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Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains
by Duncan Heining
By way of introduction... Saxophonist Raymond MacDonald is a busy man. He balances the life of a gigging, recording musician with a high-flying academic career and, in both respects, his reputation has grown far beyond his Glasgow home. As a musician, he is perhaps best known for his work with the George Burt/Raymond MacDonald ...
Howard Riley: Reinventing the Jazz Piano Trio
by Duncan Heining
Even allowing for journalistic hyperbole, the phrase “reinventing the jazz piano trio" was a doozy. It all seemed a bit “Emperor's new clothes" or, as my late mother used to put it, “new coat and no knickers." For a time in the noughties, British critics variously applied the phrase to Esbjorn Svensson, Brad Mehldau, The Necks, ...
The People Band: Back and playing again
by Sammy Stein
46 years after their previous release, the People Band are putting out a new CD. Paul Jolly is producing the project and releasing it through his record label, 33JAZZ records. Jolly is also a member of the band. He says, “The reason for a new album is that our last one, released on the Emanem label, ...
Simon Rose, Stefan Schultze: The Ten Thousand Things
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il sassofonista londinese Simon Rose e il pianista tedesco (di Colonia) Stefan Schultze praticano un'improvvisazione ispida, anticonsolatoria per eccellenza, attraversata da un minimalismo qua e là fin troppo insistito, estenuato, con l'inevitabile conseguenza che il margine di comunicabilità con l'esterno (ascoltatore in primis) si stringe pericolosamente. È--lo diciamo subito, senza mezzi termini--il tipo d'improvvisazione (più o ...
Live From Old York: The Extricated, Jim Boyes, Electric Six, Dick Gaughan & Queen Kwong
by Martin Longley
Brix & The Extricated The Duchess November 24, 2015 Brix Smith was an integral member of The Fall, between 1983 and 1989, then again, on-and-off, betwixt 1993 and 1998. Well, she was married to main man vocalist, poet and Svengali auteur Mark E. Smith. This period of the Manchester ...
Live From Old York: Michael Messer, Faris, Blazin' Fiddles & Söndörgő
by Martin Longley
Michael Messer & Faris Pocklington Arts Centre November 21, 2015 The acoustic blues weekender at Pocklington Arts Centre has become a regular fixture, led by the English guitarist Michael Messer. He combines daytime tutorial workshop sessions with a Saturday night performance that features guest appearances by the attending players, ...
Philip Clouts Quartet: Umoya
by Bruce Lindsay
The Philip Clouts Quartet's Umoya, a follow-up to The Hour Of Pearl, (Point Records, 2013) is named for the Zulu word for Life Force. It's a positive title for an album filled with positive sounds. Bass guitarist Alex Keen remains from those The Hour Of Pearl sessions. He's joined by saxophonist Samuel Eagles and ...
Chris Spedding: Songs Without Words
by Duncan Heining
Recorded for Harvest in 1970, Songs Without Words was only originally released in Japan. At the time, Chris Spedding was a much sought after guitarist in jazz and rock with one of the most impressive of CVs--Mike Westbrook, Michael Gibbs, Jack Bruce, Ian Carr's Nucleus, Pete Brown and Frank Ricotti amongst others. The reason for its ...
Sant'anna Arresi Quintet By Evan Parker: Filu ‘E Ferru
by Mark Corroto
The differences between British free jazz and American is an often debated subject. Certainly in the 1960s, at the genesis of free playing, the ocean's divide between continents was easily identifiable. The African and African/American tradition of Jazz informed the experiments of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Coltrane, and Anthony Braxton, while the UK players ...
London Jazz Festival 2015
by Duncan Heining
London Jazz Festival London, UK November 13-22, 2015 Like many city-fests, the London Jazz Festival criss-crosses the town, spanning the River Thames that splits it in two. Two Southbank Centre venues--the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room--are being refurbished this year, making Kings' Place an even more significant festival stage ...
