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Alex Wilson
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Alex Wilson: Alex Wilson took a fateful decision in 1993 and his passion for music and jazz into a professional career and by 1996 he had become one of the most in-demand keyboard players on both the London jazz and Latin music scenes. His debut solo Album, Afro-Saxon, was released in 1997. By 2000 he was called to play in Courtney Pine?s band this collaboration lasted for a year after which Alex wanted to focus on his own projects and establishing his own band. He also began recording the album that was to become R&B Latino. In 2001 Alex picked up the BBC Rising Star Jazz Award.
Routes
Label: Enja
Released: 2023
Track listing: Silver Dollar; Rainy Days; Thoroughfare; Green Island; Chronicles; Beautiful Bed Of Lies; Lady Rawlinson; Rainy Days Dub; Green Island Dub; End Of The Beginning.
Samuel Blaser: Routes
by Chris May
The Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond (1934-1969), the inspiration for Routes, was in certain respects a mid-twentieth Jamaican parallel of the New Orleans cornetist Buddy Bolden (1877-1931). Bolden pioneered jazz in the US, Drummond in Jamaica. Both achieved mythic proportions during their lifetimes and both their legends endure. Both, tragically, spent their final years in what were ...
Bansangu Orchestra: Bansangu Orchestra
by Roger Farbey
The eponymously titled Bansangu Orchestra is the brainchild of British saxophonist Paul Booth, guitarist Giorgio Serci and trumpeter Kevin Robinson. Booth, who is the band's musical director, has played and recorded with Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, and Snowboy, and from the jazz world, Michael Janisch, Sax Appeal, The Mike Garrick Big Band and Tim Garland's Northern ...
Alex Wilson Trio
By Alex Wilson
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Fly; Kalisz; Remercier Les Travailleurs; Solar; We Work The Black Seam Together; Jasmina; The Quest; Arab Spring; What Is This Thing Called Love.
Alex Wilson Trio: Alex Wilson Trio
by Bruce Lindsay
Combining live and studio recordings, original and classic tunes, up-tempo grooves and reflective ballads, the Alex Wilson Trio is a punchy, energetic, album. This is the ninth album from Wilson, but it's his first with a piano trio lineup. Wilson has released all of these albums on his own label, fitting in other projects such as ...
Gent Jazz Festival, Days 5-8: Gent, Belgium, July 11-14, 2012
by Martin Longley
Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 11-14, 2012 As is its traditional way, the Gentfest pauses for a few days, then switches orientation towards jazz peripherals. We're not talking a complete rock-pop coup, but rather an informed selection of acts who are likely to appeal to jazz-orientated ...
Latviaʼs Rigas Ritmi Festival Celebrates The First 10 Years! With A Stellar Line Up Of International Artists, June 30-July 2, 2011; Riga, Latvia
Ten years after its founding in 2001, the Rigas Ritmi Festival in Riga, the capital of Latvia, has become a bonafide jazz destination and important stop on the European jazz circuit. Created by Artistic Director and jazz drummer Maris Briezkalns, the Festival is a showpiece in the Baltics, featuring an expansive view of jazz, honoring music ...
Jazz at Snape Proms 2010 - A Star Line-Up
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, is one of the loveliest music venues in the UK. This year's Snape Proms brings yet more diversity to Snape Maltings Concert Hall with a programme that is both exciting and innovative. Maceo Parker brings the audience to its feet on the first weekend, Sunday 1 ...
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