Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Jesmond 23-25 Sep, then Newcastle 29 Sep-2 Oct) Peter Slavid writes: The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (NFOJAIM) started in 2017, and after […]
Alto saxophonist Lee Griffiths, originally from Northamptonshire, studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and is one of the organisers behind the Fizzle series of improvised and experimental music. He and Olivia Murphy will be […]
In normal circumstances, saxophonist John Butcher would be working as improviser and composer, exploring feedback, unusual acoustics and non-concert locations. But his last live performance was on 15 March 2020, and as […]
Paul Dunmall Invites… with Liam Noble, John Edwards, Mark Sanders (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 6 February 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Saxophonist Paul Dunmall is one of the most complete […]
Bassist Olie Brice has a trio, Somersaults, with saxophonist Tobias Delius and drummer Mark Sanders. They are about to release a second album together on 10 September, and have a launch tour […]
Evan Parker with Birds (Evan Parker, John Coxon, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders) (Cafe Oto, 26 July 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Evan Parker with Birds: For Steve Lacy is a […]
brand/beresford/edwards/sanders – all will be said, all to do again (Regardless R03 CD review by AJ Dehany) Samuel Beckett, the last modernist, curmudgeon and revered Irish poet, novelist and playwright, damned to […]
