The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and lecturer Eric Scott Reed. His new album, Out Late, featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, [...]
Composer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her vibrant sound universe lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music, jazz, Arabic music, and improvisation. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow, [...]
The Euroradio Jazz Orchestra, produced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is currently celebrating its 60th birthday, with a programme culminating in concerts tonight, 12 May at the Cukrarna in Ljubljana (Jazz Ars All Stars) and on 13 May at the Kontesa [...]
Love is a key theme for trumpeter Brandon Woody and his band Upendo’s impressive debut for Blue Note. Indeed, the band’s name is a word for love in Swahili. But the album is also a study in the power of [...]
The Mack Avenue organisation’s acquisition of the rights to the legendary artists’ label Strata-East has already resulted in some fabulous recordings becoming available once again, on high quality vinyl as well as via digital files, compact disc and streaming. Even [...]
There have long been songs in which women turn the tables on despicable men who have acted shamefully. It’s normal, necessary. Think Peggy Lee and how scathing she was in “Why Don’t You Do Right?”. Or think Shirley Horn, softly, [...]
The undoubted highlight of this year’s Torino Jazz Festival was its closing event, staged on 30 April to coincide with UNESCO’s International Jazz Day. For the occasion, Artistic Director Stefano Zenni conceived a bold and unique European premiere, handing the [...]
Muhammad Dawjee is a South African saxophonist, composer, researcher & educator from the indian apartheid group-area, Laudium, on the western outskirts of Pretoria. He sees improvisation as a research process and has collaborated with Dr Abdullah Ibrahim, Andile Yenana and [...]
Show of Hands Festival was originally ideated by the Iranian composer/producer Ramin Sadighi who was Founder and CEO of Hermes Records. Its first three editions (2017-2019) took place in Teheran before the pandemic took hold, with a roster of international [...]
Bremen’s annual trade fair + conference + showcase festival (all rolled into one) has the vibe of a vast and friendly family gathering. A lot of effort goes in to making that vibe, that buzz, that energy – both from [...]
