Jazz Articles about Josh Vadiveloo

About Josh Vadiveloo

Album Review

Belonging is the debut album from Manchester-born drummer and composer Miles Pillinger. Since graduating from Leeds Conservatoire, Pillinger has rapidly established himself on the UK jazz scene, and this recording introduces a confident musician with a strong rhythmic sensibility and a clear sense of his musical influences. Joining Pillinger to form his core quintet ensemble for this recording are fellow Conservatoire graduate Olivia Cuttill (trumpet), Tom Harris (piano), Benny Sandler (saxophones, flute) and Josh Vadiveloo on bass. There are ...

Album Review

Xhosa Cole: On A Modern Genius (Vol.1)

Read "On A Modern Genius (Vol.1)" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
February 1, 2025

Xhosa Cole has moved forward constantly, since winning the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award. He has released two studio albums: K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records, 2021) featuring saxophonist, Soweto Kinch and pianist, Reuben James and Ibeji (Stoney Lane Records, 2022), featuring seven percussionists with African roots. This 2025 release has Cole with his quartet during their 38-date spring tour of the UK in 2023 playing the music of Thelonious Monk. Cole is ...