The Golden Age Of Steam - All Steamed Up
- Monday, May 31, 2010
The Golden Age Of Steam may well be the latest new young group to set the agenda on the London jazz scene.
The Golden Age Of Steam may well be the latest new young group to set the agenda on the London jazz scene.
Recorded three years ago but kept secret until recently Jasmine is Keith Jarrett's first studio album in years and marks his reunion this time in duo form with Charlie Haden.
Following the success of the hard touring Five Peace Band, John McLaughlin has gone back on the road to support the release of his own 4th Dimension band’s new album To The One.
The Neil Cowley Trio came out of nowhere not so very long ago but suddenly they’re into their third album and the band seems to be part of the fabric of the new UK jazz scene.
Not content with releasing his latest album Between The Lines, pianist Dave Stapleton has spent the last two years developing his own record label Edition into a force to be reckoned with.
While Brad Mehldau and his trio in recent years have redefined the contemporary piano trio, this month Mehldau makes an important detour with an extended project which teams him up once again with producer Jon Brion.
Who would have thought that Django Bates’ latest project would turn out to be a celebration of the music of Charlie Parker? But the influential British pianist and composer, who made his mark first of all in the 1980s and who turns 50 later this year, has always trod his own distinctively quirky path.
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s latest album pays homage to Billie Holiday, a singer she has interpreted on the London stage and whose music means a great deal to her both for her radical songs particularly ‘Strange Fruit’ but also for her uncompromising personality.
The jazz world still hasn’t properly reconciled itself to the death of Esbjörn Svensson.