Bristol-based saxophonist Alex Merritt has been given a unique honour. He has been commissioned by Jordi Pujol, the founder of Fresh Sounds Records in Barcelona, to record and produce a double album […]
Mind-Ear-Ladder is the debut album from the quintet co-led by saxophonist Alex Merritt and trumpeter Steve Fishwick, (Fresh Sound New Talent). The album puts a new spin on a classic jazz sound […]
“I am hoping that “The Shed With Alex” will continue to prove a useful platform and great resource for graduate students and professionals alike, for a long time to come, (even after […]
Having gathered around him some of today’s finest young players based in Europe and the US, the London-based composer and tenor saxophonist Alex Merritt has spent the past week touring some of […]
Yetii (The Greenbank, Easton, Bristol. 8 September 2022. Live review by Mike Collins) A Thursday at the end of summer, and Summer, had an elegiac air, a hymn-like harmony, alluring, unexpected shifts in […]
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook Records 1001. Album review by Alex Merritt) Masabumi Kikuchi (1939- 2015), also known as ‘Poo’ (from his Japanese name Poo Sun), was […]
Benoît Delbecq —The Weight of Light (Pyroclastic Records PR 13. CD Review by Sam Leak) If I were asked to name two current pianists who I think have truly unique voices as […]
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren (Cardiff University Concert Hall. 11 November 2020. Review by Sam Norris) Few names in British jazz guarantee quality quite like those of pianist Huw Warren and tenor […]
Alex Hitchcock Quintet at Green Note(L-R): Will Barry, Jay Davis, Alex Hitchcock, Joe Downard, James CopusPhoto credit and © Matthew Pannell’Saxophonist ALEX HITCHCOCK and his quintet will be at Omnibus Clapham on […]
Jeff Williams. Photo credit: Alex BonneyJeff Williams is returning to playing after an injury, and has a new album “Outlier” out on Whirlwind Recordings on March 11th, and some UK tour dates. […]
Mike Outram and Martin Speake at Karamel. (Out of camera shot: Corrie Dick)The autumn programme of Thursday gigs at Karamel in Coburg Road in Wood Green running right through till Christmas is […]
E17 Large Ensemble. Photo credit: Ozgur Yuzak E17 Large Ensemble (Kings Place hall Two. 31st May 2014. Review by Filiz Taylan Yuzak )E17 Large Ensemble a jazz quartet plus eight wind instruments. […]
Bruno Heinen. Photo Credit: Noemi CarusoBruno Heinen Writes…Starting on the 5th of March, I am starting a Tuesday jazz night with the help of Alex Merritt and Andrea Di Biase at the […]
Pianist Sam Leak writes about the Wednesday jam sessions at Oliver’s Music Bar, Nevada Street, Greenwich Olivers Jazz Bar, an authentic old fashioned style Jazz club hidden away in a basement near […]
