Meraki: Jonathan Silk, Jacky Naylor and Nick JurdPublicity pictureMeraki is a trio led by pianist Jacky Naylor, featuring double-bassist Nick Jurd and drummer Jonathan Silk. They are about to embark on an […]
A Great Day in BirminghamPhoto: © Brian HomerBirmingham jazz enthusiast and photographer Brian Homer reflects upon his version of Art Kane’s A Great Day in Harlem:When I decided to attempt a version […]
Adam Fairhall, Seth Bennett and Johnny HunterPublicity pictureFragments (2017) is a trio album led by drummer Johnny Hunter with pianist Adam Fairhall and bassist Seth Bennett. With just three tracks over 75 […]
Photo Credit: Carl HydePianist and composer Kate Williams and singer-songwriter Georgia Mancio have been in each other’s musical orbits for nearly 20 years and their stirring new album, Finding Home, features a […]
Welsh bassist Huw V Williams has been recording interviews as podcasts, and has just reached the 25th episode of his Improvised Music Agenda Podcasts, in which vibraphonist Corey Mwamba talked to him […]
Jacques Schwarz-BartPhoto credit: Marc BaptisteSaxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, who has a dual Jewish and Guadeloupian heritage, has been living in the United States since the early 1990s. His parents are Simone and the late André Schwarz-Bart, […]
Marton JuhaszPhoto Credit: Alex Ventling Swiss-Hungarian drummer and composer Marton Juhasz is a musician with a strong aesthetic and very clear musical and thematic concepts. The Berklee alumnus has played with an intriguing […]
Adam OsmianskiPhoto Credit: Wong Horngyih When Pittsburgh-born, London-based drummer Adam Osmianski went to Brazil 12 years ago he says that he “absolutely caught the bug for Brazilian music”. He was amazed by […]
Hubert LawsPublicity photoFlautist Hubert Laws, who featured in the early work of the Jazz Crusaders, Gil Scott Heron and Jaco Pastorius and who teamed up with Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette to […]
Nomfuno XaluvaPublicity pictureNOMFUNDO XALUVA is a jazz vocalist hailing from Port Elizabeth and now based in Cape Town, South Africa where she performs, records for Universal Music, and teaches at the University […]
Sarah Jane MorrisPhoto: Richard KabyJane Mann met English soul jazz diva SARAH JANE MORRIS in the star’s green room at Ronnie Scott’s before one of her recent sold-out shows, reviewed here. The […]
Kim MacariPhoto: © Steven Cropper/www.transientlife.uk/Trumpeter and general jazz activist KIM MACARI is becoming a plate-spinner extraordinaire. Gail Tasker met her to find out how she does it all: “The nice thing with […]
Sandra MarcyPhoto: Debra O’ConnorIn celebration of International Women’s Day, Daphne Bugler chats to Music Manager SANDRA MARCY about her life, her career, jazz music, and being a woman in the music business. […]
Sunna GunnlaugsPhoto: © Hans Vera“When opportunities don’t necessarily fall into your lap, it’s good motivation to go out there and create them for yourself,” says SUNNA GUNNLAUGS, musician, composer, festival director and […]
Tania Giannouli, 2019Photo credit: Pinelopi GerasimouGreek pianist and composer TANIA GIANNOULI studied classical piano, Advanced Theory and Composition at conservatoires in Athens. Her albums, particularly Rewa from 2018, have increasingly been finding […]
