Day: 1 February 2019

1 February 2019

Album Review: Woody Shaw – Tokyo ’81 and Live in Bremen 1983

Woody Shaw Tokyo ‘81 (Elemental CD 5990 429) Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental CD 5990 430) Two beautifully presented albums from Elemental celebrating the remarkable talent of trumpeter Woody Shaw, who died far too young, and the pianist Mulgrew Miller, who never quite fulfilled the career expectations which his first recordings promised. Both are superbly […]

1 February 2019

Sam Carelse: On The Corner

It was the month of my birthday, a time of reflection. I’d come a long way, I thought, since I’d decided to start pursuing a life as a jazz singer, but there was still a long way to go. And one seemingly insurmountable obstacle in the way. Sam Carelse has a cold. I was to […]

1 February 2019

Rosie Turton Interview

How did your new album come about? The album is a 5ive, which is a series that Jazz Re:freshed do, where a musician will write and record five tunes. They’re all composed by me, apart from one tune, Butterfly, which is my own arrangement of Herbie Hancock’s classic tune. It’s taken inspiration from all over […]

1 February 2019

Jason Yarde Interview

Tell us about your band Acoutastic Bombastic. How did it all come about? Way back in 2004 I was offered a commission for the 2005 Cheltenham Jazz Festival by Tony Dudley-Evans, as part of the Jerwood Foundation Rising Stars initiative. It was an opportunity, not only to write some new music, but also to put […]

1 February 2019

Rod Youngs Interview

Rod Youngs is one of the busiest drummers on the jazz scene, though he rarely appears in Sussex. Last year you would have seen him at Love Supreme Festival and Jazz In The Round: Emergence Festival in Hastings with the Denys Baptiste Quartet and as part of A Change Is Gonna Come with Carleen Anderson […]

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