A couple of recent recordings have taken me back to the music of Anthony Braxton. One is the reissue on Bandcamp of the Birmingham concert in 1985 of the Anthony Braxton Quartet with Marilyn Crispe…

I caught three events over the weekend in London, one in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank and two at Cafe Oto in Dalston. This made for a rich mix of music that showed the range of contem…

It all begins with pianist Nico Widdowson entering the Night Owl stage alone, and proceeding to create a maelstrom of sound on the piano; then the rest of the 24 member ensemble move onto the stage…

Fairly early on on my listening to jazz, I discovered Charlie Parker, one of the most significant pioneers of the modern jazz/bop style. Then for quite a long period I hardly listened to hardly any…

The Spring 2025 programme that Fizzle and TDE Promotions have booked is looking very promising and it, we believe, maintains the reputation that both organisations have for presenting the very best…

I have two strong memories of hearing Peter Brötzmann live, one back in the early days of Fizzle promotions, the second a TDE Promotion in the Hexagon Theatre at mac (Midlands Arts Centre) in 2016.…

ALBUMS It is great that there are so many independent labels putting out jazz, and also it is good that the jazz community still buys and listens to Cds and the occasional vinyl. So many albums com…

I have received three new, very enjoyable albums, one from the French label, Roguart and two from the Swedish label, Silkheart. All three are of the very high standard we expect of the two European…

Camila Nebbia/Angelica Sanchez: In Another Land , Another Dream There has been a tremendous buzz about the playing of Camila Nebbia, a saxophonist from Argentina, now based in Berlin. She has mostl…

Shadow Figures features the improvising trio, Spaces Unfolding, led by Emil Karlsen on drums with Philip Wachsmann on violin and Neil Metcalfe on flute; two well established and brilliant improvise…