David Ornette Cherry, son of trumpeter Don Cherry, was born at the time when his father was recording classic albums such as Something Else!!!! with Ornette Coleman. He belongs to a musically active and geographically spread family that includes his [...]
Detroit-born alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett has played with many of the jazz greats in the course of his illustrious career, including Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Freddie Hubbard, a legacy which he acknowledges and continues to build upon in his [...]
It’s no doubt a cliché but it seems generally true that music from the west coast of America, and in particular west coast jazz, emphasises the optimistic, the redemptive and the transformational. And this is certainly true of the latest [...]
Familiar to jazz enthusiasts for having played double bass with many of the country’s best ensembles, it’s also probably fair to say that bassist Matt Ridley must be one of the most dapper musicians in British jazz (as can be [...]
Shabaka Hutchings stays true to the traditional practise of artists on Impulse Records, such as Charles Mingus, Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, as he seeks – and finds- novel and imaginative solutions to the challenges arising from his creative striving. [...]
Jazz afficionados rarely anticipate remix albums with much enthusiasm. The notion of inviting DJs and producers to revisit acoustic, improvised jazz originals with studio effects can sometimes appear to be anathema to what the music was intended to achieve. GGP/RMX [...]
Producer Gilles Peterson originally made his name in the 1980s as a resident DJ in Camden at the Electric Ballroom and Dingwalls playing the contemporary dance music of the time, variously known as Jazz Funk, Brit Funk and, in a [...]
