Let’s start by talking a bit about your background. How did you get into music? I’ve done music forever. I literally started life as an Irish dancer, can you believe. My parents were Irish. I can’t remember not doing it, I was so young. And then I got into the piano accordion, I did that […]
Drummer and composer Nadav Schneerson formed his jazz ensemble Yadasofi last year and since then they have gone on to release two singles and performed support slots for the likes of Joe Armon-Jones, Nubya Garcia and Maisha. Nadav was born in London but moved to Brighton when he was little and has lived there ever […]
How did you start out playing? My mum liked Acker Bilk. At junior school, when I was about 10, I had this teacher Mr. Green, he got everyone on recorder, which I got really into, so my mum got me a clarinet, and made me play Stranger on the Shore every time someone came for […]
Vocalist Imogen Ryall has been part of the UK jazz scene for a growing number of years. Here she talks to Charlie Anderson about her work as a lyricist and her latest project Anöna Trio. When Claire Martin recorded an album with guitarist Jim Mullen last year, in tribute to Wes Montgomery, it featured […]
New York saxophonist and konnakol artist Arun Luthra spoke to Charlie Anderson about his blending of jazz and South Indian music. Tell us about your background and how you got into jazz. I’m the child of an Indian father and a British mother. I was born in the U.S. and raised in both […]
Charlie Anderson spoke to Noah Ball, the man behind Outlook and Dimensions festivals, and the new UK festival We Out Here. Noah Ball is the founder and managing director of NVS Music Group, the company behind Outlook & Dimensions festivals. He has been a core part of the Croatian festival market, also responsible for […]
Tell us a bit about the trio that you’re bringing to the UK for Love Supreme Festival. It’s actually a new configuration. Yasushi Nakamura on bass, I’ve played with him a number of times and people who have seen us in Europe know us. He’s not new but the drummer, for this tour, is Clarence […]
Partisans saxophonist Julian Siegel talks about performing with his own quartet and performing music from the new album VISTA. How would you describe the music that you compose for your Quartet? The music I write for the Quartet is written with the members of the band in mind, pianist Liam Noble, Oli Hayhurst on double […]
Cykada bassist and founding member Jamie Benzies spoke to Charlie Anderson about the band and their music, whilst drummer Tim Doyle discusses how the band works. Tell us about Cykada. How would you describe the music that you make? I don’t know. That’s a very difficult one. Either I go with normal categories and […]
Tell us about the band and the music that you’ll be bringing to the Love Supreme Festival in July. The band is comprised of a selection of musicians that are interchangeable. For this show we’ll be performing as a quartet, flute/sax, trumpet, drums and keys. How is the 22archestra different to Ruby Rushton? The […]