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Recorded at Johannesburg’s Sumo Sound, the trombonist, pianist, and composer’s debut album as a leader is a truly South African affair, with music inspired by Soweto’s jamming scene, the passing of mentors and fellow musicians, and featuring some of Johannesburg’s finest players. You can support the album on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f86669b1-9c1b-40aa-8b59-7fea1fdcf649/TAPSCOTTSESSION-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week documents a meeting between two greats in the Théâtre du Chêne Noir in Avignon, France, in 1989. With Tapscott on piano and Session on saxophone, this stark recording features astonishing melodies and touching interplay between the two musicians. You can find the album on Bandcamp! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/december152021 monthly 0.5 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1638921048271-ZE6ULHLV7D4EHM7CT07O/US-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1638921048196-812H2L007M9PI62GHZ4M/US-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1638921049723-G3DXZCC7OCA1W9C9LWKF/US-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1638921049932-WCXHCJQ83J0Y9UIDMOGP/US-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1638921050780-C57FD6QJ0L077YVLI7G9/US-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/150fd6d4-6370-45af-a9bf-31000dc35945/MC4-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week comes from MC4, an experimental jazz group led by guitarist Matt Clark and featuring Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet, Ozzy Moysey on double bass, and James Edmunds on drums. The album documents the strange and uncertain feeling of coming out of lockdown, exploring urban and unconventional spaces with recordings made in various locations that capture ambient sounds as well as the group’s performances. You can investigate the album on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/576055d4-f67f-4055-aa3c-71229ee26fce/MARYLOUclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is legendary pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams’ Zoning. Originally released in 1974 on her own label and later reissued by Smithsonian Folkways, it features the pianist and jazz luminary working with a small ensemble on a number of gorgeous piano-led pieces, imbued with soul and demonstrating her compositional ear and brilliant dexterity as a player. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/december082021 monthly 0.5 2021-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637531027753-L0MKKGEEZ7I2X2DWP3YN/SP3-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637531027748-Q0NN82UNSKEPFHZIJSTD/SP3-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637531028851-PO8H0OHBH569FBYU82SD/SP3-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637531029394-89M5NH37TMIOEGBUV0CJ/SP3-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637531030330-ZWTK966DLG79CSH37K73/SP3-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b7135f9d-b1d7-42d7-8635-250042da5819/SYLVIEMARYaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is is Searching for the Disappeared Hour, a duo album from pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson. Following on from their 2017 collaborative album Crop Circles, this LP features music expressly composed for this duo, with both musicians reflecting on the strange passage time during the pandemic. Both writers add darkness to uplifting melodies and demonstrate that the guitar and piano can blend beautifully under the right conditions. The album is out now via Pyroclastic Records and you can support it on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f6ba37e9-5a41-4f2b-bd94-ecc269bb5726/ARCHIESHEPPclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is saxophonist and composer Archie Shepp’s 1972 album for Impulse! Records, Attica Blues. With a title referring to the 1971 Attica Prison riot, describes as the bloodiest in US history, it deals with the absurdity of the events that unfolded, the shooting of George Jackson as he attempted to escape from San Quentin State Prison earlier that year, and Shepp’s disillusionment as a result of such events. The music is powerful, accessible, and diverse, with passages of poetry, soul numbers, and mellifluous big band jazz pieces. Clifford Thornton, L. Shankar, Marion Brown, James Garrison, and Jo Armstead were just some of the many musicians and vocalists who contributed to the recording. You can find the album on streaming services, with reissued physical copies available on various platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/december012021 monthly 0.5 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637529768020-D55NI45PC4667JZ0NKBP/EP-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637529768648-ELG1YDV9F65W58FQXQQX/EP-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637529770702-KHBYK8XHKJKHP85FOOMA/EP-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637529772988-YV1L5PIU1H7YY9MTCBMD/EP-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1637529772957-PLDTQ0QW2GREYY4F7RA8/EP-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/91e97ca7-6911-4498-b792-467cf41dea64/SARAaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is vocalist-composer Sara Serpa’s Intimate Strangers, a collaboration with author Emmanuel Iduma exploring the experiences of migrants, refugees, and displaced people. Serpa is joined by fellow vocalists Aubrey Johnson and Sofía Rei, pianist Matt Mitchell, and synth player Qasim Naqvi to create evocative musical responses to stories from Iduma’s book, A Stranger’s Post. All spoken word segments in the recordings are written by Iduma, and all compositions