Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur – Queen of the Stone Age
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
Prodigiously-talented trumpet-player and Chaos Collective constant Laura Jurd has just released Together, As One, the dynamically varicoloured debut of her band, Dinosaur.
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Brad Mehldau & Joshua Redman – Just the Two of Us
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
The dynamic top-tier pairing of Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman are seeking to elevate the status of the piano and sax formation with their forthcoming collaboration on Nonesuch, Nearness.
Neil Cowley Trio – Lost In Space
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
Pianist Neil Cowley and his trio of bassist Rex Horan and drummer Evan Jenkins go intergalactic with his new multi-media monolith Spacebond Apes.
Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang – Atmosphèric Conditions
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
Under the stewardship of ECM head honcho Manfred Eicher the starry quartet of Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen and Tigran Hamasyan assembled to create the dazzling new double-album Atmosphères.
Tommy Smith – History in Symphony
- Thursday, August 11, 2016
In a career spanning over three decades – from his days as an 18-year-old protégé of Chick Corea and Gary Burton, to his latter day omnivorous musical explorations of jazz-rock with Karma, Nordic post-bop with Arild Andersen and his directorship of exceptional large works with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Tommy Smith has always taken the musical high road.
Donny McCaslin – Dark Arts
- Thursday, August 11, 2016
Following his key contributions to David Bowie’s epochal Blackstar, New York saxophonist Donny McCaslin launches his own long-player next month, Beyond Now, a barnstorming tribute to the musical and cultural icon and one cast in his influence.
Yazz Ahmed – Sabotage and Surprise
- Thursday, August 11, 2016
Trumpeter Yazz Ahmed’s work live and on record with progressive-minded post-rockers Radiohead and arty envelope-pushers These New Puritans have made a seismic impact on her current approach to making music, with its emphasis on organic loops, soundscaping and electronics.
Dhafer Youssef – The Bittersweetness of Being
- Thursday, August 11, 2016
Tunisian Dhafer Youssef’s cultural cross-pollinating music and career rise up like models for harmonious living in an increasingly fraught and fractured world.
Branford Marsalis and Kurt Elling – Melody in Motion
- Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis’ Quartet has an illustrious 20-year history spanning a series of 15 powerful albums that have tackled everything from John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme in its entirety, to 2012’s scorching Four MFs Playin’ Tunes – always giving acoustic modern jazz a hefty kick up the behind.
Zoe Rahman - Fascinating Rhythms
- Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Multi-award winning pianist and composer Zoe Rahman has taken the solo route on her latest album, Dreamland, a personal journey of covers and rhythmically-charged originals.