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CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...
Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where
by Ian Patterson
After four albums together in saxophonist Trish Clowes' quartet My Iris, Clowes and pianist Ross Stanley peel away from the quartet for this intimate duo outing, recorded in Wigmore Hall, London in July 2021. A studio album by design, there is, nevertheless, an unguarded, searching quality to these exchanges which is more in keeping with the ...
Speakers Corner Quartet At Barbican Hall
by Chris May
Speakers Corner Quartet + Guests Barbican Hall Travels Over Feeling: The Music Of Arthur Russell London May 25, 2024 Introducing Travels Over Feeling: The Music Of Arthur Russell from the stage, Tom Lee, Arthur Russell's surviving partner, said, “There are probably more people here tonight than ever saw Arthur ...
Titus Maz Drops Sensational New Album 'The Way You Like It': A Contemporary Jazz Emotional Voyage
Titus Maz, an innovative force in the jazz world, unveils his latest masterpiece, The Way You Like It. This album is a rich tapestry of contemporary jazz, woven with threads of Latin, Bossa, and Samba grooves, and is an emotional voyage through Titus Maz's vivid experiences and diverse influences. The genesis of The Way You Like ...
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Luke Fowler
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After spending his formative years in Perth Western Australia, studying at WAAPA until 2005, Luke Fowler moved to the UK where he has spent the last 15 years. Luke opened a Jazz Venue in South London called the Junction which soon became a hub for some of the best musicians in the UK, featuring the likes of Jim Mullin, Dave O’Higgins, Alex Garnett plus some of the new younger sensations coming out of London, including, Emma Rawicz and Rob Luft.
After Graduating with his Masters in Jazz Performance at London’s acclaimed Guildhall of Music in 2020, Luke has been busy running a series of projects which he has presented around London.
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Sam Norris
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Hailing from Cambridge, award-winning alto saxophonist and composer Sam Norris's love of jazz was ignited when he heard Coltrane's A Love Supreme aged 12.
Since then he has been fascinated with luminaries of improvised music such as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz, combined with an equal interest in contemporary classical and hip-hop music. This melting pot of influences has led him to develop a distinctive musical language, at once forward-thinking and grounded in tradition. Sam moved to London in 2018 to study with a scholarship on the prestigious jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Kit Downes, Stan Sulzmann and Iain Ballamy.
Shabaka Hutchings At Barbican Hall
by Chris May
Shabaka Hutchings Barbican HallPerceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its GraceLondon May 9, 2024 Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... London's Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary open-the-gates work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming and the South African-based Shabaka & The Ancestors. But ...
About Joni's Soul
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
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Joni's Soul
Joni's Soul began as a collaboration between much loved "from-the-heart" singer Gina Foster and world-class guitarist Ronnie Johnson, attracting some of UK's very finest players with a shared love for one of the greatest singer/songwriter and guitar innovators of the last half century.
Coyote, Hejira, Edith and the Kingpin, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, A Case of You, Trouble Child, Help Me and Gina Foster’s gorgeous version of Both Sides Now - it’s through songs like these that the band explore the unique songwriting and gift of performance Joni Mitchell revealed in her iconic albums Blue, Court and Spark, Hejira, The Hissing of Summer Lawns and beyond …
Drawing on their own emotional response to these songs Joni’s Soul have looked beyond merely the faithful reproduction of the Joni Mitchell songbook to shine a light on the most soulful aspects of her words and music.
Building Back Jazz Brick by Brick in East London
by Peter Jones
Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 26-28, 2024 The most innovative and thrilling jazz currently emerging from the UK is centred on a few grimy, narrow streets on the east side of London. The pioneering work that goes on in this elaborately-graffitied neighbourhood has, in recent years, contributed much to the ...
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Dom Pusey
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Dom Pusey grew up in Hertfordshire (UK). Surrounded by music from the beginning, he was introduced to the saxophone at the age of 8, igniting his lifelong passion for music. He started performing on sax and guitar from age 15 and played his first professional gigs not long after.
After studying at the University of North Texas and graduating from the University of Leeds, Dom moved to London in 2016 and has collaborated with many artists such as producer Wilma Archer, singer Celeste and even performed with legendary soul band The O’Jays. He is a quarter of the band Stratos, playing weekly in Hackney and featuring rising stars Mike de Souza, Rio Kai and Jamie Murray.
