Ian Carr once called Tim Whitehead “one of the most creative, exciting and passionate saxophonists in Europe”. His creative drive runs deep in other ways too. These days it almost goes unremarked that he can take a project all the [...]
Discovering the joys of trio improvisation during pre-show sound-checks while touring with Sinikka Langeland, Trygve Seim (tenor & soprano saxophones), Anders Jormin (bass) and Markku Ounaskari (drums) have close to twenty years of shared experience to draw on. Seim’s association [...]
I first encountered French-Syrian flautist and composer Naïssam Jalal via her 2023 album Healing Rituals, a heady mélange of Arabic and chamber jazz influences with a smattering of syncopated hip-hop breakbeats. Initially struck by its similarities to the music of [...]
With almost eighty years under his belt – as well as his microphone at random moments – Iggy Pop absolutely delivered. In a viscerally powerful one-and-a-half hour set with exceptional arrangements from his stellar seven piece band, he dug right [...]
Greg Foat’s music is difficult to define, but there is definitely something unique, enthralling and distinctive and exciting about it. The pianist/composer/producer, now in his late 40s, has made albums over the past ten years or so which are not [...]
Last night’s show at the 606 Club marked the long-awaited launch of Seasons in Jazz, the latest release from Canadian-born singer-songwriter Sandra-Mae Lux. Known for her 2020 disco-infused debut Happily Ever Now, Lux’s newest project is a striking shift in [...]
The fiftieth anniversary of The Köln Concert – four million sales and counting – has sparked much media interest (with every retelling, the Bösendorfer on which Jarrett conjured the biggest selling solo piano album of all time seems to get [...]
Since relaunching in 2023, Livia Records has released six albums from Irish guitar legend Louis Stewart, all lovingly digitised and remastered from source tapes rescued from an archive that had sat in a lock-up for twenty years. The latest dusted-down [...]
This festival is a cornerstone event for jazz enthusiasts in Luxembourg and beyond. It’s now been running 13 years in the Opderschmelz arts centre in Dudelange, just outside Luxembourg City. The main concerts are in the theatre, augmented by showcases [...]
“I’m not sure what I’m going to play” were the opening remarks from the Grammy award-winning pianist as he took his seat for his penultimate performance on a solo tour of Europe at Soul Mama’s. Sullivan Fortner has been one [...]
