Love Supreme returned to Glynde Place this weekend for it’s second attempt at presenting a high-production greenfield festival programmed entirely with jazz-and -related-musics. One can only admire their courage. Glastonbury Festival introduced a Jazz Stage once upon a time, but that was long long ago in the distant 80s, when jazz and world music […]
Russian virtuoso bassist Yuri Goloubev speaks to editor Charlie Anderson about his love of jazz. Tell me a bit about how you started in music. “Well, I grew up in it. My mum had graduated as a pianist even though she didn’t work much in that realm. She was a music journalist for […]
Ear Training: The Jazz Kitchen If one was to compare ear-training to say, cooking, ear training would represent the preliminary stages of putting together a meal. It would be before choosing the ingredients, it would be before choosing what utensils to use and it would even be before designing your menu. Ear training is […]
Kate Williams Quartet with Gareth Lockrane The Verdict, Brighton Friday 27th June, 2014 Having seen virtuoso flautist Gareth Lockrane performing at The Verdict with the excellent Preston/Glasgow/Lowe in October last year, his return was long overdue. In the first set the quartet performed Voyage, a composition by pianist Kenny Barron, which suited […]
Joss Peach’s Full Circle The Verdict, Brighton Saturday 28th June, 2014 On a night that saw a hen party at The Verdict, along with Joss Peach’s tribute to Keith Jarrett, this could have been a disaster, but thankfully Joss is a good sport and the bride-to-be was an avid jazz fan. […]