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The US alto player, cultural omnivore and all-round creative force John Zorn may have been a circus ringmaster in his other life. Invited to showcase multiple projects at Jazzaldia this year, the prolific composer mustered six different combinations from eight [...]
I was in the building when Killer Mike got arrested at the Grammy Awards. Well, sort of: I was in a darkened “war room” at Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena, exhaustedly working the show amid a sea of glowing screens, as [...]
Named after a magic number with both mathematical and mystical significance, 137 is what used to be called a supergroup playing a very contemporary and experimental update on what used to be called jazz-rock. Adrian Utley of Portishead plays guitar; [...]
If the title of this, the debut album by the quartet of London-based saxophonist Sam Norris, suggests that the listener should approach the music with a degree of patience, that wouldn’t begin to reveal the full complexity of the conceit. [...]
After six decades, the annual festival in the breathtaking Basque seaside town San Sebastián (Donostia) has a tried and tested mix in its schedule. Overseas visitors take in a well-judged selection from the US artists on Summer visits to Europe. [...]
MoonDial is the third solo album Pat Metheny has recorded on baritone guitar, of which he’s had three built for him by the renowned Canadian luthier Linda Manzer. (She also built many of his other instruments, including his famous three-necked, [...]
Could this year’s Sarah Vaughan Centenary be the gift which keeps on giving? Zara McFarlane has drawn inspiration from it to produce what is surely the best album of her career, “Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan” (links below), so last [...]
“You think you can outlast the E Street Band?!”, Bruce Springsteen asks incredulously, some three hours and five minutes into the first of two massive shows at Wembley Stadium. “We’ve been doing this for 50 fuckin’ years!”, he bellows. Indeed, [...]
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival: Playtime with Byron Wallen, Soweto Kinch Trio, Matthew Kilner Quartet, Laura Jurd Quintet, Norman Willmore Sextet, Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio It’s the middle of July, and the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival comes around again: [...]
On this unearthed live recording, Heartcore records delivers a time capsule, transporting the listener to the heady days of 1990s live jazz in New York. Kurt Rosenwinkel delighted audiences every Tuesday during an eight-year residency at Smalls club. This extraordinary [...]
