At 91 years of age, David Forman has enjoyed an illustrious life. The former dentist and intrepid travel photographer is known on the UK jazz scene for his photographs of jazz musicians. […]
David Forman (New album ‘Like A Rainbow’ on Basho Records)
Bansangu Orchestra at the Spice of Life (EFG LJF 2021)
Bansangu Orchestra (Spice of Life. 21 November 2021. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Bansangu, I hear you ask? As Paul Booth who runs Bansangu Orchestra has explained: “The band’s name comes from the […]
Tributes to Saxophonist Steve Main (1972-2021)
There is a deep sense of loss from colleagues, contemporaries and friends of saxophonist STEVE MAIN, who passed away suddenly earlier today 10 February, at the age of just 48. This tragic […]
Steve Hamilton – “Between The Lines”
Steve Hamilton – Between The Lines (Available from Steve Hamilton’s Bandcamp. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Recorded in the depths of the Covid lockdown, Scottish pianist Steve Hamilton‘s first solo record is […]
TRYPL – “TRYPL”
TRYPL (Trevor Mires, Ryan Quigley & Paul Booth) – TRYPL (Ubuntu music UBU0063. CD review by Paul Pace) TRYPL, the eponymously titled debut album release, is the happy result of a long […]
Paul Booth – Travel Sketches
Paul Booth – Travel Sketches (Ubuntu Music UBU0034. CD Review by Peter Jones) There is a calm, muscular authority in the playing of tenor saxophonist Paul Booth that makes it obvious why he […]
Paul Booth Quartet (Travel Sketches album launch) at Pizza Express
Paul Booth Quartet (Travel Sketches album launch) (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, 27 August 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) On the hottest of nights, the coolest of jazz. Tenor saxophonist Paul Booth’s […]
