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Issue #124 - Dave Holland

Dave Holland - Bass Instinct - Arguably the most high profile jazz bassist on the planet and one of the most famous English jazz exports, Dave Holland returns this month with a new album which builds on his substantial career as a leader. Duncan Heining catches up with him on tour with Herbie Hancock and discovers the path Dave has taken in jazz since those early days back in England playing traditional jazz and carving his own career on a very different jazz scene in London.  Read more... ...

Jazzwise Albums Of The Year 2008

New releases 1 Dave Holland Sextet Pass It on Dare2 2 EST Leucocyte ACT 3 Django Bates and Stormchaser Spring Is Here (Shall We Dance) Lost Marble 4 Ambrose Akinmusire Prelude To Cora FSNT 5 Bobo Stenson Cantando ECM 6 Dave Douglas and Keystone Moonshine Greenleaf 7 Jazz Warriors Afropeans Destin-e 8 Joe Zawinul And The Zawinul Syndicate 75th BHM/Birdjam 9 Bill Frisell History Mystery Nonesuch 10 JD Allen I Am I Am Sunnyside

Neil Cowley London Jazz Festival Video Diaries

Out of all the bands playing at this year's London jazz festival the Neil Cowley Trio decided they were going to play as many gigs as possible - in one day. Managing a total of five gigs in 24 hours, and also a few guest appearances with the likes of Matthew Herbert and the Heritage Orchestra/Bays big band, Neil also kept his own running video diaries - interviewing some of the stars at the festival including Danilo Perez, Louis Sclavis and Terje Isungset/Karl Seglem - throughout a week of jazz...

Issue #125 - Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock - Hopes and Dreams - This month Herbie Hancock makes his presence felt in the UK by playing five eagerly anticipated live shows, including two concerts at the London Jazz Festival that coincide with the release of Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock, a 12-track career retrospective covering his work for the Blue Note, Warner, Columbia and Verve record labels. In this exclusive interview with Stuart Nicholson, Hancock talks about his new band, his time with Miles Davis and...

JAZZWISE CHART NOVEMBER 2008

1 Ornette Coleman Croydon Concert Free Factory2 Keith Jarrett Facing You ECM3 Jeff Beck Performing This Week Eagle Rock4 Kasper Tranberg Terracotta Blackout5 Tomasz Stanko Balladyna ECM

JAZZWISE CHART OCTOBER 2008

1 Julian Siegel Trio Live at the Vortex Basho2 Mike Osborne Trio Force of Nature Reel3 Sam Crockatt Quartet Howeird Loop (advance)4 Kenny Garrett Sketches of MD Mack Avenue5 EST Leucocyte ACT

Free Derby Jazz Week DVD Highlights Video

The October issue of Jazzwise – with UK bass icon Dave Holland on the cover – includes a fantastic FREE covermount DVD from Derby Jazz. Packed with over an hour and fourty minutes worth of superb live performances and interviews from Phil Robson, Tom Cawley's Curios, Johnny Phillips Oriole, Julian Siegel, Christine Tobin, Corey Mwamba, Graham Collier, Troyka and many more. Click here to subscribe now and get a copy of this issue plus a FREE Universal Jazz CD.

Tony Kofi and Arun Ghosh - Performance and Interview Videos

These two excellent short films (produced by filmmaker Richard Gooderick) are part of the Arts Council England's new Take It Away scheme - designed to encourage people to take up playing an instrument by offering grants to buy instruments.

JAZZWISE CHART SEPTEMBER 2008

1 Dave Holland Sextet - Pass It On - Emarcy (advance)    2 Jörg Brinkmann Trio - Ha! - ACT records3 Twelves Trio - Here Comes The Woodman With His Splintered Soul - 1965 records4 Keith Shadwick - Free Time - Candid5 Various - Brothers on the Slide - Sanctuary

Gareth Lockrane Septet - New Live Videos

The Gareth Lockrane Septet playing two of his tunes "Roots" and "Dark Swinger" at the Spice of Life for the 2006 London Jazz Festival, featuring Robbie Robson (tpt) Alex Garnett (tenor) Trevor Mires (tbn) Gareth Lockrane (flute) Robin Aspland (Piano) Matt Miles (bass) and Matt Home (drums). Filmed by Ula Pontikos, Sam Blair and Ilian Metev, Sound by Chris Traves, edited by Gareth Lockrane

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