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- Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Features
Sonny Rollins - Tenor of our times
- Friday, July 3, 2015
Right there when bebop was freshly minted and he was running around with Miles and the fast set, through his startling early flowering with the classic Saxophone Colossus, to his London jazz club days in the 60s, and up to today when he steps up to the mark once again live and in the studio, very few come near Sonny Rollins.
Kurt Elling – Out of This World
- Thursday, June 25, 2015
Kurt Elling’s richly resonant, subtly virtuosic voice is one of the most recognisable and celebrated in jazz earning him a Grammy for his 2009 album Dedicated To You alongside 10 other Grammy nominations, and seen him top numerous critics polls.
Juliet Kelly – Tales of the Unexpected
- Thursday, June 25, 2015
Juliet Kelly has been writing songs and telling tales for over a decade – combining her effortless, honeyed jazz vocal style with a determination to compose and perform original material.
The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman – Bad to the Bone
- Thursday, June 25, 2015
With parallel careers spanning the last two decades saxophonist Joshua Redman and piano trio The Bad Plus have forged equally acclaimed, but distinctly separate paths in contemporary jazz.
Julian Argüelles – Township Jive
- Thursday, June 25, 2015
Saxophonist Julian Argüelles is chief among the founding members of resurgent Brit-jazz big band Loose Tubes who are hitting top form today.
Charles Mingus – Triumph of the Underdog
- Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Despite the fact that he died in 1979, Charles Mingus' music has an uncanny longevity and his music is more influential today than it has ever been.
Ornette Coleman – Love in a time of crisis
- Tuesday, June 16, 2015
ORNETTE COLEMAN changed jazz forever by challenging the notion of what it is as music, and as life.
Steve Coleman – Body of Elements
- Thursday, May 28, 2015
Rhythm has always underscored saxophonist Steve Coleman’s 30-year recording career.
Beats & Pieces - Master Blasters
- Thursday, May 28, 2015
More super-sized indie rock group than big band, 14-piece Beats & Pieces have charged to the front of the UK’s forward-looking jazz scene since first coming together five years ago.