Empirical - Hidden Wealth
- Friday, October 21, 2011
Empirical are back this month with their third album.
Empirical are back this month with their third album.
There are few bassists in jazz with quite the formidable reputation that Christian McBride has as a player.
Recorded in Brazil earlier this year Rio marks the beginning of an optimistic period for Keith Jarrett.
Dylan Thomas is once again the inspiration of Stan Tracey.
Prior to recording, musicians have concerns.
Conceived in Calcutta, bred in Bolton, matured in Manchester, Arun Ghosh has taken the clarinet into brand new territory since breaking through with his striking Indo-jazz debut album Northern Namaste.
Sir John Dankworth’s music casts a giant shadow over British jazz, and for more personal reasons over the latest release by his daughter JACQUI DANKWORTH.
Nods to Aphex Twin and 4-Hero on Robert Mitchell’s trio album The Embrace show that he “appreciates both songwriting and beat-making,” as Kevin Le Gendre discovers when he talks to the pianist.
Eliane Elias slows things right down on new album Light My Fire, delivering a remarkably sensuous sounding record that draws within its reach bossa nova, the jazz traditions which Elias has played all her career, and her belief in the power of intuitive improvisation.
Christian Scott, the trumpeter from New Orleans who likes to dip a toe in rock waters as well as jazz, tackles the music of Cuba on the new Ninety Miles project in the high flying company of David Sanchez and Stefon Harris.