London saxophonist and flautist Sean Khan has been much acclaimed for albums such as Palmares Fantasy, a 2018 collaboration with Hermeto Pascoal, 2021’s Supreme Love: A Journey Through Coltrane and this year’s Sean Khan Presents The Modern Jazz And Folk Ensemble Volume 1, on which he reinvents tracks originally recorded by British folk artists of […]

Jazz Journal

11.12.2024

Reviewed: Paul Dunmall | Xhosa Cole | Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory | Playtime | Martin Küchen & Mathias Landæus | Lina Nyberg - Jazz Journal

Paul Dunmall: Red Hot Ice (Discus 186CD) The Dunmall renaissance continues with this fine nine-strong romp, recently recorded in Birmingham. Dunmall leads, of course, on tenor and soprano saxes, supported by, in particular, Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Andrew Woodhead on organ and synths, and an ever fluid James Owston on bass, but space is left […]

Jazz Journal

11.12.2024

Ursula Harrison: 'I usually avoid labelling myself as a jazz musician' - Jazz Journal

Bassist and composer Ursula Harrison, winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2024, didn’t have to cast widely for an influential exemplar: her mum, bassist Paula Gardiner, founder of the jazz course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, was on hand. But where the mother might cherish a definition of jazz with sturdy […]

Jazz Journal

11.12.2024

Christian McBride Quartet at the Village Vanguard, NYC - Jazz Journal

Christian McBride’s left hand is lolling on the shoulder of his double bass. It stirs only to push chunky-framed spectacles higher up his nose. The eight-time Grammy winner has released more than 20 albums and appeared on over 300 records as a sideman. He has played in almost every genre, with almost every star musician. […]

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Sean Khan: 'Jazz is full of little cliques, and musicians are not the nicest people' - Jazz Journal

Reviewed: Paul Dunmall | Xhosa Cole | Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory | Playtime | Martin Küchen & Mathias Landæus | Lina Nyberg - Jazz Journal

Ursula Harrison: 'I usually avoid labelling myself as a jazz musician' - Jazz Journal

Christian McBride Quartet at the Village Vanguard, NYC - Jazz Journal

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