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Billy Jenkins Turns Sixty
by Roger Farbey
On 5 July 2016 guitarist, composer, vocalist and philosopher Billy Jenkins hits the Big Six-O. It only seems five minutes ago that Jenkins played at the Purcell Room during 2010's London Jazz Festival, accompanied by the BBC Big Band to a suitably enraptured audience. He's been gigging and recording less in the past five years. His ...
Death, Ritual & Resonation: Eight Improvised Studies On Low Strung Guitar
Label: VOTP
Released: 2015
Track listing: Six Pallbearers Big and Strong; Shocked, Stunned & Disbelief; Thoughts on Life & Loss; We Grieve For Ourselves; Comfort & Pride; Rejoice That They Lived; The Affirmation of Life; Walk On In Eternal Gratitude
Indigo Kid II: Fist Full Of Notes
by Karl Ackermann
At the risk of implying that the very selective UK-based Babel Label has gone “mainstream," they have--of late--issued a number of releases that certainly have a broader appeal. A homage to Bill Evans Postcard to Bill Evans (2015) and vocalist Emilia Mårtensson's fine Ana (2014), now share a catalog with cutting edge artists like pianist Alexander ...
Billy Jenkins: Death, Ritual & Resonation: Eight Improvised Studies On Low Strung Guitar
by Roger Farbey
Having semi-retired from the music business in 2008 in favour of conducting Humanist (non-religious) funerals, Billy Jenkins returned to recording in 2014, releasing the highly acclaimed solo album Semi-Detached Suburban Home (Music For Low Strung Guitar). So its follow-up Death, Ritual & Resonation: Eight improvised studies on low strung guitar follows similar lines and compared to ...
The Semi-Detached Suburban Home (Music For Low Strung Guitar)
Label: VOTP
Released: 2014
Track listing: Steps & Front Door; Reluctant 'How Do's'; Halltalk; Washing Hands;
Looking In The Mirror; Wallpaper; Gaps Between The Floorboards;
Adjusting The Aerial; Crap Swedish Settee; Ancient Antimacassar;
Dead Flower Arrangement; Desk; Studying A Tax Return Form; More
Paperwork; Batik In Bamboo Frame; Grease Stained Carpet; Brown Oak
Sideboard; Tall Straight Back Chair; After Dinner Talk; A Toast To
Absent Friends; The Kitchen Sink; The Plastic Bags Under The Stairs;
Traditional Kitchen Scales; Tidying Up; I Lock The Back Door;
Climbing The Stair; Pee Stained Rim; Brown Stained Towel; The Stinking
Sheet; Bedtime
Billy Jenkins: The Semi-Detached Suburban Home (Music For Low Strung Guitar)
by Roger Farbey
For the uninitiated, Billy Jenkins stands alone, a unique guitarist in a world full of axe murderers. His back catalogue contains some of the most compelling and often challenging music to be found within the context of jazz. He might be compared to Frank Zappa for both his humour and his eclectic style but Jenkins is ...
Live From Old York: Delta Saxophone Quartet, Ballaké Sissoko, Larry Miller & Blackbeard's Tea Party
by Martin Longley
Delta Saxophone Quartet The Chapel November 22, 2013 The Delta Saxophone Quartet's best-known album is Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (MoonJune, 2007) which tackled the music of Soft Machine, particularly concentrating on the the output of bassist/composer Hugh Hopper. Delta is a group which ostensibly exists within ...
Babel Label: New Songs from the Tower of Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
During the last decade, British jazz has been booming and London has become, once again, one of the jazz capitals of the world. To get a feel of what's happening, the place for live music is no longer Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, but a place called The Vortex, directed by Oliver Weindling. Weindling is also the ...
Chris May's Best Releases of 2011
by Chris May
2011 produced a bigger than usual crop of engaging new albums and important reissues. In no special order, here are ten new releases and five reissues: la crème de la crème. Waitiki 7 In Hi-Fi (Pass Out)
