Composer, sax and flute player, and record label founder Kevin Figes talks to us about the music and people who helped shape him and the ways he’s getting creative in lockdown… First […]
In lockdown with… saxophonist Kevin Figes
In lockdown with… guitarist Rob Luft
Composer, guitarist and current BBC New Generation artist Rob Luft recently released his second album, Life Is The Dancer. We catch up with him about releasing an album under lockdown, learning new […]
In lockdown with… trumpeter Mark Isham
New York-born, California-based trumpeter and film composer Mark Isham has done the scores for over 400 movies and TV shows. He is involved, alongside Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and the UK’s Jive […]
In lockdown with… guitarist Nigel Price
Guitarist Nigel Price is normally one of the busiest musicians on the UK scene. Which made us particularly interested to read his lockdown Q&A… First album you purchased as a “jazz musician”? […]
In lockdown with… drummer Billy Pod
Composer and drummer Vassilis Podaras (aka Billy Pod) made the decision to move from his home country of Greece to London a couple of months ago… just in time for the lockdown. […]
“Missing the Sound of Surprise” – a response
Dominic Williams reflects on Jon Turney’s entertaining piece on “Missing the Sound of Surprise” and on how it set him off thinking in several directions about live music, audience involvement, and discovering […]
RIP Sue Davies OBE (1933-2020)
Sebastian writes: In 2005, Digby Fairweather introduced me to a quite remarkable person. Sue Davies, who passed away peacefully from cancer on 18 April 2020, four days after her 87th birthday, had […]
In lockdown with… Nick Lea of Jazz Views
Nick Lea, who runs the Jazzviews.net website, is originally from South Wales and moved to Cumbria with his wife and children 22 years ago. Jazz Views started as an email newsletter in […]
Patricia Pascal (5 years of jazznewblood – JAZZTHETIK London Column)
Sebastian’s regular “London Column” in the German magazine JAZZTHETIK for May/June (*) is a brief profile of Pat Pascal, marking the fifth anniversary of jazznewblood. It takes a very special person to […]
Malcolm Mills interview (vinyl release of Major Surgery ‘The First Cut’ (1976) + new Tony Kofi Album)
Malcolm Mills’ label The Last Music Company is releasing two albums on 24 April, a vinyl edition of ‘The First Cut’ from 1976 by Don Weller’s Major Surgery, and ‘Another Kind of […]
In lockdown with… pianist Ben Comeau
Guildhall graduate Ben Comeau is a pianist, organist, accordionist and composer, active in jazz, classical and contemporary music. He talks to us from lockdown about his varied music influences, favourite Mahler symphonies, […]
In lockdown with… pianist George Colligan
American pianist, composer and educator George Colligan speaks to us about some of his musical memories, revisiting old favourite albums, and both the possibilities and difficulties of making music at this strange […]
In lockdown with… trumpeter Avishai Cohen
Born in Tel Aviv, trumpeter Avishai Cohen moved to the US to study at Berklee and won the Thelonious Monk competition in 1997. He recently released the fourth record in his own […]
Lee Konitz (1927-2020): An appreciation by Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton, author of Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser’s Art (University of Michigan Press, 2007), writes in tribute to this inspiring figure in jazz: Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh, the famous […]
In lockdown with… cellist Shirley Smart
In the first of a new series, we catch up with cellist Shirley Smart to find out what she’s been up to during lockdown and take a stroll down musical memory lane. […]
