Jazz Articles about Julia Biel

Polar Bear: Dim Lit

by Andrew Hunter
July 2, 2025

When Polar Bear released Dim Lit in 2004, shortly after being nominated for Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards, it was clear that the British quartet led by drummer Sebastian Rochford were going to make some waves. Mark Lockheart (sax) was already in the middle of a successful career, having played with Django Bates and been part of the seminal 1980s British big band Loose Tubes. Pete Wareham (sax) was playing with Rochford in Acoustic Ladyland. Tom Herbert added ...

Julia Biel: Not Alone

by Bev Stapleton
January 20, 2006

This isn't a jazz record, but I imagine it will arouse much more interest from jazz enthusiasts than many of the recent crop of vocal albums that have earned “jazz is back" credits in the mainstream press.

Julia Biel has been working with the musicians of the F-IRE Collective on a number of their recent projects. Those of us outside London have only caught brief glimpses of her on recordings by Polar Bear and Oriole. Not Alone places her at ...