Results for "Idris Rahman"

Idris Rahman

Season 2

By WILDFLOWER

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Under The Night Sky; Mirage; Fire; Distant Thunder; Rush; Light In The Sorrow; Where The Wild Things Dance.

Zara McFarlane: Songs Of An Unknown Tongue

By CHRIS MAY

It takes courage for a musician to depart from a successful recipe to the extent that the British singer and songwriter Zara McFarlane does on Songs of An Unknown Tongue. The disc is not a complete shift from the paradigm of her three previous albums, but it is a radical spin on it. ...

Wildflower: Season 2

By KARL ACKERMANN

On paper, the UK trios Wildflower and Ill Considered bear an obvious resemblance. Each features the outstanding reed player Idris Rahman and bassist Leon Brichard, and both groups are groove-oriented progressive jazz. Wildflower is the slightly more melody-driven and the less raw of the two bands, with intricate improvisations interwoven throughout. Season 2 sees Rahman altering ...

Due serate al Brussels Jazz Festival 2020

By MARIO CALVITTI

The Best of Belgian Jazz 19|20 Flagey Bruxelles 15-16.2.2020 Giunto alla sua sesta edizione, il festival jazz di Bruxelles è diventato in breve tempo un importante punto di riferimento per l'attivissima scena musicale belga, grazie a un programma che dà molto spazio ai giovani musicisti locali, pur senza rinunciare a ...

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By IDRIS RAHMAN

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Lies; Gunning; Ward; Waterfall; Amber; I Didn't; Single Leaf; Predator; Percolator.

Karl Ackermann’s Best Releases of 2019

By KARL ACKERMANN

2019 was the year when one couldn't turn an ear without hearing a release that featured either Kris Davis or Matthew Shipp. Between the two pianist/composer/improvisers, listeners have been treated to more than a dozen recordings, each noteworthy. Then there is Satoko Fujii. On the heels of her 2018, twelve-album birthday celebration, the pianist issued another ...

Binker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers

By KARL ACKERMANN

Binker Golding has been gathering a loyal and impressive following on the London jazz scene with comparisons to John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Dispensing with some measure of hyperbole, Golding's prestigious UK based MOBO and MOJO awards, and growing fan base lend validity to his local stature. Like Idris Rahman, Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings (Sons ...

Ill Considered: 6

By KARL ACKERMANN

The London-based quartet, Ill Considered, has churned out nine full-length albums in less than two years, each high quality and each a unique jazz creation. Founded in 2017, saxophonist Idris Rahman, drummer Emre Ramazanoglu and bassist Leon Brichard replaced their additional percussionist with Satin Singh on their second release, Live at the Crypt (Self Produced, 2017). ...

Oriole: Every New Day

By CHRIS MAY

OrioleEvery New DayF-IRE2012Oriole's third album of sonorous South American and Iberian-flavored jazz has been some time coming. The London group, led by guitarist and composer Jonny Phillips, debuted with Song For The Sleeping in 2005 and followed up a year later with Migration (both F-IRE). There has been ...