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News: Recording

Bruno d’Ambra and Francesco Lo Castro Release "Songs For Duke"

October 28, 2012

"For a duo, Bruno and Francesco produce a big warm sound on this delightful set of original compositions inspired by Duke Ellington. Highly recommended!" Jim Mullen The album Songs for Duke comes from a musical collaboration that started over two years ago at the Archduke jazz Club in London’s South Bank between pianist Bruno d’Ambra and ...

Article: Catching Up With

Stan Sulzmann: Neon Quartet

by Chris May
October 24, 2012

Stan Sulzmann is among the most singular saxophonists in the UK, with an instantly recognizable, lush but rough-edged sound, and a distinguished track record as a composer and arranger for large and small bands.Born in London in 1948, Sulzmann is approaching veteran status and is a source of inspiration to many of Britain's emerging ...

Article: Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Read "Now Here This" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 22, 2012

Guitarist John McLaughlin and his 4th Dimension group's studio debut, To The One (Abstract Logix, 2010), mined the past for inspiration. The spirit of saxophonist John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) drove McLaughlin's most charged electric playing in years, proving he'd lost none of his fire. Two years on, and McLaughlin's 4th Dimension returns another ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Larks' Tongues in Aspic (40th Anniversary Series Box)

by John Kelman
October 22, 2012

The idea of a 15-disc box set to commemorate the release of what was, in 1973, a single vinyl LP clocking in at a mere 46 minutes might seem a tad excessive, but when you're talking King Crimson and the seminal Larks' Tongues in Aspic, it's a whole other story. Beyond being an important addition to ...

Article: Scumbles

Courtney Pine: Suffolk, UK, September 20, 2012

by Sammy Stein
October 21, 2012

Courtney PineSuffolk, UKSeptember 20, 2012Courtney Pine is not so much a musician as an experience. The event was the opening night of the Ipswich Music Festival and the venue was the grand hall of Ipswich High School-grander than most school halls granted but not the sort of venue Pine would ...

Article: Scumbles

The People Band and Vortex Outdoors– Vortex 22nd Sept 2012

by Sammy Stein
October 13, 2012

The People BandVortex OutdoorThe VortexLondon, EnglandSeptember 22, 2012The Vortex Club in Dalston, north London, recently celebrated 25 years as a jazz venue. For a quarter of a century, first in Stoke Newington and later Dalston, The Vortex has offered jazz of all genres to the world. ...

Article: Album Review

Trish Clowes: And In The Night-Time She Is There

Read "And In The Night-Time She Is There" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 6, 2012

Shortly after the release of And In The Night-Time She Is There, her second album, saxophonist Trish Clowes became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, an honor that goes to the most talented young musicians from the worlds of classical and jazz music. Clowes is a worthy recipient, not least because she crosses the increasingly ...

Article: Book Review

Is Jazz Dead? Or Is It Just Pining for the Fjords?

by Duncan Heining
October 5, 2012

Is Jazz Dead? (Or Has It Moved to a New Address?)Stuart Nicholson288 pages, softcoverISBN: 978-0415975834Routledge2005Stuart Nicholson's Is Jazz Dead? (Or Has It Moved To A New Address?) came out in 2005 and has proved a remarkably successful book for both author and his publisher. ...

Article: Interview

Steven Wilson: Luck's What You Make It

by John Kelman
October 1, 2012

There was a time when progressive rock really meant what its name suggested: progressive music, music that pushed the boundaries of what rock music was, often by integrating elements of classical music and jazz into the mix. Milestone groups ranging from better-knowns like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator ...

Article: Film Review

Steven Wilson: Get All You Deserve (Limited Deluxe Edition)

by John Kelman
October 1, 2012

Steven Wilson Get All You Deserve (Limited Deluxe Edition) Kscope 2012 When Steven Wilson decided to go solo after fronting the popular progressive/psychedelic group Porcupine Tree for 20 years, it was an opportunity to stretch beyond the confines that he'd ultimately created for himself in a group that also began as ...