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Walking through the town before the set, I listened to two Basildon artists: Ralph Dartford whose latest collection of poetry House Anthems has been set to music by Gary Clark. You might find some jazz vibes in his rather plangent sketches…(link below) In the poem Act! Dartford [...]
This was an other-worldly, out-of-the-ordinary evening. Remarkable, eclectic musicians and a wonderfully diverse programme from Bob Dylan to Bach and from Queen to Samuel Barber. It was also a truly special family affair. It must have been a proud moment [...]
The friend in the next seat told me I’d been laughing uncontrollably throughout this performance, the opening set of eight in this years Sparks&Visions Festival. Last year, at this great new festival, a duo performance by vibraphonist Evi Filippou and [...]
This article was originally published as Remembering Bobby Wellins – (1936 -2016). We are republishing it on our new site today to mark what would have been the saxophonist’s 89th birthday. Tributes to Bobby Wellins from fellow musicians, and from [...]
Yet again, with this monumental seven-CD collection of Vanguard’s small group swing sessions, Mosaic salutes the courage, fortitude and sheer bloody-mindedness of small, independent labels and their contribution to the development of jazz in the United States. In 1950, two [...]
‘THE ART OF NOISE MUST NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO IMITATIVE REPRODUCTION’ declared the Futurist painter Luigi Russolo in 1913 in his radical manifesto, The Art of Noises, which challenged conventional ideas of musical composition, instrumentation and performance. Russolo sought to [...]
Drummer Winston Clifford is a long-time regular at the 6, on many occasions through his playing with saxophonist Dan Reinstein’s bands, and has been a powerhouse behind the kit for a wide variety of great bands, led by the likes [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and drummer, composer, and educator Douglas Marriner. Marriner appeared as Johnny Cash’s drummer, W.S. Holland, in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which was released in the UK on [...]
Here is proof – if any were needed – of the restlessness and need for variety that frequently drives jazz musicians. Saxophonist Tony Kofi’s most recent project was a wonderful duo with harpist Alina Bhzezhinska, music with a meditative, lush [...]
Recorded between the demise of his Trinity and the release of the first Oblivion Express album, this previously unreleased live set shines some unexpected light on what Brian Auger was up to in 1970. Oblivion Express offered the keyboardist now [...]
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