Strap yourself in and let go of any fixed ideas of how music should sound. Free-jazz ensemble, A Bigger MOUTH have turned it up a notch for their second album, ‘Band Stand’. The single, ‘Structural Nonsense’ is out now and [...]
Multi-award-winning trumpeter/bandleader Henry Spencer’s album The Defector received an abundance of critical praise around its release in September 2023. Featuring fellow stalwarts of the British jazz scene Ant Law (guitar), Matt Robinson (keyboards), Andrew Robb (bass) and Dave Ingamells (drums) – [...]
When I first met the singer and actor Jacqui Dankworth on a story for Jazz UK magazine in 2004, I have a suspicion I’d already mentally sketched the arc of a moving tale about a quietly eloquent performer searching for [...]
On the final day of registration for this year’s Jazzahead, Nicky Schrire reflects on the value of the event, and on the build-up over the past two years which has led to a more cohesive and substantial UK presence. One [...]
The acorn was a discussion between Jonathan Nason and John Bowman, two residents of the village of Kings Bromley, a few miles north of Lichfield in Staffordshire. The sapling was a modest jazz club which first met a year ago [...]
Welsh-born, Amsterdam-based saxophonist and composer Alice Leggett is touring in the UK. Her debut album ‘Birdsong’ will be released in May on ZenneZ Records. Feature by Tara Minton. “Where is home?” It’s a question all too familiar to so many [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and saxophonist Matthew Muñeses with harpist Riza Printup. Their new album, Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1, will be released 4 April via Irabbagast Records. Links to both artists’ websites can be [...]
Kinan Azmeh is a Syrian-born, Brooklyn-based clarinetist and composer who has gained international recognition for his distinctive voice across diverse musical genres. He brings his music to all corners of the world as a soloist and commissioned composer with leading [...]
Harry Belafonte was arguably one of the most distinguished musical artists, actors and human rights campaigners of the last 70 years. Born in New York City to Jamaican parents on 1 March 1927, the singer-activist led a life full of [...]
Following two years of solo touring, French-Israeli pianist, composer, and author Yaron Herman is set to release a new album on Naïve Records called Radio Paradise. It is a collaboration with some of Europe’s finest improvising performers: Ziv Ravitz, his [...]
