The music stands were emptySteve Coleman and Five Elements(229 The Venue, 26 July 2018. Review and photos by A.J. Dehany)In London at the mid-point of a brisk European tour, alto saxophonist Steve […]
Gerald ClarkPhoto credit: © Krisztian SiposRiver’s Tent is composer Gerald Clark’s second album as The Great Divide. A song sequence exploring lost time and rediscovered places, it features guests including Robert Wyatt […]
Robert MitchellPhoto credit: Richard KabyRobert Mitchell Solo(Jazz Cafe, 8 July 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)Silence is impossible, so he begins. He strikes, neither soft nor hard, one key: the F sharp below […]
Vijay Iyer at Unterfahrt in Munich in 2016Photo credit: Ralf DombrowskiREVIEW: Vijay Iyer Sextet (Jazz Cafe. 8 July 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) New York-based pianist Vijay Iyer was awarded a MacArthur […]
L-R: William Henderson, Pharoah Sanders,Oli Hayhurst, Gene CalderazzoPhoto credit and © Andy Sheppard / lowlightphoto.co.uk Love Supreme 2018(30 June–1 July 2018, Glynde Place East Sussex. Report by John L. Walters) This is […]
Dana MurrayPublicity pictureUS drummer and producer Dana Murray’s album Negro Manifesto places him in the vanguard of a wave of artists getting under the skin of contemporary America. AJ Dehany spoke to […]
Jasper Hoiby at Dean Street, June 2018Photo credit and © Mochles SimawiREVIEW: Phronesis – Walking Dark(Pizza Express Jazz Club, 15 June 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)Phronesis’s 2012 album Walking Dark was a […]
Nik Bärtsch’s RoninPhoto credit: Jonas Holthaus/ ECMNik Bärtsch’s new album Awase (ECM) is the first with his Ronin group in six years, and Ronin’s first with a new bass player in a new […]
Colin RileyPublicity pictureIs it a suite? Is it a song cycle? Is it a spoken word project? Is it classical? Is it jazz? Is it electronica? AJ Dehany goes in search of […]
Roscoe Michell, Art Ensemble of Chicago at the Jazz CafeDrawing by Geoff Winston. © 2018. All Rights ReservedArt Ensemble of Chicago(Jazz Cafe, 4 June 208; report and drawings by Geoff Winston) Bassists Jaribu […]
Roscoe MitchellPhoto credit: Alba RuperezArt Ensemble of Chicago (Rockdeluxe Auditorium. Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona. 31 May 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) «¡Anarquía! ¡Anarquía!» cackles a long-haired solidário as he slips out of […]
Claudio ScolariPhoto credit: Antonio BassiNatural Impulse (Principal Records), the third album by Italian trio Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca and Simone Scolari, was released in January. AJ Dehany and Claudio Scolari took a […]
The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) held their May 2018 Event on 23 May – a panel discussion about music magazines, “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Music Mags”, chaired […]
Anton EgerPhoto Credit: Monika S. JakubowskaAnton Eger(Vortex, 25 April 2018. Photos by Monika S. Jakubowska. Words by AJ Dehany) Drummer Anton Eger is one third of the mighty Phronesis with Jasper Høiby […]
Laurie AndersonPhoto credit: Pieter KersRewire Festival(The Hague, Netherlands, 6-8 April 2018. Report by AJ Dehany) Our species stands at another crossroads in its own survival, and so the themes explored by the […]
