry between the two players and their respective styles fit together extremely well. Courvoisier’s piano playing [...]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival returns to the city with over 100 events spread over ten days between Friday 11 and Sunday 20 July. As well concerts featuring international stars like Julian Lage and rising British talent such as Joe [...]
It was the opportunity of a lifetime. Two students at the Royal Academy of Music – pianist Will Inscoe and saxophonist Zach Sholapurkar – were offered the chance to join legendary guitarist John McLaughlin and his band for a gig [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and lecturer Eric Scott Reed. His new album, Out Late, featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, [...]
Terry Riley’s work deeply affected the course of music in the late 20th Century. Works like In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air opened up new worlds for many listeners and musicians. And a week when this country has [...]
Composer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her vibrant sound universe lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music, jazz, Arabic music, and improvisation. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow, [...]
