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Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights
by Bruce Lindsay
Stacey Kent is a jazz success story--not just in terms of her talent, but also in terms of her international popularity, with her previous three albums clocking up a total of over 500,000 sales. What makes her so successful? The Changing Lights, her tenth album, demonstrates all of the qualities.There's the material, a mix ...
Back Door: BBC In Concert
by Bruce Lindsay
The Back Door story belongs to a brief but rather glorious time in British popular music. A time when a free-blowing jazz trio could emerge from the resident band of a northern cabaret club, a summer season in seaside variety theatre, afternoon jam sessions and the band of an iconic figure from the British blues boom. ...
Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr: Running
by Bruce Lindsay
Four albums into their careers and the Wasserfuhr brothers--trumpeter Julian and pianist Roman--are still in their 20s. Running showcases their signature sound, unhurried and strong on atmosphere, as befits a pair of musicians whose first album, Remember Chet (ACT Music, 2006) paid homage to Chet Baker. It also sees them working with a new and sympathetic ...
The Weave: The Weave
by Bruce Lindsay
From the perspective of an east of England jazz writer, it can seem like Manchester has the north east's jazz scene to itself, with Liverpool, its near neighbour, putting up little in the way of competition. It's not that Liverpool is un-musical--it is after all the home city of Gerry And The Pacemakers--but its impact on ...
Gina Kronstadt: Come Over
by Bruce Lindsay
Gina Kronstadt has graced recordings by many musical giants, including Dr John, Charlie Haden, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin. Most of the time it's her talent as a violinist that's called upon. For her debut release as leader, Come Over, she puts the violin to one side and concentrates on singing: original songs of love, with ...
Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit
by Bruce Lindsay
Gregory Porter has a lot to live up to. Widespread critical acclaim, Grammy nominations and reviewers suggesting that he's the next big jazz star, the man to bring jazz back to mainstream popularity, all lay a big artistic burden on his (admittedly quite broad) shoulders. Liquid Spirit is his third album and it heralds a move ...
Magnus Ostrom: Searching For Jupiter
by Bruce Lindsay
For fifteen years Magnus Öström was the drummer with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, known to many as e.s.t. For much of that time e.s.t. was one of the most successful jazz bands in the world, an innovative yet accessible group that seemed poised for ever greater success. When Svensson died in a diving accident in June ...
Trudy Kerr and Geoff Gascoyne: The Rhythm of Life; Ted And Gladys
by Bruce Lindsay
Great male and female jazz vocal duos are rare as hen's teeth. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé? Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan? Now there's a pair of new kids on the block--Ted and Gladys. Or is there? Check the sleeve of The Rhythm Of Life: Ted & Gladys and all is not quite as it seems. ...
Nick Hempton: Odd Man Out
by Bruce Lindsay
So, just who is the Odd Man Out? It's not exactly one of the great enigmas of modern times, but it's something to ponder. Not for too long, though, for time will be much better spent enjoying the music. Odd Man Out is the third album from saxophonist Nick Hempton and his band and it represents ...
The Ronnie Scott Quintet Featuring Alan Skidmore: The Ronnie Scott Quintet Featuring Alan Skidmore
by Bruce Lindsay
According to Philip Larkin, poet and jazz fan, sexual intercourse began in 1963 “Between the end of the 'Chatterley' ban and the Beatles' first LP." Many other commentators suggest that the British jazz scene died at about the same time, steamrollered out of the way by the emerging behemoth that was the British Beat Boom. It ...
