Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings, Nonesuch ***1/2
Spare and haunting, there's an elegiac sense to this new collaboration between two leading American experimentalists.
Bluey awarded an MBE
Jean-Paul Maunick, known as Bluey, longtime band leader of Incognito, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours. Long time regulars...
Zoe Rahman to Release Hull Suite Live
'Synergy' from the trio album streams and there's a Vortex show on release day
It’s the work, not the label
Thoughts on how you get your new music out there when there are so many possibilities. One size doesn't fit all
Track of the Week: Illumination
Formidable this from drummer Cindy Blackman Santana’s upcoming Coherence. The full album includes guest spots by her husband latin jazz rock icon Carlos...
Road trip notes – Diary entries
“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper...
BELIEVE, beleft, below playlist themed
Gems from John Coltrane, EST, Pat Metheny, Kenny Dorham, Bill Evans and Tony Bennett & more won’t make you feel at all bereft...
Trish Clowes, Try Me, Stoney Lane **** recommended
Two buses have arrived at once this year where saxophonist Trish Clowes is concerned. Both go somewhere interesting.
Immy Churchill, Songs That Shaped Me, Vortex Downstairs ****
A rising vocals star finds her own path
“It’s about the exchange”: Tom Challenger and Evan Parker unite
An exciting summit meeting is readying for the summer that unites Evan Parker and Tom Challenger
Anthony Joseph, The Ark, Heavenly Sweetness ****
Another strong showing from London scene British Trinidadian poet, vocalist, singer-songwriter Anthony Joseph and his kicking band
Marvin Muoneké, Mark Lockheart, Gary Crosby, Alex Webb and Winston Clifford – Cadogan Hall **** recommended
A lunchtime appointment themed around the timelessness of Coltrane and Hartman proves charming and thoughtfully spun in Chelsea.
Dylan Jones to debut
London trumpeter Dylan Jones to release debut album Statue on 26 June via Banger Factory Records, with new single Plastic Petals out 12...
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