JAZZ CORNER Presents: Grant Green – ‘Idle Moments’ (1965)
I find it a sincere shame that there is not more jazz where the primary instrument is the guitar. That said, I’ve heard fine soling jazz where there’s...
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JAZZ CORNER Presents: Joe Armon-Jones – ‘Turn to Clear View’ (2019)
As of late, some of the coolest contemporary jazz has been drifting out of the UK, harking back to the early solo work by Donald Fagan, though with...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: David Friesen – ‘Amber Skies’ (1984)
David Friesen’s music always sounds like the soundtrack for waterfalls. There is an environmental sensibility that evokes rushing waters, gentle breezes, hurricanes and lightning. Yet he has never...
Peter Brötzmann | Interview | Maestro Of Free Jazz
Peter Brötzmann is one of the most outstanding saxophone players in the current international (free) jazz scene. “There is nothing like that in the field of music and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: 1000 Kings – Raw Cause (2018)
1000 Kings - Raw Cause (Jazz re:freshed, 2018) https://1000kings.com/releases Ahhhh … finally some new jazz fusion that I can sink my teeth into, music sounding as futuristic as...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Emanative – “Earth” (2018)
Emanative - Earth (Jazzman Records, 2018) https://emanative.bandcamp.com/album/earth Seems that Emanative finally had the courage to step out on their own on this their fourth album Earth. Previous albums...
Tokyo Jazz Joints | Documenting A Vanishing World Of Japanese Jazz Culture
Tokyo Jazz Joints is a documentary photography project which began to document Tokyo’s myriad jazz bars and cafes back in March 2015, with little idea of how far...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: John Coltrane – “Coltrane Plays The Blues” (1962)
A young girl’s barbershop adventure into jazz and the blues ... Most women adored the beauty salons that dotted the landscape of all communities during the late 1950’s...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Mahan Mirarab – “Persian Side Of Jazz” (2010)
Mahan Mirarab - Persian Side of Jazz (2010) It’s worthy to note that many American jazz musicians who’ve been embraced overseas often fail to find a footing here...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Time Out” (1959)
Without a doubt Time Out, with one of the most beautiful album covers of all time, is among the most subtle and signature releases by Dave Brubeck, where...