are Serpa’s work. The project was commissioned by John Zorn and premiered at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust in 2018. You can support the album via Biophila Records on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/89533ec7-52e8-4b2b-9c05-03dbab03df28/DOROTHYMINORclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is pioneering harpist and composer Dorothy Ashby’s 1958 LP, In A Minor Groove. The quartet project was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder at his own studio Studio and hears flautist Frank Wess, bassist Herman Wright, and drummer Roy Haynes joining Ashby on a set of eight mellow, comforting tracks. The tracklist includes two of Ashby’s originals: opener Rascallity and a track echoing the album title in It's a Minor Thing, as well as pieces written by Oscar Pettiford and Cole Porter, amongst others. You can find the album on streaming services as part of a jazz harp trilogy, as well as reissued digital and physical releases on various platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/november242021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636307863867-397SFZERO9307ULHTQ4U/Solo-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636307863696-J0131DVTQPNNHSIJILFD/Solo-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636307865232-3WEIBXYR16UDSISGR7LT/Solo-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636307866119-7ZUSW279M5M0J98458CA/Solo-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636307866846-JBW648IA9INLGVCH2X1J/Solo-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/ab580e0f-aa67-490f-bf14-7dc5c6a0f184/IVOaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is pianist and composer Ivo Neame’s Glimpses of Truth. The album was written and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a big band including Jason Yarde and Nathaniel Facey, plus guests Ingrid Jensen, Gilad Hekselman, and Jim Hart making contributions remotely. The track titles and musical moods find Neame grappling with the so-called post-truth age. The album is released via Whirlwind Recordings and you can support it on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/46e1204e-4e7c-4e41-8e96-db913720f44c/DAWANclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is multi-instrumentalist and composer Dawan Muhammad’s Deep Stream. Released in 1979, the largely instrumental record does feature vocalist Delores Pierce on the title track and ballad Is That You, as well as Oscar Williams on trumpet, Paul Nagle on piano, and Daniel Sabanovich and Prince Lawsha on drums and percussion. There’s plenty of variety on show, with sweet strings introducing Is That You, a deep funky vibe on opener Anxiety, and a cool jazz flavour on Sun/Moon/Stars. You can find the record on Bandcamp and streaming platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/november172021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636301693441-DZWP12UJ50FU289BPXGW/NZAO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636301693655-P9N38PAJ14JJR6XM4PRH/NZAO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636301695482-862MV9NI6RR39YAFWXXG/NZAO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636301695847-JEXM8EDE4T7MDPQKDT0Z/NZAO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1636301696611-AMO2NHGSHRNXXYVU7RAX/NZAO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/aa0f9c7a-f731-4819-83e0-158fc26948b6/CHARLIEaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is drummer Charlie Rumback’s seventh LP as a leader, entitled Seven Bridges. Rumback is joined by ten musicians on the album, including Ron Miles on cornet, Jim Baker on analogue synthesizer, and Macie Stewart on violin and voice, amongst others. The album has been described as a ‘departure from his recent work’ and was produced by John Hughes at HFT Studio. You can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/72604c3f-b839-4f3c-9944-435d63936931/NORMAclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is vocalist Norma Winstone’s debut solo album, Edge of Time. Recorded in 1971 and released the following year, it features musicians such as Kenny Wheeler on trumpet and flugelhorn, Art Theman on saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet, John Taylor on piano, and Tony Levin on drums, amongst many others. There’s plenty of arrangement variety across the eight tracks, with duo, quintet, and large ensemble numbers. Physical reissues of the album have been released in the last decade, and you can track the album down on streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/november102021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634925057951-LXNIFL1NP6YHH1WR8330/PIANO+TRIO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634925057824-GUX88IBCC28ALPP1PY5U/PIANO+TRIO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634925060623-XPTBAURWLJMBC42KHU8B/PIANO+TRIO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634925060730-EPOA20UNUBNLDB5UL719/PIANO+TRIO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634925061730-32DFN3106GKCAFIMUKFO/PIANO+TRIO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/10855d7a-6cdb-49a1-b48d-7da9e6ae7867/IEaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Irreversible Entanglements’ third LP, Open The Gates. With Camae Ayewa’s spoken word poetry at the forefront, the self-produced album builds upon the sonic base of their previous two, with several band members doubling on synths and percussion, augmenting Keir Neuringer’s saxophone playing, Aquiles Navarro’s trumpet lines, Luke Stewart’s hypnotic bass lines, and Tcheser Holmes’ drumming. The LP is out via International Anthem and Don Giovanni Records, and you can support it