Results for "Lewis Wright"

Lewis Wright

Like Lambs

By Empirical

Label: Empirical Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Giants Like Lambs Pt 1 Like Lambs Pt 2 The Garden of Beginnings

Dial H for Hitchcock

by Peter Jones
November 5, 2022

When we meet in a South London pub, tenor saxophonist Alex Hitchcock mentions that he has a rehearsal the next day with the bassist Jasper Høiby for which he needs to learn about an hour of new music. It's for one gig, which is at the weekend. “So it's in at the deep end—quite exciting." If ...

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela: Rejoice

by Chris May
June 12, 2020

"Unfinished" is the kindest word to describe this album, recorded in 2010 and left on the shelf until its release was prompted after Hugh Masekela passed in 2018. It should have stayed on the shelf. The album consists of eight tracks of noodling by Masekela, accompanied by autopilot timekeeping from Tony Allen, who ...

Indifference Culture

By Empirical

Label: Empirical Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1 – Non-verbal Language (Tom Farmer) 2 – Persephone (Lewis Wright) 3 – Jebel Barkal (Shaney Forbes) 4 – The Master (Lewis Wright) 5 – Indifference Culture (Tom Farmer) 6 – Celestial Being (Shaney Forbes)

Distraction Tactics

By Empirical

Label: Empirical Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: ‘Distraction Tactics’ - Tom Farmer ‘Substrate’ - Tom Farmer ‘No Service’ - Tom Farmer ‘Jebel Barkal (Communion)’ - Shaney Forbes ‘Big Step’ - Nathaniel Facey

Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse

by Bruce Lindsay
October 5, 2015

Treehouse, album number two from the young British pianist Tom Hewson, finds him working in a trio (which is also known as Treehouse) alongside two more of the brightest young players on the UK jazz scene--bassist Calum Gourlay and vibes player Lewis Wright. It's a lyrical and engaging collection--mostly of Hewson's own compositions--with the relatively rare ...

Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011

by John Kelman
November 14, 2011

Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 27--November 1, 2011 It's always great to return somewhere that has become an annual port of call, but it's particularly nice to return to Germany's Enjoy Jazz, that atypical jazz festival which--rather than running for a week and concentrating a whack of shows in that short time frame--runs ...

Empirical: Elements Of Truth

by Chris May
October 19, 2011

EmpiricalElements Of TruthNaim Jazz2011 Empirical's second album, Out 'n' In (Naim, 2009), is a hard act to follow. The salute to reed player Eric Dolphy deservedly won the band Best Jazz Act in the 2010 MOBO Awards. Elements Of Truth rises confidently, if not wholly successfully, to ...