Jazz Articles about Luke Bacchus

About Luke Bacchus

Album Review

Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything

Read "All Black Everything" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 20, 2024

Hailing from the Parisian suburbs, though based in London, bassist, composer and dancer Amy Gadiaga has steadily carved out a name for herself since graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2023. Early neo-soul singles “Everything I Do" (2022) and “Nephi" (2023) introduced Gadiaga's appealing vocals and her socially conscious writing. Pleasant, stylish tunes, they held the promise of greater things to come. They could not, however, have prepared the listener for the leap that comes with Gadiaga's debut EP. To ...

Live Review

Building Back Jazz Brick by Brick in East London

by Peter Jones
May 2, 2024

Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 26-28, 2024 The most innovative and thrilling jazz currently emerging from the UK is centred on a few grimy, narrow streets on the east side of London. The pioneering work that goes on in this elaborately-graffitied neighbourhood has, in recent years, contributed much to the creation of an identifiably “London" jazz sound, and the Brick Lane Jazz Festival was the place to hear it in all its glory.