The Season Press Launch today at the Southbank Centre contained an announcement that the Montreux Jazz Festival will be embarking on its first partnership in the UK. The first manifestation of this initiative will be an exploration of the music [...]
Be warned. If you’re the sort of fan who prefers jazz performances in-your-face bristling with high octane aggression, go elsewhere. Because, when two veteran virtuosi, Alan Barnes on a selection of reeds and David Newton on piano (combined ages totalling [...]
This debut release by the sui generis trio of Alice Zawadzki (voice, violin), Fred Thomas (piano, vielle, drums) and Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass) is an enticing yet resolutely high-toned survey of songs from varying traditions, including the lost language of [...]
