Month: September 2014

28 September 2014

Neil Cowley Interview

  Tell us about your latest album ‘Touch and Flee’ that was released in June.     “It’s what we’re calling our concert hall record. Having experienced as a band more and more the inviting acoustics of concert hall venues we felt we were destined to make a record that leant itself to being played in […]

28 September 2014

An Introduction to…The Neil Cowley Trio

       A former child prodigy on the piano, Neil Cowley was expected to become a concert pianist, but as he grew older he was increasingly drawn to other styles of music and as a teenager he performed in soul cover bands and with singer-songwriters.      A little over ten years ago Neil […]

27 September 2014

An Introduction to…Gregory Porter

  Gregory Porter was born in Los Angeles but was raised in Bakersfield, listening to his mother’s records of Nat King Cole which inspired him to begin singing. He attended San Diego State University on a sports scholarship but had to retire from sport due to a shoulder injury. Instead he turned to music and […]

15 September 2014

Claire Martin OBE Interview

  It’s a busy time for Claire Martin OBE. Her new album is due for release and is receiving rave reviews. She is also, with local musician Julian Nicholas, forging ahead with plans for the first South Coast Jazz Festival to be held in January next year. On a rare morning at home, I visited […]

15 September 2014

Dylan Howe Interview

Tell us about your latest album Subterranean.     It's a redesign of some of my favourite music by David Bowie. Low and Heroes were two albums I really liked as a teenager and thought might work being adapted for improvising musicians / jazz – if we have to use that word – with the added […]

1 September 2014

Thomas Strønen Interview

  Hi Thomas. Tell us about the new CD that you have coming out on ECM.     “Food will release its 8th record in January 2015. It´ll be our third on ECM and it will celebrate a change in the band’s direction. We´ve been going since 1998. In order to stay musically fit and fresh, […]

1 September 2014

Ian Price: A Tribute by Eddie Myer

      This magazine’s April Issue 17 carried interviews with two remarkable saxophonists. Tony Kofi’s name will be familiar to jazz fans across Europe and America, and can be found in his biography printed alongside those of Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill and Ornette Coleman. Ian Price’s name is less well known, but eminently deserves a […]

1 September 2014

Live Review: Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival

Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival 2014       Now in its 3rd year, the Rye Jazz Festival once again featured a number of great outdoor events around the beautiful streets of Rye.     Turn a corner and you might find Terry Seabrook performing with Kjell Berglund or the group Cocktail Safari attracting a large […]

1 September 2014

Live Review: Al Scott Trio at The Verdict

Al Scott Trio : “A Tribute to Bill Evans” The Verdict, Brighton Saturday 16th August 2014       A Bill Evans tribute gig may seem like a fairly safe bet for a pianist, given Evans’ enduring popularity and his adherence to the economically viable trio format for so many of his classic recordings, but in […]

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