Results for "Kevin Figes"

Kevin Figes

Isabella Isherwood, Phil Haynes, William Parker and Others

by Jerome Wilson
May 27, 2026

This episode features recent music from Isabella Isherwood, Phil Haynes, and Edward Simon as well as older work from William Parker, Graham Collier, and Joe Lovano. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Joe Lovano “Love ...

You Are Here

By Kevin Figes

Label: Jazz Now
Released: 2024
Track listing: Thoughts To Geoff; Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening; Sweet F.A.; Improvisation #1; Cat Food; I Wish There Was A Nowhere; Improvisation #2; Traumatic Experience; Improvisation #3; Mra; Dedicated To Mingus; Improvisation #4; Cider Dance; Echoes.

Kevin Figes: You Are Here

by Jack Kenny
September 14, 2024

This is an intriguing album. It could have been titled “musicians in search of an identity." The album details Kevin Figes' history. His choice of pieces spells it out: Keith Tippett's work means so much to Figes. It is good to have a hero and to play his music; some of the long melodic lines and ...

Something Else!, Trios, And More

by Bob Osborne
June 27, 2024

Featuring new releases from Something Else with Vincent Herring, Ellie Lee, The Jazzanians, Borderlands Trio (Stephan Crump Kris Davis & Eric McPherson), David Murray, Eternal Triangle, François de Larrard & Mathieu Bec, Jake Hertzog, Kevin Figes, Modern Black Music Ensemble, The Flame (Robert Mitchell, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders), Tom Skinner, and Verb. Playlist Intro ...

Andy Hague's Double Standards: Release

by Chris May
February 20, 2021

English musicians pay a price for living outside London—the country is too small to support more than one major metropolitan music hub, even in the digital age. The old adage out of sight, out of mind still applies. Trumpeter and record label director Matthew Halsall's Manchester-based Gondwana operation, and the vibrant spiritual jazz scene which is ...

Keith Tippett: 100 Best Foots Forward

by Duncan Heining
June 20, 2020

From the Albert Hall at twenty-two with a fifty-piece band to picking potatoes to make ends meet a decade later, Keith Tippett's life in music could sum up many a jazz career. After a grim '80s, things now look better for the composer, pianist and bandleader. “What I'm about to say is ridiculous but it was ...

UltraSound - North Utsire, South Utsire

By Mark McKergow

Label: Toco Records
Released: 1996
Track listing: Opening; Oceanology; The Matthew Variations, Variation I; Ocean Blue; Variation II; All At Sea (Kevin Figes); Variation III; Eighth Voyage; Variation IV; A Thousand Miles Or More; Breaking Water; Variation V