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Steve Williamson & Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Celebrating Coltrane at Milton Court

by Chris May
July 12, 2019

Steve Williamson / Guildhall Jazz Orchestra / Scott Stroman Milton Court Concert Hall Celebrating Coltrane London July 10, 2019 The word “legendary" is bandied around so indiscriminately these days that it has all but lost its meaning. London saxophonist Steve Williamson is among a tiny number ...

Indigo Kid II: Fist Full Of Notes

by Karl Ackermann
August 7, 2015

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 ...

No. 1

By Black Top

Label: Babel Label
Released: 2014
Track listing: There Goes the Neighbourhood; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; Archaic Nubian StepDub.

Black Top: No. 1

by Karl Ackermann
May 19, 2014

No. 1--the energetically contrapuntal debut album by the duo Black Top--is, in reality, a trio endeavor. UK based multi-instrumentalists Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas have been a frequent presence in the London club scene, sharing their live performances with a host of up and coming UK artists. Among them, saxophonist Steve Williamson is the most well ...

Lookout!

By Rick Holmstrom

Label: Black Top
Released: 1999

Confessin'

By Rusty Zinn

Label: Black Top
Released: 1999

Rick "L.A. Holmes" Holmstrom: Lookout!

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

I went completely nuts over Rick Holmstrom's boogie-woogie version of “Sleigh Ride" on Black Top's Christmas compilation, so I finally went out and purchased his solo CD over the holidays. Man, am I glad I did! This is a rollicking instrumental album with a retro '50s feel. Lookout! is a completely infectious West Coast blues CD ...

Rusty Zinn: Confessin'

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Rusty Zinn is a talented 29-year-old blues guitarist from San Francisco with a retro sound that combines West Coast and Chicago blues styles. Zinn's music jumps as much as it rocks, and the guitarist also tries his hand at gospel and doo-wop on Confessin', his second release for Black Top. Much like fellow Golden Stater Rick ...

Teasin' You

By Snooks Eaglin

Label: Black Top
Released: 1992