If you’ve been following David Helbock over the last few years, you might have heard him in his much-travelled duo with French vocal star Camille Bertault, or bringing what Chris Pearson of The Times has called his “accomplished, melodic playing and a [...]
Recorded live at the 2021 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Grow is the second album from Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler. Performed in a converted church, the feel is experimental and free, with the reverberant space of [...]
When it first came out, I spent months listening to Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen’s 2007 album As Is… Live at the Blue Note. It’s a total riot of a set, bringing to life some of the best tracks of the previous [...]
Those who like their jazz to be a jingling background to a sophisticated reception should probably look away now. The Jazzrausch Bigband has pioneered a new genre of ‘techno jazz’ and it’s more glowsticks and subwoofers than cocktails and crisp [...]
With track names such as Sakura, Mizue, Bullet T and Origami, you could be forgiven for thinking that French saxophonist extraordinaire Pierrick Pédron was celebrating his 50th birthday in Japan. Pédron certainly tours regularly to the Land of the Rising Sun, [...]
Uruguayan drummer Diego Pinera’s search for the perfect groove has taken him all over the world, from his upbringing in Montevideo to Cuba, to Boston’s Berklee College of Music, to Leipzig…with Berlin now where he rests his sticks. Odd Wisdom [...]
In this third of our four year-end lists, a wide range of jazz people – musicians, writers, promoters – named and proclaimed their recorded sounds of the year. You can add your own choices in the comments section. These 2017 [...]
In the second of UKJazz News’ four year-end lists from a wide range of jazz people, musicians, writers, promoters name their favourite live moments of the year. You can add your own nominations in the comments section. Contributions have been [...]
