Isabel Sörling of FarvelPhoto credit: Roshni Gorur Match & Fuse Festival, Zürich (Moods and EXIL. 28-30 September 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) Match & Fuse is a European touring network that ‘matches’ bands […]
Lucia CadotschPhoto credit: Wanja Slavin LUCIA CADOTSCH’s Speak Low and Speak Low Renditions put her uniquely modern stamp on the standards. Lucia won the 2017 ECHO Jazz Award 2017 for best vocalist. […]
The Free Poetics of Henrique Eisenmann (Red Piano Records rpr14599-4429. CD review by AJ Dehany) “Why ‘Free Poetics’?” asks Henrique Eisenmann. “Well, music can be made with rules, form and technique. But […]
Moses Boyd (R) and Binker GoldingPhoto credit: MJF17 REVIEW: Binker & Moses(Olby’s Soul Cafe & Music Rooms, Margate. 23 September 2017. Margate Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) The perfect remedy for […]
Francesco TristanoPhoto credit: Marie Staggsr Luxembourg-born musician FRANCESCO TRISTANO’s new album Piano Circle Songs marks a return to piano music, after his recent work in techno. The CD features collaborations with Chilly Gonzales. […]
L-R: Max O’Donnell, Saleem Raman, Lamar Ita, Rocco Palladino, Charlie Platt REVIEW: Grime Reworked: SEN3 – Boy In Da Corner(Birthdays, Dalston. Review by AJ Dehany) A jazz group playing grime should seem […]
Tony Kofi, Alina Bzhezhinska and Larry BartleyPhoto credit: Mustafa Gold Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet(Vortex, 28 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) Increasingly regarded as a musical and spiritual visionary, for Alice Coltrane there […]
Leo Pellegrino and the Metropole Orkest at Prom 53Photo Copyright: BBC/ Mark Allan REVIEW: Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited(Royal Albert Hall. 24 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “I […]
CD REVIEW: Adam Fairhall – Friendly Ghosts (Efpi Records. Review by AJ Dehany) Adam Fairhall is a great example of an outside player who plays inside. Raised in Cornwall and resident in […]
Themba Mvula in The Cry of the Double Bass Photo credit: Claire Shovelton Sebastiano Dessanay’s The Cry of the Double Bass(Act 3 given as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival […]
Gonimoblast – Live with Arve Henriksen/Maja Ratkje(Stoney Lane Records. Review by AJ Dehany) Samplers have been around since the ’60s, so why do they still seem so futuristic? It seems to have […]
Singer Jarvis Cocker with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra Photo credit BBC/Mark Allan REVIEW: Prom 15: The Songs of Scott Walker (1967-70) (Royal Albert Hall. 25 July 2017. Review by AJ […]
Generation XPhoto credit: Cleveland Watkiss Alya Al-Sultani’s Collective X (Out-Spoken — Roundhouse Sackler Studio Theatre. 27 June 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “This is the sexiest venue I’ve ever read at,” says […]
Terri Lyne Carrington in Birmingham Town HallPhoto credit: John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project(Birmingham Town Hall, 21 May 2017. Review by A J Dehany)“It’s important to claim new standards,” says Terri […]
The Firebird at Sound UnboundPhoto Barbican / Mark Allan Sound Unbound Festival (Barbican and surrounding venues, 29th-30th April 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) While all of Twitter has been lol-ing and lulzing […]
