Zoe Rahman – Colour of Sound (Manushi Records MANUCD007. CD review by Mike Collins) A brooding piano rumble, then a grooving, funky riff and the band surges in behind Zoe Rahman’s piano. Click play […]
Zoe Rahman – ‘Colour of Sound’
The W (Bruno Heinen, Gene Calderazzo, Andrea Di Biase, Heidi Vogel) – ‘Portrait’
The W – Portrait (Ubuntu Music. Album review by Graham Spry) For his first full-length studio album for Ubuntu Music, Portrait, London-based pianist and composer Bruno Heinen has gathered together a truly […]
Dhafer Youssef plus Zoe Rahman Trio (2022 EFG LJF)
Dhafer Youssef with Ballaké Sissoko, Eivind Aarset and Adriano Dos Santos: Digital Africa – plus Zoe Rahman Trio (Barbican Hall, 19 November 2022. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was Dhafer Youssef’s […]
Heidi Vogel (The W at 91 Living Room, 8 May)
The W is Bruno Heinen’s group with Heidi Vogel(*), Gene Calderazzo and Andrea Di Biase. “We play all original music by Bruno but with total freedom of our own individual styles,” says […]
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo at Frith Manor Primary School (2021 EFG LJF)
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo (Frith Manor Primary School, Woodside Park, Barnet. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) The EFG London Jazz Festival has taken a Barnet […]
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – ‘Tales From The Jacquard’
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – Tales From The Jacquard (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Richard Lee) For the last 25 years, saxophonist Julian Siegel has been establishing himself as a first-rate player […]
