Drummer/percussionist Julian Sartorius from Switzerland specialises in solo performances; he has released a number of solo albums, created audiovisual artworks and enjoys exploring the sounds of found objects as well as those of percussion instruments and electronics. He also performs [...]
Journey To Where (Stoney Lane Records) is a beautiful and thoughtful duo album on which Trish Clowes plays a mixture of jazz and classical repertoire with pianist Ross Stanley. This is music of great sensitivity, strength and also charm. Clowes’ [...]
Saxophonist/clarinettist Otis Sandjsö is, along with bass player PetterEldh, a key member of Lucia Cadotsch’s Speak Low group and also plays with Eldh in the latter’s Koma Saxo band. In the Y-Otis group he continues his partnership with Eldh and is joined by [...]
Rachel Musson is a highly regarded improvising saxophonist who has been very active in recent years in the Shifa trio, and on various excellent recordings, for example with Olie Brice and Mark Sanders on Immense Blue (REVIEW). On this latest [...]
For his second Blue Note album, pianist Ethan Iverson has produced a varied programme featuring two separate piano trios, a piano-theremin duo, and a solo piano sonata. He showcases an original and distinctive approach to the piano-bass-drums trio by combining elements of [...]
Julien Durand is a French-Chinese guitarist who leads an impressive quintet, Dreamscapes, that has in its lineup four other rising stars on the British contemporary jazz scene, vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels, saxophonist George Garford, pianist + keyboards Cenk Esen and drummer [...]
Free jazz and improvised music, it used to be said, is best heard live, and therefore it serves little purpose to produce CDs of it. This superb CD, Immense Blue, recorded live at The Vortex and out on Olie Brice‘s [...]
Bass player Petter Eldh adds a tremendous punch to any group he plays in. He has played with Django Bates in his Belovèd Bird trio, and now plays and tours regularly with Kit Downes and James Maddren in the ENEMY [...]
The D’Jazz Festival Nevers is one of the major French contemporary jazz festivals alongside Jazzdor in Strasbourg (also in November), Coutances in Normandy and Météo Mulhouse. This year it presented its 37th edition in various venues in the lovely town [...]
One of the strengths of JazzFest Berlin – this year presenting its 60th edition – is that it provides a insight into many of the key developments in contemporary jazz, and a confident selection of some of the most creative groups [...]
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