Decoy with Joe McPhee (Cafe Oto. 21 July 2023, 3rd night of 4. Live review, drawing and photo by Geoff Winston) “We’re going to do our best to make the biggest mess […]
Decoy with Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto
Alexander Hawkins Trio – ‘Carnival Celestial’
Alexander Hawkins Trio – Carnival Celestial (Intakt CD 398. Album review by Jon Turney) There are 57 varieties of piano trio, and a fair subset of them are represented on this session. […]
Nicole Mitchell at the 2022 Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Nicole Mitchell Lit & Phil. Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music – Day 2 & 3. Two writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered the innovative 2022 NFoJaIM festival for […]
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – ‘Break A Vase’
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – Break A Vase (Intakt. CD374 CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Mirror Canon is the extension of Alexander Hawkins‘ trio with drummer Stephen Davis and bassist Neil Charles […]
Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2021, Austria
Art is about what can be done, not just what is allowed to be done. The 41st Saalfelden Jazz Festival, which took place in Austria from 16 to 22 August 2021, relied […]
Alexander Hawkins – ‘Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble’
Alexander Hawkins – Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble (Intakt Records. CD review by Geoff Winston) Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) opens with one of the […]
Alexander Hawkins (new album, ‘Togetherness Music For Sixteen Musicians Feat. Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble’ – Intakt Records)
Pianist and composer, Alexander Hawkins, has a new album, Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians), released by Intakt Records, featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble. It was recorded in one day in […]
Review of Jazzfest Berlin 2020
Jazzfest Berlin was livestreamed from various venues across Berlin and New York, 5-8 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany: The 57th edition of Jazzfest Berlin was completely online via livestream and on […]
Ten Composers Chosen for Jazz South Radar Commissions
Here is the list of composers selected for Jazz South’s Radar Commmissions: Olie Brice, Josephine Davies, Alexander Hawkins, Andrew Hayes, Hannah Jacobs, John Martin, Randolph Matthews, John Miles, Robert Mitchell and Rebecca […]
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – “Shards and Constellations”
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – Shards and Constellations(Intakt Records CD344. CD review by Fiona Mactaggart) The vivid memory of a white-robed Cecil Taylor darting crab-style across a concert hall stage and then delivering […]
