Jazz Articles about Riaan Vosloo

About Riaan Vosloo

Album Review

This is an intriguing album. It could have been titled “musicians in search of an identity." The album details Kevin Figes' history. His choice of pieces spells it out: Keith Tippett's work means so much to Figes. It is good to have a hero and to play his music; some of the long melodic lines and unisons are very effective. Tippett's “Echoes" is an example. This group of musicians is given space, embedded in the writing and arrangements. ...

Album Review

Run Logan Run: For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers

Read "For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
October 5, 2021

Tenor saxophone and drums albums have been at the heart of London's alternative jazz scene since its first stirrings around 2015. That year, saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd, then members of singer Zara McFarlane's backing band, started tossing riffs and beats back and forth to each other during pre-gig soundchecks. In short order, the duo formed the semi-free Binker and Moses, and have since released four albums which are among the crown jewels of the ...