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WEBBanfield, Bill: Take Time to Listen They say : Guitarist Banfield’s new release is a solo guitar project of pop classics and jazz standards and his guitar work is bluesy, funky, sonorous and abstract.(Mesa/BlueMoon Recordings) Barnes, Alan & David Newton: Tis Autumn They say: Pianist David Newton combines taste, touch and innate harmonic sense while Barnes plays saxophones and clarinets with ...
Raye: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2024 - Jazz Journal
WEB23 hours ago · Raye at Montreux Jazz Festival 2024. Photo (c) Luana Schoch. Violins reminiscent of a film’s opening sequence play out as Raye, full name Rachel Keen, takes the Swiss audience on a journey through songs and stories from her debut LP My 21st Century Blues, in an arrangement she’s crafted specifically for this festival.
Reviewed: New Jazz Orchestra, Neil Ardley | Howard Riley | Gérard ...
WEB2 hours ago · New Jazz Orchestra/Neil Ardley Group: BBC Sessions 1968-1970 (RANDB101) Once again, Nick Duckett’s RandB Records mines the rich vein of material from the BBC archives, lost gems from a changing period of British jazz. The National Jazz Orchestra and Howard Riley were indirectly linked, part of the emerging scene of the late 60s and championed […]
Reviewed: Elaine Delmar | Karen Mack - Jazz Journal
WEB1 hour ago · Elaine Delmar is aided and abetted by a strong cast – Barry Green, Jim Mullen and Simon Thorpe, with a guest showing on the title track for Andy Panayi. This is around 40 minutes’ worth of filet mignon and Piper Heidsieck rendered in musical form. Standout tracks are Let Me Love You, Close Your Eyes, and, for an encore, Irving Caesar’s ...
The Rhodes piano, alive and very well in a London basement
WEB4 hours ago · The Rhodes electric piano, reviled by many purists, but a key new sound in jazz from the late 1960s on, is the centre of attention in Triology, a series of videos produced in London by DJ Gilles Peterson. The first, featuring a whirlwind of Hancock-esque playing from Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas, is …
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WEB6 days ago · German jazz trade-fair strikes a political note. 12 April 2024. The opening night of jazzahead! in Bremen combined declarations of the jazz-as-freedom idea with music from Han Bennink and others.
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WEBJJ 09/94: David Murray – Live ’93 Acoustic Octfunk. Jazz Journal - 25 September 2024. Thirty years ago Barry McRae said it was easy to take the ubiquitous Murray for granted, even as he perpetually sought novelty.
Jazz in review: 2020 - Jazz Journal
WEBJan 5, 2021 · The good: New discoveries: The Majamisty Trio from Serbia, Dezron Douglas and Brandee Young in Harlem lockdown, Ian McGimpsey and Harrison Argatoff from Ontario, and – new to me, at least – Julia Hülsmann from Germany and the wondrous guitarist Mary Halvorson from Massachusetts. The continuing creative strength of Ahmad Jamal, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids and Kahil El’Zabar, and the ...
London Jazz Festival back to strength
WEBSep 18, 2021 · 3085. Seckou Keita and Omar Sosa. Photo by Andrés Pino. After a perforce quieter year in 2020 the EFG London Jazz Festival is largely back to strength this year, running 12-21 November with plenty of live shows. Among the many highlights are Julian Lage; Richard Bona & Alfredo Rodriguez Band; Archie Shepp & Jason Moran; John Scofield and Dave ...
Walking The Changes: Legends Of The Double Bass In Jazz
WEBDec 11, 2021 · Ten high-profile jazz bassists, along with a few lesser-known names, are interviewed on camera in this 73-minute video. Included are performances of bass solos by some of the participants, all dedicated to great, innovative bass players from the past. First up is Christian McBride, who tells of his early inspirations, Paul Chambers and Ron Carter.