on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/fbe359f5-227a-4ed2-b6dd-83949f97a237/OLIVERNELSONclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is the self-titled 1978 release from vocalist and pianist Rimona Francis. With seven tunes and a strong fusion flavour, the album features Leszek Zadlo on saxophones, Jasper Van’t Hof on keys, Barry Finnerty on guitar, Frank Tusa on bass, and Buddy Williams on drums. Its pieces use unusual time signatures and arrangement ideas to add interest to gentle ballads and uptempo instrumental pieces alike. You can find the album on streaming services, with physical copies on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/november032021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772811250-IRIRYWZ8QHYYREJ7R4IS/LONDON-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772811493-G1T7CPA3OCTIOY4TLZL1/LONDON-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772812979-6PHIOTVQPXCCF95MHPCP/LONDON-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772813549-UOKDLZRUGPQRDJ8TA4SL/LONDON-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772814419-78BNBCJYHZG2OR55F2O9/LONDON-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772639027-5HBKXDTPBZV745XNN7T8/NISHLAaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the hotly anticipated debut album from visionary vocalist and songwriter Nishla Smith. Released with Whirlwind recordings, it features her fellow Manchester-based musicians Richard Jones on piano, Aaron Wood on trumpet, Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley on bass, and Johnny Hunter on drums. The album plays out over the course of a single sleepless night, informed by insomnia and as well as the difficulties that can shape one’s personality. Nishla’s evocative storytelling and versatile voice draw the listener in wonderfully. You can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634772701767-YQF7DATK4I4JX7JG8ZHN/RIMONAFRANCISclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is the self-titled 1978 release from vocalist and pianist Rimona Francis. With seven tunes and a strong fusion flavour, the album features Leszek Zadlo on saxophones, Jasper Van’t Hof on keys, Barry Finnerty on guitar, Frank Tusa on bass, and Buddy Williams on drums. Its pieces use unusual time signatures and arrangement ideas to add interest to gentle ballads and uptempo instrumental pieces alike. You can find the album on streaming services, with physical copies on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/october272021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634308903211-1ZMM5JG3LNWVU219ZSR1/GLOBAL-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634308905081-8VSI5FPZANVATLZYJU7P/GLOBAL-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634308905309-MK2W5BKE2ECIXOPWK418/GLOBAL-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634308907427-SVZTANU9XL1NEKTH7PYO/GLOBAL-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634308907182-R0G8VW5I3AARDM6L7Q87/GLOBAL-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634309832100-NDHGQF1VYAEONDSKDKYW/LevitationAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Illusions & Realities, the second album from London-based large ensemble Levitation Orchestra. The line-up expands to fourteen members for this LP, with violin player Beatriz Rola joining the group, which is led by trumpeter Axel Kaner-Lidstrom. Compositions for the album were formed out of group discussions on various topics, and whilst the group have always had a strong collective ethos, pianist Roella Oloro is singled out for her influential contributions to the creative process. You can support the album via Gearbox Records on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634309894331-H9F4DEAHHOM4ZVD6ZKCL/DADISIKOMOLAFEclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is an outstanding, spiritual recording by alto saxophonist and flautist Dadisi Komolafe. Like pianist Linda Hill, Komolafe was an associate of Horace Tapscott and his Pan-Afrikan People’s Arkestra. Released in 1983, the album features pianist Eric Tillman, vibes player Rickey Kelly, bassist Roberto Miranda, and drummer Sunship Theus. You can find the record on Bandcamp or a vinyl reissue from the Pure Pleasure audiophile label. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/october202021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634047614138-LBRR5JDW2RCSL1LGAQY3/FILMVIDTHEATRE-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634047609490-5TTUF4DE3AIRSHNYBNI1/FILMVIDTHEATRE-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634047632618-7RRCR60RYCDU9MOEO02L/FILMVIDTHEATRE-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634047635959-J57LO47TCAH6HYIB65CQ/FILMVIDTHEATRE-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634047644714-OIXRMUEJNWCWNV5VT8AA/FILMVIDTHEATRE-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634048041050-I19AGM5IDLDIWNTK155B/ARTIFACTSaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week comes from flautist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid, and drummer Mike Reed as the all-star trio, Artifacts. Entitled ‘. . . and then there's this’, the nine-track album hears all three of the performer-educators—who were on the executive board of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM) between 2009 and 2011—contributing original compositions, as well as interpreting pieces written by AACM members Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell. Check out the album via Astral Spirits on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1634048095152-CY2YIVP6IJCO66AAV973/LOVESUPREMEclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is a recently uncovered private recording of John Coltrane performing his magnum opus live at The Penthouse club in Seattle in late 1965. The lineup