UK singer Clare Foster talked to Alison Bentley about her new English Song project “Satori”, and about her studies with the legendary vocalist Judy Niemack in New York. UKJazz News: Tell me about your jazz background. Clare Foster: I started [...]
US vocalist DIANNE REEVES’ album ‘Beautiful Life’ (Concord Records) has just won a Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy, her 5th Grammy. It includes Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lalah Hathaway, George Duke, Robert Glasper and Gregory Porter. UKJazz News: I [...]
In advance of his quartet’s appearance at the Vortex on Tuesday Nov 18th (previewed here), Alison Bentley interviewed saxophonist Emile Parisien: Alison Bentley: What made you want to be a jazz musician? Émile Parisien: My parents used to listen to [...]
Italian singer Diana Torto will at the Pizza Express Jazz Club with pianist John Taylor and saxophonist Julian Siegel on Sunday 12th Oct. in the Revoice! Festival. In this interview with Alison Bentley conducted by email – a few days [...]
Alison Bentley talked to Vincent Peirani on 1st July 2014, before one of his gigs at the Suedtirol Jazz Festival in Northern Italy. The French accordionist won the Django Reinhardt Prize for best French jazz musician in 2013. He talked [...]
Singer Lalah Hathaway talked to Alison Bentley about singing, her collaborations with Snarky Puppy, Joe Sample, Robert Glasper and Marcus Miller, and other current projects: UKJazz News: I heard you a couple of years ago at the Jazz Café in [...]
The German band Trio Elf are Gerwin Eisenhauer (drums), Walter Lang (piano), and Sven Faller (double bass), plus sound engineer Mario Sutel. Alison Bentley met Sven Faller at Jazzahead 2014. In their conversation he talked about: – what it means [...]
Alison Bentley interviewed Julia Hülsmann during Jazzahead 2014 in Bremen. The acclaimed German pianist talked to her about recording for ECM, working with UK trumpeter Tom Arthurs, being President of the German Association of Jazz Musicians, her work as ‘Improviser [...]
Alison Bentley interviewed Antonello Salis ahead of his gig at Pizza Express Jazz Club on 12th February. He will be joined by Filomena Campus, Cleveland Watkiss, Orphy Robinson, Steve Lodder and Adriano Adewale. A rare opportunity to hear the great [...]
Saxophonist Courtney Pine CBE talked to Alison Bentley about bringing Caribbean-influenced jazz from his latest House of Legends album to Camden’s Jazz Cafe, Feb. 7th and 8th. UKJazz News: I heard you talk last year about learning on the bandstand [...]
