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Femi Temowo: Orin Meta

by Chris May
Femi TemowoOrin MetaFemitone Records2011 The British jazz and black music scene started beating a path to guitarist Femi Temowo's door ten years ago. No sooner had he graduated from Middlesex University with a degree in Jazz Studies than he was featured on jazz, rap and samples group ...
It's Our Generations

by Bruce Lindsay
It's been a strange summer here in the UK. To be fair, that description can be applied with no trace of irony to almost any British summer--and the summer of 2011 seems to have been a strange one for much of the world. But this is a JazzLife UK article, and parochial concerns are paramount, thus ...
Northern Ireland: Jazz is on the Rise

by Bruce Lindsay
In geographical terms, the island of Ireland is small: just 300 miles by 175 miles, with a population of around 6.2 million. Northern Ireland is smaller still: 1.8 million people in six counties in the north-east of the island. In the wide world of jazz the country rarely rates a mention. But Northern Ireland's jazz scene ...
10th Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
10th Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2009 The small town of Bray in county Wicklow is not the most obvious location for an international jazz festival. Situated twenty kilometers south of the capital Dublin and hugging the coast, it has been battered by the Irish Sea since at least 1300, ...
A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Towerblock

By Soweto Kinch
Label: Dune
Released: 2006
Track listing: Opening Theme; The Mission; 10.30 Appointment; Adrian's Ballad; Love Gamble; Ridez; Padz; Marcus' Crisis; So!; Expansion; Out There; A Friendly Game Of Basketball; Everybody Raps; Who Knows?; The House That Love Built.
A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block Limited Edition DJ Sampler
By Soweto Kinch
Label: Dune Records
Released: 2006
A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block
By Soweto Kinch
Label: Dune Records
Released: 2006
Soweto Kinch: A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Towerblock

by Chris May
British saxophonist Soweto Kinch polarised opinion to the max in 2003, with his jazz 'n' hip-hop debut, Conversations With The Unseen (Dune). Many older listeners hated it, regarding it as a betrayal of tradition of Judas-like proportions. Younger, more inclusive listeners loved it, welcoming it as, simultaneously, a reconnection with jazz's long-lost roots in urban street ...