Richard Davis. Born Chicago, Illinois, 15 April 1930. Died Madison, Wisconsin. 6 September 2023… UK Bassist Olie Brice’s tribute to a very great bassist takes the form of a “Ten Tracks” Feature. […]
Outlines (Byrne/Malcolm/Ward/Nash/Brice/Lisle) (The Globe, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Sunday 26 March 2023) The brainchild of composer and saxophonist Dee Byrne, Outlines is a strong set of fascinating original compositions realised by something of a […]
Wadada Leo Smith – Emerald Duets / String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (two boxsets)(TUM Records. Review by Olie Brice) The Finnish record label TUM has been doing an impressive job of documenting Wadada […]
Olie Brice Trio/Octet – Fire Hills (West Hill Records. Two CDs. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Olie Brice is a double bass player well known as a key member of the free […]
“Fire Hills” (West Hill Records), the new double album from bassist/composer Olie Brice, marks a significant step forward in his career as bandleader and composer: one album by his trio with Will […]
Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava – 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM Records. TUM CD 059. Album Review by Olie Brice) 2 Blues for Cecil – the first recording of the trio of […]
Zaitz & Kavuma – Back to Back (The Banger Factory) Cath Roberts & Olie Brice – Conduits (Relative Pitch Records) Will Glaser with Matthew Herd and Alex Bonney – Climbing In Circles Pt […]
Lee Morgan – The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (from 1970) (Blue Note. 8 CDs or 12 LPS. Album Review by Olie Brice) Lee Morgan’s Live at the Lighthouse was already a […]
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
Charles Mingus – @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside SSC1570. CD Review by Olie Brice) A fascinating look at two of Charles Mingus’ greatest bands, recorded by the same radio station in […]
Binker Golding with Olie Brice and Steve Noble (Livestream from Kings Place for EFG London Jazz Festival. 21 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Whilst billed as Binker Golding‘s show, this was […]
Here is the list of composers selected for Jazz South’s Radar Commmissions: Olie Brice, Josephine Davies, Alexander Hawkins, Andrew Hayes, Hannah Jacobs, John Martin, Randolph Matthews, John Miles, Robert Mitchell and Rebecca […]
Sam Rivers – Ricochet (No Business Records NBCD 128. CD review by Olie Brice) Lithuanian record label No Business has been mining a golden stream of material with its archive series of […]
Sam Rivers Quintet – Zenith (No Business NBCD 124. CD review by Olie Brice) This is the second in a hugely welcome series of previously unreleased live Sam Rivers recordings, curated by […]
LondonJazz News contributor, bassist Olie Brice is part of a new quartet and is delighted to find that his heroes are also his colleagues and friends: One of the amazing things about […]
