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 […]
Lee Morgan – ‘The Complete Live at the Lighthouse’
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – ‘The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One’
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’
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 at Kings Place (2020 EFG LJF)
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 […]
Ten Composers Chosen for Jazz South Radar Commissions
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”
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”
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 […]
Dunmall and Williams with Brice and Pursglove (dates 2-5 Feb incl Ideas of Noise Fest)
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 […]
Olie Brice – Somersaults trio (new album 10 Sept, UK tour 2 – 18 Oct)
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 […]
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave (ECM 7740423. Recorded 1999. CD Review by Olie Brice) The recorded history of jazz gives us glimpses into a process, snapshots […]
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