Issue #118 Lizz Wright

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Sample Features From This Month's Issue ----------------------------------------- Lizz Wright - Garden Of Earthly Delights - When Lizz Wright debuted with Salt five years ago it was clear even then that the jazz world had found a new unique talent even if the album was ostensibly a strongly gospel-rooted affair. By the time of her second album Dreaming Wide Awake, when she was on the cover of Jazzwise for the first time, Nearly three years on, her third album The Orchard finds Wright working again with the celebrated producer Craig Street, Andy Robson speaks to Wright about the album in a revealing and frank interview. Read more... Matthew Bourne - Fun Boy Free - Pianist Matthew Bourne last year released a remarkable live album recorded in the Norwegian city of Molde. It provided a fascinating glimpse into the world view of the Leeds improv and jazz scene kingpin. The Molde album was the latest milestone in a career trajectory that saw an early peak five years ago with the prodigious flow of his debut record The Electric Dr M for the Sound label. It’s year zero, however, for Bourne as he now unveils the debut of his trio Bourne/Davis/Kane. Daniel Spicer talks to the band on the eve of the release of its debut album Read more...

Ian Shaw - Safe And Sound - Ian Shaw, the leading male jazz singer of his generation in the UK, follows up his expertly pitched Joni Mitchell songbook album from 2006 with a brand new album released this month full of original material. The themes of the album, he tells Andy Robson, involve meditations on Shaw’s notions of his own sense of place, the process of growing older and above all, love. Read more...

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April CD Sample Reviews

The Blessing - All Is Yes  ***

Lizz Wright - The Orchard ****

John Mayer - Études/Radha Krishna ****

The Player
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Jazz breaking news: Pee Wee Ellis To Guest With Byron Wallen At Bath Jazz Festival This Weekend – David Gallant talks to the trumpeter about how he got started, the instruments he has played over the years and his all time favourite choice...read more.

Jazz Instrument Update
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David Gallant reports on the latest instrument developments and launches here.


Charts

Charting the Jazz message
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Jazzwise April 2008 Chart