Horntet- Horntet(For-Tune Records. Album review by Sam Norris) Horntet are a quintet of young Polish musicians led by pianist Bartłomiej Leśniak. Despite only forming in 2019 while they were students at the […]
Horntet – ‘Horntet’
Interview: Guitarists/ Competition Jurors Peter Bernstein and Romain Pilon
The fifth International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Krakow, from which musician/writer Sam Norris reported the results (link below), also gave him the opportunity to meet two of the international judges, Peter […]
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – ‘El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2’
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2(Miel Music. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There’s that famous scene in the 1999 Wim Wenders film “Buena Vista Social Club”: Ry […]
Tim Berne and Gregg Belisle-Chi – ‘Mars’
Tim Berne and Gregg Belisle-Chi- Mars (Intakt CD 374. Album Review by Sam Norris) Mars is the latest brainchild of veteran avant-garde alto saxophonist Tim Berne, released on the always impressive and boundary-pushing […]
NQ Jazz, Manchester, announces 2021 season (starts 11 Jan with Soweto Kinch)
Live jazz looks likely to make a triumphant return to the North West in January 2021 courtesy of NQ Jazz. Since their inception in 2015, the Manchester-based live music promoters have hosted […]
Hermia/Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq – “Kaiju Eats Cheeseburgers”
Hermia/Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq – Kaiju Eats Cheeseburgers (Hector/Full Rhizome. CD Review by Sam Norris) Franco-Belgian trio Hermia/Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq are certainly not afraid to exist on the fringes of improvised music. Their first album, God At […]
Toivo Quintet – “View”
Toivo Quintet – View (Losen Records LOS 243-2. CD review by Sam Norris) Double bassist, composer and recent graduate of Bergen’s Grieg Academy Arne Toivo Fjose Sandberg is as yet a relatively […]
Michael Thomas – “Event Horizon”
Michael Thomas – Event Horizon (Giant Step Arts. CD review by Sam Norris) “The ‘event horizon’ is the perimeter around a black hole that marks the point of no return,” writes NYC-based […]
Tom Taylor and Matthew Herd – “First Light”
Tom Taylor and Matthew Herd – First Light (Bandcamp (LINK) . Album (download) review by Sam Norris) It’s impossible that London-based pianist and composer Tom Taylor could have known about the unusual […]
ECM at 50 Celebration Concerts at the Royal Academy of Music
RAM concerts: ECM at 50 (Susie Sainsbury Theatre, RAM, 30 and 31 January 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney – Thursday; Sam Norris – Friday first half) The Royal Academy’s celebration of the […]
Jorge Rossy Vibes Quintet at Pizza Express Jazz Club
Jorge Rossy Vibes Quintet (Pizza Express Dean Street. 15 January 2020. Second night of two. Review by Sam Norris) The return of Jorge Rossy’s ‘Beyond Sunday’ quintet to Pizza Express Dean Street […]
Vijay Iyer’s Ritual Ensemble at Wigmore Hall
Vijay Iyer’s Ritual Ensemble (Wigmore Hall. 10 January 2020. Review by Sam Norris) The atmosphere at Wigmore Hall prior to the UK debut of Vijay Iyer’s Ritual Ensemble was one of excitement, […]
Andrea Brachfeld – Brazilian Whispers
Andrea Brachfeld – Brazilian Whispers (Origin 82795. CD Review by Sam Norris) Flautist Andrea Brachfeld’s CV reads like a who’s who of Latin jazz. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, […]
