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Palle Danielsson has died, and with him, one of the most instantly identifiable bass sounds of all time. For many of us, his greatest work was with the Keith Jarrett band, for a brief period in the mid 1970s. Several [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin. Benjamin just spent a week as a special guest with the Late Show Band on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where Colbert [...]
Maren Selvaag is a Norwegian pianist and composer. She has collaborated with musicians including bassist Eivind Opsvick and drummer Eric McPherson. After completing her bachelors degree at the University of Trondheim, Maren continued to study, first a degree in composition [...]
Speakers Corner Quartet, a pivotal group on the South London music scene, with the Guildhall Session Orchestra and special guests – names will be announced closer to the date of the show – will be performing at the Royal Festival [...]
The popular jazz series Out To Lunch, returns this summer for its 14th year. Initially OTL had a mixed programme that included jazz, but by 2012 jazz took over as the sole genre, reflecting what the audiences requested. Kicking off this June [...]
The news of saxophonist David Sanborn’s death on 12 May 2024 at the age of 78 left many in the music world in sadness and shock. He had spent much of his life battling illness. Whether it was the serious [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and tenor saxophonist/bass clarinettist David Murray. His new album, Francesca, was released 17 May via Intakt Records, and features pianist Marta Sanchez, bassist Luke Stewart, and drummer Russell Carter. Links [...]
Jazz has famously been described as the sound of surprise, but Sumi Tonooka makes a vivid case for the way jazz careers can evolve in astonishing directions. As a veteran improviser, the Philadelphia pianist, composer, and bandleader knows all about [...]
Pianist Geoff Castle (1949-2020), a member of Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Paz and Carmina was a “a pivotal and seemingly ubiquitous player on the British jazz scene” (Roger Farbey). His output ranged from contemporary Jazz & Latin to Folk and Caribbean. [...]
The news that Kit Downes has recently won the Paul Acket Prize, a major prize in the Netherlands, prompted me to check in with him and to get an update about the range of his current projects and albums. The [...]
