Double bassist Olie Brice plays jazz and the music known as improv, both as a leader and a sideman. He has a trio, a duo and a band called BABs, but it’s with his quintet that he made an album… Read More ›
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John Scofield & Pablo Held Trio and Julian Argüelles Septet
Jazz Arena and Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham UK 03-05-2015 Like Lee Konitz and others before him, the U.S. jazz master John Scofield has found fertile common musical ground with a young European trio, this one from Cologne… Read More ›
George Crowley – Can Of Worms
(Whirlwind Recordings WR4666) Young British tenor player Crowley is in the left channel and has fellow tenorist Tom Challenger in the right, with, elsewhere in the stereo mix, Dan Nicholls on piano and Wurlitzer, Sam Lasserson on double bass and… Read More ›
Bex Burch – April 2015
Bex Burch has an extraordinary story to tell which takes her from banging pots and pans in Yorkshire as a child, to the Guildhall in London to earn a 1st and to play percussion with the Philharmonia, and then to… Read More ›
A few good gigs this week – a reminder
Of course there are good gigs every week – some even have surprises of the order of Brad Mehldau Trio drummer Jeff Ballard dropping in unannounced, as happened last night at York’s Bakery! – but here are some that should… Read More ›
Oh no – the Dog’s got Worms…
The Spotted Dog that is. And George Crowley’s Can Of Worms that is. And it’s not really “Oh no” but rather “Oh yeah!” It’s happening this evening and the Can Of Worms has Crowley and Tom Challenger on saxophones, Dan Nicholls on… Read More ›
Tonight: Fine band, lovely venue – and a poster too!
What more can I say?
Lluis Mather’s The Trees & Nonet
CBSO Centre, Birmingham UK 28-03-2014 This was the second of the Jazzlines Fellowship showcases, revealing what the musicians chosen by the jazz wing of Birmingham’s Town Hall/Symphony Hall producers and supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation or the BBC Performing… Read More ›
Nine is the magic number for Lluis on Friday
On Friday the second of the Jazzlines Fellowship showcases at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham features the Lluis Mather Nonet. Over the past year saxophonist and composer Lluis has been developing his music for a larger ensemble and his core quartet… Read More ›
Brass Mask – Spy Boy
(Babel BDV13121) The current spate of new piano-less, potential marching bands might have been inspired by young Brits watching Treme on Sky Atlantic, or reading about the New Orleans funeral marches and second lines. Or maybe they just couldn’t find… Read More ›
Birmingham Conservatoire grad Dan Nicholls named in LJF Take Five list
The organisers of the EFG London Jazz Festival will announce the eight young UK musicians chosen for the ninth edition of their Take Five development scheme on Sunday 24 November. But in the meantime they have already named them on… Read More ›
CD review: George Crowley Quartet
Paper Universe (Whirlwind Recordings WR4622) The title track opens the album, and tenor saxophonist George Crowley shows that he is as fine a composer as he is a player. The tune reminds me strongly of one Julian Arguelles might write… Read More ›
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