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Percussionist and composer Kahil El’ Zabar – an ex-chair of Chicago’s legendary AACM organisation who wrote the Art Ensemble’s iconic tune and slogan ‘Great Black Music’ – celebrates leading his band for a continuous 50 years with a new recording [...]
(NOTE: See also details below of “Dreams Are Free: A Celebration of Bobby Wellins at The Showroom, Chichester, PO19 6PE on 6 April 2024, an event produced by Fiona Wellins) Bobby Wellins always seemed to me, in a somewhat time-honoured [...]
In the period starting sometime around 2006, Scandinavian jazz saw an explosion of outstanding power trios. Over the next 10 years we saw the emergence of Bushman’s Revenge, Elephant 9, The Thing, Krokofant and many more. One of the best [...]
Originally from Chicago and a former student of the AACM’s Mwata Bowden, Brooklyn-based baritone saxophonist and flautist Jonah Parzen-Johnson is a rare specialist in that most challenging of disciplines, the solo recital. Over the last decade or so he has [...]
There is a moment in The ‘Pretty’ Road, a piece from the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s 2007 recording Sky Blue that never fails to make me catch my breath and experience a little surge of joy like an overdue homecoming. Gorgeous, [...]
Saxophonist/clarinettist Otis Sandjsö is, along with bass player PetterEldh, a key member of Lucia Cadotsch’s Speak Low group and also plays with Eldh in the latter’s Koma Saxo band. In the Y-Otis group he continues his partnership with Eldh and is joined by [...]
