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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
SJM editor Charlie Anderson spoke to Tim Haillay, chairman of Brighton Jazz Club. Tell us a bit about Brighton Jazz Club. “Well, I took over with John Rowland in 1992 and it was going for at least 15 years before that.” “Dave Gravitt and John Styles, who are still on the committee, were […]
Reg Hendrickse, co-organiser of JazzHastings, answers questions from SJM editor Charlie Anderson. How long has the club been going? We have been going for 8 years. How did it get started? We started with a small group: John Donaldson, Agatha, Sophie and me at the Old Angling club. Have you experienced any […]
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 […]
With an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years, bassist Dave Holland is now touring with his latest project Prism. He spoke to SJM editor Charlie Anderson. Let’s start by talking about your latest project, Prism. Is there any significance there in the name Prism? I was wanting to give the band a […]
Guitar legend John Scofield took time out from his busy touring schedule to answer questions supplied by one of our readers, guitarist Andy Batkin. 1. Do you practice? What do you practice? “I have to practice or else I really suck! I practice things I have to play for upcoming gigs and projects..I […]
UK pianist Bill Laurance was one of the original members of Snarky Puppy. Here he talks about his new album and answers questions from one of our readers. Tell us about your latest album, Flint, and how it all came about. “Flint is the result of 10 years of searching and not always […]
For the first of our Love Supreme Festival previews, SJM editor Charlie Anderson spoke to Swedish jazz vocalist Cecilia Stalin at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. Do you ever dance when there isn’t any music playing? Yeah, 'cos I sing! Do you ever have music in your head? Absolutely. I’ll start […]