Jazz Articles about Richard Foote

About Richard Foote

Album Review

Paul Dunmall Quintet: Yes Tomorrow

Read "Yes Tomorrow" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
September 30, 2022

Veteran British saxophonist Paul Dunmall helms a crew of talented graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on Yes Tomorrow. It's the second time they have appeared on disc with him in a unit as all four were part of the sextet responsible for Cosmic Dream Projection (FMR, 2021). While renowned as a peerless free improviser, Dunmall also composes, here presenting eight original compositions. Even though the majority incorporate accessible riff-based heads, sometimes evoking the spiritual jazz of his one-time employer ...

Album Review

Young Pilgrims: We're Young Pilgrims

Read "We're Young Pilgrims" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
June 25, 2021

Based in Birmingham, England, the record company Stoney Lane is named after a street where soccer team West Bromwich Albion once played. Thus, each of the label's releases is numbered with a glory year from the club's past, whether a promotion or a cup win. However, so often have West Brom yo-yoed between England's top leagues that its fans sing a famous 'boing boing' chant which involves much jumping, bouncing and arm-flailing. Should those fans invest this energy in a ...