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The duo collaborate on an intimate, unhurried album of standards and new compositions
This London gig drew on the diverse musical heritages of the pianist and his quartet
The Norwegian trumpeter/composer combines broody lyricism and contemplative moods
A previously unreleased live set recorded in 1986 at Ronnie Scott’s is the drummer’s last recording
The two leaders play on the contrast between staccato quick-fire attack and extraordinarily vocalised tone
The album’s ethereal aesthetic coheres into a beguiling musical self-portrait
This debut gig at London’s Vortex Jazz Club was demanding but full of drive and melodic flair
The pianist and his band pay homage to Dave Brubeck’s legacy with sensitivity while avoiding mimicry
Neset weaves sharp-angled contemporary European jazz with the motifs and heft of the symphonic tradition
James and his band met just days ago, but they played like old pals at PizzaExpress Jazz Club in London
Makaya McCraven’s cut and paste editing style is reflected in tracks that open with bands in mid-flight and looped fragments
The trio digs a little deeper with closely worked voicings, clatter and whumpf drumming and ear-friendly melodies
Saxophonist Benny Golson elevated a celebration of classics while drummer Makaya McCraven’s showcased new-generation beats
The opening weekend saw a varied Jazz Voice gala, two sets from drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and a headline triumph from Hancock
The pianist reconstitutes his aesthetic, switching from impressionism to free jazz and from meditation to the blues
The music never wants for heft as the beautifully nuanced band marshal the various strands into a unified whole
The jazz saxophonist‘s new project explores, in music and dance, a century of racial conflict
New moves combine with well-established routines, and compositions mix both with gritty imagination and panache
French musician’s guitar playing is technically assured and his writing pulls the various elements into shape
Guests included Soweto Kinch and Vula Malinga in a two-set performance that raised the roof
Unaccompanied beginnings shift this way and that, solos freshen the palate and impressionist mists yield to flurries of swing
Drums entwine with bass counterpoints and riffs and the sax’s tense, hard-edged fluency
Two main pieces of music are supported by sources including prayers, songs and Bach chorales
The pianist and her fellow players created a unique, unpredictable sound
US musician’s urbane fluency on tenor sax is interwoven with the shimmer and slide of a quartet of strings
