Various Artists / Blue Note Re:imagined II (Decca Records 4563667. Album Review by Jane Mann) This second collection of reworked tunes from the Blue Note archives reminded me of the samplers of […]
‘Blue Note Re:imagined II’
Ryan McCaffrey (Cong-Fusion album ‘The World As We Know It’ – CLF Art Lounge 15 April)
Jazz-funk fusion seven-piece Cong-Fusion’s debut album The World As We Know It is brimming with musical inspirations from Afro-Cuban music, jazz, funk and soul, with deep personal reflections on family, bullying, alcohol, […]
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble / Amy Gadiaga Trio at The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble / Amy Gadiaga Trio (The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham. 28 January 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) Amy Gadiaga (pron. Ga-dya-ja) is a young French-born bass player […]
Binker Golding / John Edwards / Steve Noble – ‘Moon Day’
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble – Moon Day (Byrd Out Records BYR 303. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans.) Saxophonist Binker Golding became known on the jazz scene through his Binker & […]
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – ‘The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One’
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
Binker and Moses – ‘Escape the Flames’
Binker and Moses – Escape the Flames (Gearbox GB1570. Digital/Vinyl. Album Review by Adam Sieff) The Total Refreshment Centre in Stoke Newington was completely rammed on a warm Sunday night in June […]
Binker Golding with Olie Brice and Steve Noble at Kings Place (2020 EFG LJF)
Binker Golding with Olie Brice and Steve Noble (Livestream from Kings Place for EFG London Jazz Festival. 21 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Whilst billed as Binker Golding‘s show, this was […]
EFG London Jazz Festival moves exclusively online (13-22 November)
The EFG London Jazz Festival extensive programme of live concerts and special events will now be streamed online from venues across London. Many of the online events will be free to view […]
Charles Tolliver – “Connect”
Charles Tolliver – Connect (Gearbox Records GB1561. Review by Adam Sieff) Now 78 years old, trumpeter and composer Charles Tolliver truly deserves full-on legendary jazz hero status. Dizzy Gillespie loved his playing, […]
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers (Binker Golding. CD review by Harry Stott) Surprisingly straight up and filled with wonderfully lyrical flourishes, tenor saxophonist Binker Golding’s new record, […]
