Ethan Iverson Trio – with Conor Chaplin and Andreu Pitarch (Vortex. 5 August 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) A rare opportunity to hear the polymathic pianist in a small club – […]
Ethan Iverson Trio at Vortex Jazz Club
Philip Freeman – ‘Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the Twenty-First Century’
Philip Freeman – Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the Twenty-First Century (Zer0 Books, 272pp., £14.99pb. Book Review by Jon Turney) Want to turn a collection of columns into a book? Here’s how. Find […]
‘A Jump Into The Void’ (new documentary film feat. Martin Speake – screening/ Q&A, 13 Nov, EFG LJF, Sands Films Studio)
A new documentary film about Martin Speake’s February 2020 tour with Ethan Iverson, Calum Gourlay and Jeff Willams/ Jorge Rossy will receive its premiere screening this Saturday, 13 November at Sands Films […]
Martin Speake Quartet with Ethan Iverson at Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham
Martin Speake Quartet with Ethan Iverson (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 13 February 2020. Review and photos by John Watson) The sound is plaintive and cool in musical temperature – subtle vibrato, […]
Martin Speake International Quartet (tour dates 13 – 29 Feb 2020)
The distinctive tone of UK saxophonist Martin Speake has been well-known since his work with Itchy Fingers in the 1980s. Since then, he’s recorded 23 albums, including one for ECM with Paul […]
Ethan Iverson, Joe Sanders, Jorge Rossy at Porgy & Bess Club in Vienna
Ethan Iverson, Joe Sanders, Jorge Rossy (Porgy & Bess Club, Vienna, 17 September 2019. Review by Oliver Weindling) This gig somehow seemed to reverberate with a city that spawned some of the […]
