The new Europe Jazz Media Chart is out. We were welcomed in to the set-up last year, and since then Peter Slavid, Tony Dudley-Evans and Sebastian have been rotating the strike, as […]
Europe Jazz Media Chart January 2021
Golden Age of Steam – ‘Tomato Brain’
Golden Age of Steam – Tomato Brain (NOISE Records LTNO 13. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The music of James Allsopp’s Golden Age of Steam has been described as ‘abstract electronica meets radical […]
Will Glaser/James Allsopp – “New River Ramble”
Will Glaser/James Allsopp – New River Ramble (release 31 October) (Bandcamp / other platforms. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This album follows in the great tradition of saxophone/drums duos. Featuring James Allsopp on […]
Michel Benita Quartet – “Looking At Sounds”
Michel Benita Quartet – Looking At Sounds (ECM 6025 0872884. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Michel Benita is a a French bass player born in Algeria. He is mainly known in the UK for […]
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – “What We Said When We Met”
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – What We Said When We Met (Café Oto Records Otoroku TR069. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This new duo album by tenor saxophonist Rachel Musson and vibraphone […]
The Karuna Trio – “Imaginary Archipelago”
The Karuna Trio – Imaginary Archipelago (Metarecords Meta 024. CD Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The imaginary archipelago of this album title is an area of ‘high mountains and dense forests, warm deserts […]
Jazz Connective in Dublin
Jazz Connective (The Ark, Dublin. 11 and 12 December 2019. Report by Tony Dudley-Evans and Oliver Weindling) The Jazz Connective is a year-long, EU-funded project which brings together promoters and musicians from […]
Evan Parker at Bates Mill Blending Shed (Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival)
Evan Parker at 75 (Bates Mill Blending Shed, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 24 November 2019. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This concert celebrated Evan Parker’s 75th birthday of last April and his long association […]
Fizzle and TDE Promotions, Birmingham, autumn season
Up in Birmingham, Tony Dudley-Evans (TDE Promotions) and Andrew Woodhead (Fizzle) have a new programme of experimental music for their autumn season. Peter Bacon asked them about it: Tony introduced the season […]
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins ( Café Oto, 8 July 2019. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Joshua Abram’s Natural Information Society are playing two nights at Café Oto with special guests […]
