Features

Beats & Pieces - Master Blasters

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.

NYJO at 50 – Blame It On Our Youth

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra is one of Britain’s longest running ensembles and has served as a real-world finishing school for countless young professionals including illustrious alumni such as Guy Barker, Mark Nightingale, Gerard Presencer, Pete Long, Dennis and Winston Rollins and Amy Winehouse.

Keith Jarrett – Point Of Departure

A singular force in the realm of spontaneously created music, Keith Jarrett turned 70 on 8 May with an unmatched body of work that straddles both jazz and classical worlds.

Joe Lovano – Natural Sound World

A journey man giant of jazz, Joe Lovano’s prolific career since the 1970s has been propelled by his passion for absorbing and assimilating a vast array of influences.

Partikel – Strung Out

London-based trio Partikel have been threatening to do big things since their fine eponymous 2010 debut, and its melodically-charged follow up, Cohesion.

Dee Dee Bridgewater – Crescent City Capers

Dee Dee Bridgewater is at the top of today’s jazz vocal tree, yet this isn’t just thanks to her technical prowess, armful of awards or her impeccable work to date, but also through her powers as a storyteller and an impassioned live performer.

Kyle Eastwood – Silver Linings

Kyle Eastwood may have inherited his famous father’s life-long love of jazz, and composed his fair share of Hollywood film scores, yet it’s only in the last five years that his long-running jazz quintet has really hit its stride, thanks to his increased maturity as a bandleader, his virtuosic bass technique and a blossoming empathy with his London-based band.

Andy Sheppard - Heavy Lullabies

Saxophonist Andy Sheppard has been a constant presence on the British, and international, jazz circuit since he emerged as part of the late 1980s young UK jazz scene, yet for all his widespread popularity he’s remained hungry for exploring sonic pastures new.

Cassandra Wilson - Sowing New Seeds

For all of the welcoming warmth of her instantly recognisable voice, Cassandra Wilson has never taken the safe option in a career that now spans almost three decades.

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