Emma Rawicz – Chroma (ACT CD 9973-2. Album review by Jon Turney) Saxophonist Emma Rawicz’s second CD release, her debut on the ACT label, is an impressively accomplished affair, bristling with the […]
Emma Rawicz – ‘Chroma’
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet at Watford Jazz Junction
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet (Watford Jazz Junction. Pump House Theatre, Watford. 20 May 2023. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s something special about listening to high quality live music in a […]
Emma Rawicz signs to ACT Music (new album ‘Chroma’ for release 25 August)
Emma Rawicz (21…!) has signed to ACT Music. Her first album for the label is called “Chroma”, the title a reference to her synaesthesia, and all of the tracks are named after […]
Watford Jazz Junction, 18-21 May 2023
Watford Jazz Junction was new to the jazz festival scene last year and this second edition has a particular focus on the influence of the Caribbean on UK jazz. We take a […]
John Zorn’s ‘The Bagatelles’ at City University
John Zorn’s The Bagatelles (Performance Space, City, University of London. 11 April 2022. Review and top photo by Peter Slavid) The name of John Zorn tends to elicit extreme reactions from […]
Emma Rawicz Quintet at Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 22 Jan 2022
Saxophonist/composer Emma Rawicz, originally from Devon, and currently an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music, is already making waves on the London scene. Her debut album “Incantation” will be released this spring. […]
Winners at the Drake Yolanda Awards
Sebastian writes: I often word-search press releases which I receive for the word “Jazz”. And believe me, it can sometimes be a dispiriting exercise. Not today. The following release from Rupert Burley’s […]
The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham
The Jazz Sanctuary is a monthly music event in South West London which brings together established and emerging artists from the UK jazz scene. Promoter/organiser Sarah Meyer talked to AJ Dehany about […]
