Jazz Articles about Lesley Mok

About Lesley Mok

Radio & Podcasts

Lesley Mok, M.E.B., Gebhard Ullmann & Andre Carvalho

by Maurice Hogue
May 22, 2023

This edition could be compared to a tasting menu at some hip London restaurant--a taste of this, a taste of that. Sampled this time around are new releases from Portuguese label Clean Feed guitarist Andre Carvalho and the Space Quartet), Italian band Mr. Noe, new English ensemble Uroboro, saxophonist Kevin Sun's The Depths Of Memory, German multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann & Das Kondensat, guitarist Marc Ducret & Quartet , drummer Lesley Mok with a fascinating ensemble, the Danny Fox Trio, and ...

Album Review

Lesley Mok: The Living Collection

Read "The Living Collection" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 20, 2023

Percussionist and composer Lesley Mok is a restless explorer who has also been called a sound artist. However, that designation does not give a full picture of her creative vision. Mok deftly maintains the singular balance between the notated and the improvised as well as abstraction and accessibility, thus breaking out of narrow genreist designations, to make music which is urgently relevant. All this and more is clearly demonstrated on her debut as a leader, the provocative The Living Collection. ...