Jazz Articles about Alex Clarke

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Alex Clarke: She Does It Her Way

by Chris May
January 6, 2021

Coming up fast behind the school of British saxophonists who emerged around 2015 is a younger group of players who are just beginning to get noticed. Among them is Alex Clarke, who was a finalist in Britain's public service broadcaster, the BBC's biannual Young Jazz Musician competition in 2020. In the televised final in November, Clarke wowed the judges with a three song set played on alto and tenor. The three judges were class of 2015 tenor star ...

Album Review

Alex Clarke Quartet: Mirage

by Chris May
December 15, 2020

The bi-annual Young Jazz Musician competition was launched by Britain's public service broadcaster, the BBC, in 2014. As with all arts awards, the final selection tends to be a lottery, with the judges tasked with picking a winner from among five close-matched contestants. 2020 was no exception. The final was televised on November 22 and the judges—tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia, vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Orphy Robinson and trumpeter Guy Barker—plumped for the London pianist Deschanel Gordon. But they could just as ...