John Etheridge at St John’s FarncombeSoft Machine(St John’s Farncombe. 2 November 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) To say Soft Machine are underrated would be an overstatement. Their arcane line-up history can distract […]
Reid AndersonPhoto: The Bad Plus websiteTrio The Bad Plus are playing their final tour with pianist Ethan Iverson before he is replaced by Orrin Evans. Bass player REID ANDERSON spoke to AJ […]
The EFG London Jazz Festival (Friday 10 to Sunday 19 November) can be overwhelming in its vastness. Faced with all this choice, are you paralysed with indecision? Or perhaps just keen to […]
The demolition of the Pruitt–Igoe housing project, St. Louis, MO,an early scene to be filmed for Koyaanisqatsi. Photo credit: U.S. Department of Housing/ Public DomainGoGo Penguin: Koyaanisqatsi (Barbican. 11 October 2017. Review by AJ […]
Setting the scene for De Beren Gieren’sSofar Session AJ Dehany reports on a two-gig night in Greenwich: De Beren Gieren were performing a Sofar session and Elliot Galvin/Tom Herbert/Corrie Dick were at Oliver’s […]
Isabel Sörling of FarvelPhoto credit: Roshni GorurMatch & Fuse Festival, Zürich (Moods and EXIL. 28-30 September 2017. Review by AJ Dehany)Match & Fuse is a European touring network that ‘matches’ bands from different […]
Lucia CadotschPhoto credit: Wanja SlavinLUCIA 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. AJ […]
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 in […]
Moses Boyd (R) and Binker GoldingPhoto credit: MJF17REVIEW: Binker & Moses(Olby’s Soul Cafe & Music Rooms, Margate. 23 September 2017. Margate Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) The perfect remedy for festival […]
Francesco TristanoPhoto credit: Marie StaggsrLuxembourg-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. Ahead […]
L-R: Max O’Donnell, Saleem Raman, Lamar Ita, Rocco Palladino, Charlie PlattREVIEW: Grime Reworked: SEN3 – Boy In Da Corner(Birthdays, Dalston. Review by AJ Dehany) A jazz group playing grime should seem less […]
Tony Kofi, Alina Bzhezhinska and Larry BartleyPhoto credit: Mustafa GoldAlina Bzhezhinska Quartet(Vortex, 28 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) Increasingly regarded as a musical and spiritual visionary, for Alice Coltrane there was […]
Leo Pellegrino and the Metropole Orkest at Prom 53Photo Copyright: BBC/ Mark AllanREVIEW: Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited(Royal Albert Hall. 24 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “I feel […]
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 ShoveltonSebastiano Dessanay’s The Cry of the Double Bass(Act 3 given as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival at […]
