With British jazz once more in the spotlight it seems apt that the idiosyncratic forebears of the music should again be stepping into the limelight – none more so than two maverick virtuosos of the piano: Brit-jazz hero Keith Tippett and typhoon-force soloist Matthew Bourne.
Following hot on the heels of 2017’s critically acclaimed album Fly Or Die, New York-based trumpeter Jaimie Branch is riding high right now.
Days On Earth, the latest album by saxophonist Mark Lockheart, documents the culmination of his experiences writing for expanded ensembles.
Guitarist Jakob Bro talks about the album that changed his life, Psalm, by Paul Motian Band.
Pianist Tord Gustavsen talks about the album that changed his life, Bande À Part, by Masqualero.
Pianist Alexander Hawkins talks about Cecil Taylor’s seismic contributions on Gil Evans’ Into The Hot, in a tribute to the late pianist who died 5 April 2018.
Bassist Avishai Cohen talks about the album that changed his life, Hotter Than July, by Stevie Wonder.
Saxophonist Steve Coleman talks about the album that changed his life, 'Doin’ It Right Now', by Von Freeman.
If 2018 has been the year jazz elbowed its way back into mainstream culture, then Steam Down, the south London night where Kamasi Washington comes to jam and the atmosphere is unrivalled, has become the new jazz gen's sweaty hotbed of invention.
Having upped roots from London to Brooklyn a decade ago, the idiosyncratic saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock has gradually made a name for herself on the New York experimental improv scene with a prolific, critically-acclaimed run of solo albums and as a bandmember of avant-garde visionary Anthony Braxton.
