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Dan Nicholls is a keyboardist, reeds player, composer and producer, also working with video and animation. His music is inspired by prevalent issues in society: exploring environment, experience and identity, as well as the use of various forms of media for political and social influence. Dan has studied Indian classical music, worked with dance, and produced projects with film and visual art. He has performed at music festivals in Berlin, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Malmo, London, Birmingham and Cheltenham as well as venues throughout Europe. Dan has also performed at various film and dance festivals including Bath Film Festival, Risk Reclaim Copenhagen and Edinburgh Mela. Current projects include... Mirror + ByramArt A collaborative project with the visual artist Stephen Byram with guitarist Matt Calvert (Three Trapped Tigers) and drummer Dave Smith (Robert Plant, Juju, Fofoulah). Strobes A duo project with drummer Dave Smith, working with West African Sabar rhythms, electronics and sample-based composition. Other projects... Dice Factory, Brass Mask, George Crowley Quintet, Noose

Article: Live Review

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025

by Neri Pollastri
November 5, 2025

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025 Varie sedi Cormòns 23-26.10.2025 L'edizione 2025 del Jazz&Wine of Peace, la ventottesima, era anche la prima con un nuovo direttore artistico: a Mauro Bardusco, che da sempre curava la rassegna e che--nonostante la sua scomparsa nel luglio dell'anno scorso --aveva progettato anche la quasi totalità di quella ...

Article: Live Review

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2025

by John Eyles
June 8, 2025

Vilnius Mama Jazz ran from Thursday May 22nd until Sunday May 25th 2025, featuring twenty different performances at the impressive Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, in the centre of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Nine of the twenty were designated as “festival concerts" the other eleven as “showcase stage concerts"; the distinction between them seems to be ...

Album

Alive In The Empire

By Dave De Rose

Label: Dave De Rose Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Alive I; Alive II; Alive III; Alive IV; Alive V; Alive VI; Alive VII.

Article: Multiple Reviews

2 Quartets on We Jazz Records

by Friedrich Kunzmann
September 28, 2020

Finnish label We Jazz Records is back with two quartet recordings. Both are intriguing in their respective ways, which differ from each other in almost every aspect. Let's have a closer look... Otis Sandsjö Y-Otis 2 We Jazz Records 2020 Berlin-based, Swedish-native saxophonist Otis Sandsjö's sophomore album and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sebastien Ammann’s Color Wheel, Kenny Warren Trio and More

by Maurice Hogue
April 29, 2020

I doubt you would get much argument that trumpet players Herb Robertson and Dave Ballou, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Tom Rainey are among the finest of their generation. When Robertson and Ballou decided to form a quartet back in 2005, those four musical minds coming together pretty much assured some magic would happen. In 2007 ...

Article: Live Review

Ideas Of Noise 2018

by Martin Longley
December 18, 2018

Ideas Of Noise The Edge & Vivid Projects Birmingham, England August 3-5, 2018 Noise isn't really noise. Much of this weekender's content was somewhat sculpted, even if often rough (or scaly, or oozing) to the touch. A 'noise' outcome is usually in the eardrum of the victim, as ...

Album

Speak Low Renditions

By Lucia Cadotsch

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2017

Article: Live Review

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2017

by Nick Davies
May 13, 2017

Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, Gloucestershire April 26 to May 1, 2017 The Cheltenham Jazz Festival saw the jazz world descend on the Regency Spa Town of Cheltenham for six days. The festival presented a mix of established jazz acts with emerging artists, complemented by stars from the soul and blues ...

Article: Album Review

Brass Mask: Live

by Bruce Lindsay
April 25, 2017

London's LOOP Collective has many talented members, including saxophonist and composer Tom Challenger and his band, Brass Mask. The nine-piece band--the octet which appeared on debut album Spy Boy (Babel Label, 2013) plus percussionist Jon Scott--mixes New Orleans, country blues, brass bands and contemporary jazz (including the influence of Henry Threadgill) and electronica. Many of these ...