Women In Jazz Interview
- Monday, February 17, 2020
We speak to the dynamic duo who are addressing the gender imbalance in jazz in practical and positive ways
Features
Jazz on Film: Young Man with a Horn
- Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Loosely inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke, Young Man with a Horn, featuring Kirk Douglas, Doris Day and Lauren Bacall, serves up more than its fair share of clichés but, says Selwyn Harris, it also exhibits plenty of redeeming features, enabling it to stand the test of time
Review: Miles Davis biopic, Birth of the Cool
- Monday, February 10, 2020
Selwyn Harris assesses Birth of the Cool, the latest big-screen attempt to capture the myth of Miles Davis on film
Natacha Atlas: "It all began with Miles... the one that changed my musical direction was Kind of Blue"
- Friday, February 7, 2020
Vocalist Natacha Atlas talks about the album that changed her life, Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
Yelfris Valdés: “From a very young age I was always told that music was born in me”
- Friday, January 31, 2020
Cuban-born trumpeter Yelfris Valdés has followed collaborations with everyone from Moses Boyd to Madonna with the release of his pulsating debut album, For The Ones. Jane Cornwell spoke with him about cultural cross-pollination and recontextualising Cuba’s place on the musical map
Andy Davies: "I want that sports crowd rowdiness of people enjoying themselves"
- Friday, January 31, 2020
“I love to play Thelonious Monk, while creating a football crowd atmosphere...”, says Andy Davies. In a backroom of The Piano Bar members’ club in Soho, the Welsh trumpeter spoke to Jazzwise about his modus operandi – a format fine-tuned over the 11 years he’s run Ronnie Scott’s weekly upstairs jam
Bill Frisell interview: “I hear a song and have to ask myself if it’s remembered or new”
- Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Bill Frisell’s latest album, HARMONY, is the first outing under his own name for the legendary Blue Note label. Alyn Shipton spoke to the influential guitarist about the origins and evolution of this song-heavy project, which features the vocal delights of Petra Hayden (daughter of Charlie), as well as his recollections of working with the late-great Ginger Baker
Kit Downes interview: "Much in the same way John Coltrane did, Olivier Messiaen created a language for himself"
- Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Drawing influence from everyone from Messiaen to W.G. Sebald, keyboardist Kit Downes’ latest album, Dreamlife of Debris, continues his deep explorations of the tonalities of the church organ. Stuart Nicholson spoke with him about his ripening relationship with the ECM imprint and how early experiences with ecclesiastical extemporisation opened him up to a wider world of improvisation
Jazzmeia Horn interview: "You have to get outside of your box and get outside of your masculine world and come into my divine feminine world"
- Friday, January 24, 2020
Grammy-nominated US vocalist Jazzmeia Horn’s latest album, Love and Liberation, is a “call to action” which sees her continue her voyage into unexpected realms of song. Peter Quinn spoke to the incredible singer who has already drawn positive comparisons with such greats as Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan
The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, February 2020
- Thursday, January 23, 2020
A hand-picked selection of some of the best new releases and reissues reviewed in the February 2020 issue of Jazzwise