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The Jazz Defenders: Memory In Motion
by Chris May
If there is one quality of first generation NYC hard bop which no twenty-first century band has succeeded in capturing it is the snarling half-valve badness which coursed through Lee Morgan's music. The absence is not surprising, for Morgan's vibe was a real-time product of the demi-monde in which he moved and that world is gone forever. Hard bop was not all about badness, however. Of equal weight towards the other end of the spectrum were Horace ...
read moreMalcolm Strachan: Point Of No Return
by Neil Duggan
Something exciting seems to be happening with Scottish jazz musicians--artists such as Fergus McCreadie, Matt Carmichael and Georgia Cecile are gaining awards and international acclaim. They are now joined by Scottish trumpeter Malcolm Strachan, with his second album of original material, Point Of No Return . A former member of the Haggis Horns, he has been in high demand as a session musician and played with such artists as Amy Winehouse, Jamiroquai and Lou Donaldson. Strachan's first album, ...
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