Strange, sometimes, to be a musician these days. Live long enough, and you may get a call asking you to relate how it felt to play a concert whose recorded ghost is about to emerge from the archives fifty years [...]
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. [...]
South Africa has become a reliable source of emergent jazz talent in the last few years. Blue Note records’ fabled roster now includes artists such as saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. UK-based players like Shabaka Hutchings have sought [...]
The late and much lamented pianist Keith Tippett was a formidable improviser but, as his inclusion in Duncan Heining’s recent book indicates, he was also a significant British jazz composer. It is this side of his art that furnishes inspiration [...]
Around the turn of the millennium, pianist Judy Carmichael had the idea for a radio show that would cast new light on the arts by asking practitioners – musicians, but also actors, animators, architects, and writers – about jazz as [...]
