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Calgary vocalist Aimee-Jo Benoit is recognized for her unwavering commitment to featuring the works of Canadian songwriters in her repertoire while paying homage to the long standing Jazz tradition of creating a new canon. Over the past decade,she has become [...]
UK afro-jazz fusion outfit TC & The Groove Family are releasing We Have Each Other on 7 June. It is a fiery new EP that builds on the heady brew of influences that went into their debut album, First Home. [...]
No One Gets Saved by Bag of Bones (Rick Simpson/Riley Stone-Lonegan/Oli Hayhurst/Will Glaser) was released on 577 Records on 31 May. Liam Noble was originally commissioned to write a liner note for the album, which was not published (*). Here are [...]
Trumpeter/composer Sam Massey’s debut album with Superlocrian, Hills & Valleys, is released on 7 June. The album launch will take place on 5 June at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zédel on Piccadilly. Superlocrian is an acoustic chamber-jazz septet featuring Gavin Mallett [...]
“A really nice, cohesive feeling; Dave [Whitford] and Tim [Giles] are a great rhythm section,” says pianist Richard Fairhurst. Fairhurst’s new trio album ‘Inside Out’ is released by Ubuntu Music on 14 June. The trio tours the UK from June, [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, composer and bandleader Marta Sanchez. Sanchez is out with a new album – her first leading a trio – titled Perpetual Void. Therein, she’s joined by bassist Christopher [...]
María Kim Grand is a Swiss-Argentinian tenor saxophonist and composer. She moved to New York in 2011 and quickly became the protégée of legendary musicians such as Billy Harper, and Antoine Roney, as well as NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman. [...]
Dutch-raised saxophonist Kasper Rietkerk has been based in London since 2023. His album ‘the island’ will be released on 24 June on the Dutch ZenneZ label. The album features his original compositions arranged for sextet, along with a string quartet, [...]
In the latest of our series where musicians consider their idols or formative influences, Canadian musician and writer T Bruce Wittet (brief biography below*) writes about Jon Christensen Jon Christensen was a friend for many years until his death in [...]
Lovers of vintage 1980s American and Brit Funk and funk jazz will be in for a special treat on 22 June when the Saturday Love All-Dayer comes to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green. From 1pm to 9pm, patrons will be [...]
