Artificial Jazz – She Walks (Self-released on Bandcamp. Review by Bruce Lindsay) What to write about this new release? First, the basics: She Walks is a four-track EP, coming in at just […]
Artificial Jazz – ‘She Walks’
‘Hard Edges Plus’ – new improvised lunchtime series in Norwich, starting 28 July
A new lunchtime concert series brings improvised music to Norwich courtesy of the Hard Edges trio, plus special guests Brigitte Beraha, Matthew Bourne and Neil Metcalfe. Hard Edges member Ben Higham spoke […]
Tristan (on tour in Britain: June, September and October)
Jazz/soul/funk quintet Tristan makes two return visits to the UK during June and October this year, hot on the heels of the release of SEVEN, the band’s appropriately titled seventh studio album. […]
Linley Hamilton – ‘Ginger’s Hollow’
Linley Hamilton – Ginger’s Hollow(Whirlwind Recordings WR4808, released 26 May. Review by Bruce Lindsay) For the first eight bars of ‘Shinebox,’ the opening track on Ginger’s Hollow, the rhythm section – pianist […]
Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop – ‘Ten Past Never’
Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop – Ten Past Never (Ubuntu Music UBU0128. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Enzo Zirilli, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Rob Luft and Alessandro Chiappetta form the quartet known as ZiroBop and provide its […]
Trichotomy – ‘To Vanish’
Trichotomy – To Vanish (Earshift Music – Review by Bruce Lindsay) Six years after the release of Known/Unknown Trichotomy, the Australian piano/bass/drums trio formed in 1999, returns with studio album number eight, […]
Bruce Lindsay – ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room’
Bruce Lindsay – Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox Books. 254 pp. £25. Book Review by Rob Adams) Ivor Cutler was a singular talent. He was an author, poet, […]
John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’
John Escreet – Seismic Shift (Whirlwind Recordings WR4793. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist John Escreet was born in Doncaster, moved to New York in his early 20s and then decamped to Los […]
Paul Jones (new album ‘The Blues’)
The blues have been a central part of Paul Jones’s life for sixty years. The singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter was 80 in February. He presented his final BBC […]
Paul Jones – ‘The Blues’
Paul Jones – The Blues (Umbrella Music PJBROLLYLP1 – Review by Bruce Lindsay) What does a musician, singer and songwriter with a recording career that’s almost 60 years long do when a […]
Espen Eriksen Trio (UK tour dates in October and November)
The Espen Eriksen Trio – pianist Eriksen, bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye – have been together for fifteen years and recently released their first live album, “In the Mountains”. […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – ‘Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt’
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt (Ubuntu Music UBU0113CD. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) In tribute to composer, musician and arranger Tadd Dameron, “Dameronia” has been adopted as a […]
Rosie Frater-Taylor at the Dome Stage, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
Rosie Frater-Taylor (Dome Stage, Snape Maltings, 12 August 2022. Part of Summer at Snape. Review by Bruce Lindsay) There’s a welcome early-evening breeze blowing across the River Alde, cooling audience and performers […]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas in Norwich
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival. 24 May 2022 . Live Review by Bruce Lindsay) The Norfolk and Norwich Festival billed this late-night concert […]
