(Whirlwind Recordings) This is the follow-up to Volume 1 which the guitarist released in 2011. It’s a two disc set, the second being Price alone or playing with himself via overdubs, the first being his organ trio with Ross Stanley… Read More ›
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Finally – a Christmas single we can rejoice to
If you missed the marvellous Gorillabot at Pilgrimage at the Hare & Hounds last night, never mind – they are here. Let the dancing commence.
My top five West Midland gigs – December 2016
If you are going to try a few gigs in the English West Midlands this month, these are the ones I’d choose from first: Friday 2 Pilgrimage: Young Pilgrims, Rotunda Of Wonder, Gorillabot Jazzlines, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham 8.30pm, £10 A… Read More ›
Yep, thejazzbreakfast has donned its Christmas jumper…
… and the nifty snow that lovely WordPress offers is falling once more. That must mean it’s December, month of The Festive 50. And in fact this will be The Final Festive 50. It’s all change here at thejazzbreakfast in… Read More ›
Not your everyday jazz instrument – hear it live on Friday
The French horn has a niche place in jazz, despite making some really famous appearances – in the Claude Thornhill, Gil Evans, Gunther Schuller and Carla Bley big bands. Its appearances as a strong solo instrument in a smaller combo are… Read More ›
Trish Clowes’ ‘no boundaries’ Birmingham festival needs your support
The hugely-talented and enterprising saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes created a festival without musical boundaries called Emulsion, and she is bringing it to Birmingham in January. She already has substantial backing for the project to go ahead but she wants… Read More ›
‘Proper record shops – those guys are like family’
Find out who said these words. He’s the subject of the latest in Garry Corbett’s series Stolen Moments. It’s HERE.
John Abercrombie & Marc Copland
Birmingham Conservatoire Recital Hall, Birmingham UK 28-11-2016 In the aftermath of 9/11 chances to see and hear U.S. jazz greats dropped dramatically and they have never really recovered. So when we get the chance, the moment is to be seized;… Read More ›
Keith Jarrett – A Multitude Of Angels
(ECM) This four-CD set gathers together four solo concerts the American pianist gave in Italy 20 years ago. In Modena, Ferrara, Torino and Genova over eight days, Jarrett seems to have brought all his experience, his knowledge and his energy… Read More ›
Magic sparks at The Red Lion tonight
A bunch of good friends together generates positive energy, when they are musicians then their interactions will be more sophisticated, and when they have some music to play that is written and arranged specially for them the interactions will become more characterful… Read More ›
Ingrid & Christine Jensen – Infinitude
(Whirlwind Recordings) The Canadian sisters, trumpeter Ingrid and saxophonist Christine, have Ben Monder on guitar, Fraser Hollins on bass and Jon Wikan on drums and an album entitled for the concept of boundless possibility. If the possibilities they explore on its ten… Read More ›
Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh
mac Hexagon Theatre, Birmingham UK 22-11-2016 In 1953 the philosopher Isaiah Berlin wrote a book called The Hedgehog And The Fox in which he applied the words of the Ancient Greek poet Archilochus, “Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus unum magnum” (“a… Read More ›
Yelena Eckemoff Quartet – Leaving Everything Behind
(L&H Production) This is the Russian-born, U.S.-resident pianist and composer’s ninth jazz release since 2009. And its follow-up is all ready to go early in 2017. So, prolific Yelena Eckemoff certainly is! You might expect therefore that she would make… Read More ›
Charlie Hunter
Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham UK 21-11-2016 “That was called – ah, it doesn’t really matter what the titles are. It’s all existential hogwash anyway.” That was seven-string guitarist extraordinaire Charlie Hunter to the crowd in the bigger room… Read More ›
Madeleine Peyroux
Review and pictures by John Watson Town Hall, Birmingham UK 21-11-2016 “I don’t have a reputation for doing anything cheerful,” Madeleine Peyroux told her audience, with a grin. “But I’m working on breaking that mould.” I like the texture of… Read More ›
Jason Moran – Wind
Review by AJ Dehany EFG London Jazz Festival Barbican Milton Court, London 18-11-2016 Jazz was banned in the 1950s in Poland under the Soviet regime, and Polish jazz retains a special symbolic value as an emancipatory music with a distinctly… Read More ›
Wondering what to do now it’s all over?
So, you lucky jazz lovers in London – you’ve had a bit of a feast over the last ten days. And now it’s all gone. You might need a glass of jazz-bicarb to deal with this particular combination of heartburn and… Read More ›