featured John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders on saxophones, McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, Jimmy Garrison and Donald (Rafael) Garrett on basses, plus a young Carlos Ward sitting in. Engineer Kevin Reeves suggests that the master tapes from which this recording was restored and mastered are “in excellent condition”, adding that they’re “among the best amateur recordings of John Coltrane we’ve had the pleasure to work on.” You can find the album on all major platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/october122021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268028935-5OLKZ0YYN26C0VQIUJM0/DUOSNOV-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268028348-6N38CC0A4C1W3SEU68OG/DUOSNOV-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268032095-1G0AIL0EWMV7NMHSG5D1/DUOSNOV-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268036066-1UM12HOHTJ0DOFVJ4HSS/DUOSNOV-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268039215-B9J3IGTHMRS70WX3NKWS/DUOSNOV-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268130300-O0LPCVXYNOYHZOV7HHBR/HEIRIKANZIGaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Swiss bassist and composer Heiri Känzig’s new album, Travelin’. The ten-track album features Känzig’s own compositions and one traditional piece, performed by an array of talented musicians including the virtuosic oud player Amine Mraihi, who shines on the title track. Matthieu Michel is on flugelhorn, Veronika Stalder on vocals, Lionel Friedli on drums, and Marc Méan on piano. The album is out now on Universal Music and you can find it via several outlets, below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632268436723-SCOM5BK02LTFSW9O8KT3/HUMDONOclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is a landmark recording in the history of British jazz and is also an international affair, emphasising the importance of migration and collaboration. Hum Dono was recorded at London’s Lansdowne Studios in February and March, 1969, and features five compositions from guitarist Amancio D’Silva—who had arrived in London in 1967, having been inspired to pursue jazz as a teenager in India—plus one short piece from saxophonist Joe Harriott, who had come through Kingston’s Alpha Boys School and migrated to London in the early fifties. Such greats as vocalist Norma Winstone, bassist Dave Green, and trumpeter/flugelhorn player Ian Carr feature on the record, which showcases Winstone’s wordless vocalisation, Harriott’s incredible tone, the fiery drumming of Bryan Spring, and D’Silva’s facility for writing and soloing. Ballad For Goa, referencing D’Silva’s parents’ home region, encapsulates everything that’s brilliant about the record. You can find it on streaming services, with a few reissued physical copies still available too. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/october052021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631206053008-K9IVWPO7OIPUN2JB6TQE/BBJO2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631206053477-0ELSOJTW9KDVEVPA07F3/BBJO2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631206055695-XUUBPFOG7YRF6015E74B/BBJO2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631206056232-1V792SL1MBZFFAA1YA8M/BBJO2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631206056826-0ERAHFEN7QUF1F7GA2AM/BBJO2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631920165408-QFG1JAYDNN4A3W6CPRAK/ENRICOaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the new live album from trumpeter and flugelhorn player Enrico Rava. It hears the ECM artist and composer leading a sextet that includes Francesco Bearzatti on tenor saxophone, Francesco Diodati on guitar, Giovanni Guidi on piano and guitar, Gabriele Evangelista on bass, and Enrico Morello on drums. You can find the album below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632261554789-KGT6VHO9LB9NP7J6UX6I/LINDASHARROCKclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is a 48-minute live recording captured in Paris, France, in 2016 and released on the now dormant Improvising Beings label. It finds renowned vocalist Linda Sharrock leading a group which features Mario Rechtern on baritone, soprano, and sopranino saxophones, Itaru Oki on trumpet, flugelhorn, and flutes, Lucien Johnson on tenor saxophone, Claude Parle on accordion, Yoram Rosilio on double bass, and Makoto Sato: drums. The continuous free jazz piece features Sharrock’s raw screams, howling saxophones, lightning-fast accordion notes, and plenty of fascinating textures in its swirling soundscapes. You can get the digital album via Bandcamp. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/september282021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198732309-GOY4WQLM4S3SJOX815E4/TRIBS4-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198732869-SI0DRUKYJ7DBRRY8X74R/TRIBS4-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198734547-1XE3ZR5N30BT3V0ITP9J/TRIBS4-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198735116-ME6HRX5Z18SIPT59QE7I/TRIBS4-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198735714-GH6CMEDQ3ESWYYSQS263/TRIBS4-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631198955936-44MCR9ZWH8TYTAWIWHQW/COOKERSaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the new offering from a band of veritable jazz legends who go by the name of The Cookers. Formed over a decade ago, the group features Billy Harper on tenor sax, Eddie Henderson and David Weiss on trumpet, NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, Jr. on alto sax, George Cables on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Billy Hart on drums. The new LP for Gearbox Records was recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio by Maureen Sickler and features seven original compositions penned by various band members. You can support the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631199068057-H59N3B0YDJ7JV2PK0UNV/SOULSISTERSCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is organist Gloria Coleman and drummer Pola Roberts’ sole collaborative album for Impulse!, entitled Soul Sisters. With the exception of Grant Green’s Funky Bob, all of the album’s compositions were written by Coleman, and feature the playing of Grant Green on electric guitar and Leo Wright on alto saxophone. Coleman doesn’t sing on this LP, like she would on later recordings, but shows her soulful, funky touch on electric organ throughout. You can find the LP on streaming services, but physical copies aren’t the easiest to come by. