Archie Shepp - Gospel Truths
- Thursday, October 18, 2018
In the midst of the rise of the far right-wing in America and Europe, Archie Shepp renews his stand against injustice and oppression.
Features
Phronesis - Earth Songs
- Thursday, October 18, 2018
On their eighth album We Are All, Scandi-Brit jazz trio Phronesis continue to develop their shared musical language, while taking potshots at racist demagogues and looming eco-disaster, while seeking sanctuary in family and nature.
Kandace Springs - Mood Indigo
- Thursday, October 18, 2018
Since the release of her acclaimed 2016 debut, Soul Eyes, Kandace Springs' combination of jazz, R&B, soul, classical and pop has garnered widespread praise and celebrity attention from artists such as Prince and Gregory Porter.
Ethan Iverson and Mark Turner - New Found Freedom
- Thursday, October 18, 2018
Building on a musical partnership which blossomed when they were both part of the Billy Hart Quartet, Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson have now gone in search of the nexus where the sounds of Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz meet chamber music on their album, Temporary Kings.
Q&A with Trio HLK
- Friday, October 12, 2018
Trio HLK are one of the most distinctive voices to appear on the Scottish jazz scene in recent times.
Wayne Shorter – Cosmic Crusader
- Thursday, September 20, 2018
Wayne Shorter's new triple-album, Emanon, finds the 85-year-old legend still looking forward after nearly 60 years of musical innovation.
Donny McCaslin – Blow By Blow
- Thursday, September 20, 2018
With a reputation for high-octane tenor horn since the 1990s, the Californian-born Donny McCaslin's career rocketed to another level following his band's major contribution to the late David Bowie's 2016 swansong, Blackstar.
Gwyneth Herbert – Secret Stories
- Thursday, September 20, 2018
Gwyneth Herbert's 2004 major label debut, Bittersweet and Blue, had her pegged as a standards singer, but her career since has traversed a myriad of multi-dimensional projects across music, theatre and the written word.
Julia Joseph – Blood Brothers
- Thursday, September 20, 2018
Composer, bandleader and educator Julia Joseph is one of the hardest working musicians operating on this side of the pond.
John Coltrane: the lost album
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The unexpected news of the existence of an unreleased John Coltrane studio session, now issued as Both Directions at Once – The Lost Album, is sure to get the jazz world’s pulse racing.