Gareth Williams – Short Stories (Miles Music MM CD090. Album review by Peter Vacher Writing this just twenty-four hours after hearing Gareth Williams play in a local quintet session prompts one to […]
Gareth Williams – ‘Short Stories’
Pete Churchill (Kenny Wheeler’s ‘Piece for Low Strings’, dedicated to Chris Laurence)
Chris Laurence’s album, Kenny Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones, was recently released on the Jazz in Britain label. The realisation of the composition ‘Piece for Double Bass and Low Strings’ for the album […]
Chris Laurence – ‘Kenny Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones’
Chris Laurence – Kenny Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones (Jazz In Britain, JIB-29-S-Cd. Album review by Mike Collins) There are many remarkable things about the this release by Chris Laurence, but quite properly […]
EDQ – ‘They All Be On This Old Road: The Seven Dials Concert’ (rec.1976)
EDQ – They All Be On This Old Road: The Seven Dials Concert (Ogun OGCD 048. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The last few years have seen some excellent re-issues of British […]
Babelfish (return gig, Pizza Express Dean Street, 26 September 2021, music from 1.30pm)
Babelfish (vocalist Brigitte Beraha, pianist Barry Green, bassist Chris Laurence and drummer Paul Clarvis, are looking forward to their first gig of the year…. Dave Gelly wrote of Babelfish: “This remarkable quartet […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (26. ‘Iron Man from John Surman, ‘Morning Glory’, 1973)
Now half way through the year, this is the 26th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections. It features an early highlight from one of our most distinctive, and distinguished, UK jazz artists. This […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (13. Re: Person I knew, from ‘Nutty (on) Willisau’ – Coe, Oxley & Co, 1983)
The thirteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), a British jazz master at the peak of his powers. If you only know the greatness of Tony Coe from his work with, say, […]
Emily Rose Laurence (debut album “Relativity”)
Vocalist/actor Emily Rose Laurence brought out her debut album “Relativity” in July. She has worked on several projects, including stage shows and gigs in and around London. Her strongest connection to the […]
Babelfish – Once Upon a Tide
Babelfish – Once Upon a Tide (Moletone 007. CD Review by Alison Bentley) When is the best time to record a new album? Babelfish waited till the end of their 2018 UK […]
