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Alina Bzhezhinska: Inspiration

Read "Inspiration" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
June 8, 2018

There have been precious few harpists in jazz. Dorothy Ashby was one, David Snell who made a memorable contribution to John Dankworth's What The Dickens! (Fontana Records, 1963) was another. But surely the most famous of them all was Alice Coltrane. So it is that Alina Bzhezhinska has dedicated this album to her heroine. It's a timely release too, as its recording dates in late 2017 marked the tenth anniversary of Alice Coltrane's passing and the fiftieth year since her ...

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Alina Bzhezhinska: Inspiration

Read "Inspiration" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
May 6, 2018

Among the highpoints of London's 2017 jazz diary was the Barbican Centre's A Concert for Alice and John. The event commemorated the 50th and 10th anniversaries of the passing of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. It was headlined by Pharoah Sanders, the most distinguished surviving member of bands led by the Coltranes, who turned in an unforgettable set which ranged from an exquisite “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" through a fiery North Africanised version of John Coltrane's “Olé" featuring ...