Jazz Articles about Sara Colman

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Album Review

Tara Minton: The Devil Invites You To Dance

Read "The Devil Invites You To Dance" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
September 9, 2026

With themes from Aztec mythology and Latin American traditional dance, Tara Minton's The Devil Invites You To Dance follows a soul's journey through the underworld of shadows and desire. The Australian harpist, vocalist and composer wrote the album over two weeks in Mexico City's Coyoacán borough, immersing herself in its culture, music, street art and dance. The resulting 10-track album features an outstanding ensemble comprising Miguel Gorodi on trumpet and flugelhorn, John J Williamson on double bass, David ...

Album Review

Sara Colman & Rebecca Nash: Ribbons Vol.1.

Read "Ribbons Vol.1." reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
February 26, 2026

With an understanding and friendship built over their long collaboration and diverse projects, British songwriting duo Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash present their first combined release, Ribbons Vol.1. The album features 10 original compositions written over a four-year period, each piece being refined at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where they are visiting teachers. Their creative chemistry has been forged with pianist-composer Rebecca Nash appearing on vocalist-songwriter Sara Colman's album What We're Made Of (Stoney Lane Records, ...

Album Review

Rebecca Nash: Peaceful King

Read "Peaceful King" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
February 23, 2020

You can judge a book by its cover, and likewise an album. Sometimes. Too often, striking content fails to follow striking packaging. British keyboard player Rebecca Nash's Peaceful King, however, proves to be as beautiful as its artwork and graphic design. It joins a handful of other more or less recent, promise-fulfilling albums, from which Binker and Moses' Journey To The Mountain Of Forever (Gearbox, 2017), Jon Hassell's Listening To Pictures: Pentimento Volume One (Ndeya, 2018) and Theon Cross' Fyah ...