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Brother Face, The Vortex, DalstonSaturday, 09 November 2013
Liam Noble has kept his fans waiting so long for some new music, they were beginning to wonder if he’d turned into David Bowie. The British jazz pianist’s last album of originals, Romance among the Fishes, was released in 2004. Since then he’s... Read more... |
Just in From Scandinavia: Nordic Music Round-Up 9Monday, 28 October 2013
Norway is currently attracting an uncommon degree of attention due to the absurd “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” by Ylvis, the comedy duo Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker. The country’s mainstream music hasn’t been this newsworthy since a-ha conquered... Read more... |
The Chaos Orchestra presents 'The Rite', The VortexThursday, 24 October 2013
Still only a year out of college, the diversely gifted trumpeter, composer and bandleader Laura Jurd has risen rapidly to prominence, enterprisingly bypassing the ritual of hanging around to be noticed by creating her own scene and ensembles. One of... Read more... |
The Impossible Gentlemen, Pizza Express Jazz Club SohoTuesday, 22 October 2013
Of the many challenges facing a contemporary jazz quartet, there are, perhaps, several more pressing than becoming a gentleman. For this extraordinary band, their conviction derives from the affection, respect and detail with which they synthesise... Read more... |
Jacqui Dankworth, 606 ClubFriday, 04 October 2013
Jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth’s fifth album Live to Love is, on the face of it, an unlikely forum for appreciation of quantum physics or the heroic plight of Pakistani campaigner Malala Yousafzai. This new release, launched at the 606 Club, contains... Read more... |
Preview: ReVoice! 2013Sunday, 29 September 2013
For lovers of vocal jazz, Georgia Mancio's ReVoice! Festival has become an unmissable part of London's jazz calendar. Now in its fourth year, ReVoice! has previously played host to artists such as Gregory Porter (his first UK booking), Tuck &... Read more... |
CD: Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi MoonchileThursday, 26 September 2013
It's only the truly great albums that usher you into a sound-world that is entirely sui generis. And so it is with this second chapter of jazz sax player and composer Matana Roberts's Coin Coin project, a vast musical work-in-progress exploring... Read more... |
John Etheridge and the Soft Machine Legacy with Keith Tippett, Pizza ExpressSunday, 15 September 2013
Some people have all the luck. Listening to John Etheridge’s self-deprecating description of how his career has progressed (in interviews such as Radio 3‘s Jazz Library, or at a gig, when he is a disarmingly open host), you would think he had... Read more... |
CD: Gregory Porter - Liquid SpiritMonday, 02 September 2013
Gregory Porter's Blue Note debut provides one of the biggest sugar rushes of auditory pleasure you'll hear this year. Grounded in jazz but heavily seasoned with the blues, gospel and soul, it's a superbly paced album, ranging from the poetic... Read more... |
Prom 62: A Celebration of Charlie ParkerFriday, 30 August 2013
Pianist, composer, and band leader Django Bates was so inspired by Charlie Parker as a teenager that he used to whistle his tunes on the train. This led not to abuse, but the acquaintance (at Brixton station) of saxophonist Steve Buckley. Returning... Read more... |
Sun Ra Arkestra, Café OtoSunday, 25 August 2013
Dalston was the place on Friday night, as the Sun Ra Arkestra put on a trademark display of Afro-jazz excellence in the intimate surrounds of Café Oto. Jazz pioneer Sun Ra might have been dead since 1993, but his influential big band is very much... Read more... |
CD: Riot Jazz Brass Band - SousamaphoneMonday, 12 August 2013
When I used to work for the much-missed Face magazine, there was a phrase regularly used, only half in jest: “three things is a trend”. Which means that, unlikely though it might sound, hip hop marching bands are now a trend in leftfield club music... Read more... |
