Tenor saxophonist, flautist and composer Tori Freestone won the The Ivors Composer Award for Jazz Ensemble for her composition “Birds of Paradise”. The piece features Freestone on flute/triangle, vocals by Brigitte Beraha, […]
Tori Freestone at Pizza ExpresPhoto credit: José Carlos López Ruiz Tori Freestone’s Birthday Gig(Pizza Express, 13 February 2018. Review by Brianna McClean) The audience was at capacity at Pizza Express Live, as […]
Tori Freestone at the Manchester Jazz Festival 2014Photo credit: David McLenachan/mjf Tori Freestone Trio.(606 Club, 27th July 2016. El Barranco CD launch. Review by Patrick Hadfield) On a hot, humid evening, Tori […]
Tori Freestone Alcyona Mick and Tori Freestone plus Jon Thorne’s Sunshine Brothers(Manchester Jazz Festival, 5 August 2015. Review by Peter Slavid) I am lucky enough to be spending a few days in […]
Tori FreestoneDrawing by Geoff Winston. © 2015. All Rights Reserved Tori Freestone Trio(Vortex, 27 July 2015; review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Tori Freestone’s elegant tenor phrases floated in over Dave Mannington’s […]
Henri Texier at New Morning, ParisPhoto Credit: Thibault Geenen/Creative Commons Henri Texier Hope Quartet plus Tori Freestone Trio. (The Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, 16th November 2014. Review by Patrick Hadfield.) […]
Tori Freestone Trio- In the Chop House(Whirlwind Recordings WR4648. CD Review by Alison Bentley) There’s no shortage of chops in saxophonist Tori Freestone’s new CD In the Chop House. This trio album […]
Tori FreestonePhoto Credit: Cat Munro. All Rights Reserved Catherine Ford spoke to saxophonist/flautist Tori Freestone about her trio, her musical aesthetic, her life, and her new CD: In the Chop House (released […]
Tori Freestone. June 2012. Drawing by Geoff Winston. © 2012. All Rights Reserved Len Aruliah Sextet and Tori Freestone Trio(Jazz at the Salisbury. 3rd June 2012; review and drawing by Geoff Winston) […]
READ ELSEWHERE RIP Wally Fawkes, cartoonist and clarinettist – news story in the Standard – read more …. and obit in the Times (read more – £-wall) Richard Williams’s Guardian obit for […]
Tim Garland and Jason Rebello – Life to Life (Whirlwind Recordings – WR4799. Album review by Jon Turney) Duos don’t come better matched than this partnership. Tim Garland and Jason Rebello have […]
READ ELSEWHERE Chris Searle interviewed trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe (above) in the Morning Star – read more Nick Lea interviewed Rebecca Nash (contains tone rows) – read more Dave Gelly reviewed the Don […]
READ ELSEWHERE Adam Sweeting wrote the Guardian obituary of Burt Bacharach (photo above from 2013 by Phil Guest / Creative Commons) – read more …also in the Guardian, John Lewis reviewed Peter […]
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra (Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 7 February 2023. Review and photos by John Watson) The Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra has won critical acclaim for the new album “Tales From The […]
READ ELSEWHERE Last week’s concert by Gwilym Simcock and the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra (phone snap above by Sebastian) is on YouTube – view here NYC jazz publicist Matt Merewitz […]