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/september212021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849652430-VDVOUQ602EA2E2Z3TC4U/FREEIMPROV-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849653059-GCLOQ934G36SARL02YZ1/FREEIMPROV-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849655148-CL403ILEC57319W65GFW/FREEIMPROV-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849655569-H4KKYB4CWENN0KH5S5RY/FREEIMPROV-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849656510-DTIX7ZJ83IW29785GC0F/FREEIMPROV-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849722935-EI87C279QBB2YW2SUON7/LucyVanishaAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut collaborative album from vocalists and songwriters Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. A collection of originals and ‘carefully curated standards’, the twelve-song album ‘offers a glimpse into the private lives of women told from their unique perspectives’. They are joined by guitarist Eric Zolan, bassist Dan Pappalrdo, cellist Kate Victor and violinist Ludovica Burtone. You can buy the album via Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630849961848-73JB3F6YJ3IA3TJXQKLS/SONNYREDclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released fifty years ago and featuring such greats as Billy Higgins and Cedar Walton, the alto saxophonist and flautist Sonny Red’s eponymous album is our #NQJazzClassicAlbum this week. The album has seven tunes packed with memorable melodies and soulful, efficient playing from Walton on piano. You can find it on streaming services, with a few physical copies on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/september142021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802526771-H26U1AVF6400IUGCCDOU/ELECTRONICS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802526860-M2KZLVTPS3QAGBJPZ6QQ/ELECTRONICS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802527512-0Z4OHDHBM038F0G9SAIR/ELECTRONICS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802527756-LJH0MTJY1XZD45ASEAWB/ELECTRONICS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802528135-JWHRZ75J2GCGQXMJTVH8/ELECTRONICS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802181187-XQ5LL3V4T8JUN6QP12NF/MIHOHAZAMAaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is composer and conductor Miho Hazama’s ‘Imaginary Visions’. It finds the GRAMMY-nominated artist, who has been the chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band since 2019, creating an album with the DRBB that consists entirely of her own compositions. Hazama’s inspiration for the compositions comes in part from the big band and its previous conductors. As Hazama explains: “These compositions are hugely inspired by DRBB members; their tone color, character of playing, strength, uniqueness and authenticity. Also, these are secretly inspired by compositions from the former chief conductors (music directors) of DRBB, such as Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer and JimMcNeely.” The album is out on 24th September via Edition Records and you can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630802042531-JMSQYIKP4Z97KALSP7DK/EEROclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released fifty years ago, our NQ Jazz classic album this week is Eero Koivistoinen’s The Original Sin. Recorded at Scandia Studio in Helsinki and released in 1971, the record features six tunes, with double drums throughout from Esko Rosnell and Reino Laine, and some beautiful horn parts from an array of players. From the formidable riff of the title track, to the blissed-out vibe on Summersea and the double-drum solo on Sinner, it’s a record packed with highlights. The album was recently reissued by Svart Records, so you can find it on CD, wax, and on streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/september072021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451414013-1J7HFIABEKGI9OVWC8U9/Electric+guitarists-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451413742-SYQWHNNVHCRHG90CLRRI/Electric+guitarists-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451415072-05NAVXXEP61YU1MQ5PAJ/Electric+guitarists-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451415724-AOOFW7TQHMDIJKADFED6/Electric+guitarists-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451416212-CM6WPMEUMQ1VCQDZLZEJ/Electric+guitarists-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631306966889-2IKDVHWRKLWBOEKZ7G7C/SSHDaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the first duo recording from sax and flute player Skeeter Shelton with drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake. Entitled Sclupperbep, it was recorded in early 2019 and features a number of Skeeter’s themes within its free improvisational flow. The pair decided to record together after a chance musical encounter, when Skeeter depped for Hamid’s partner on a show in Detroit. Before the show, it was discovered that Skeeter’s father, Ajaramu Shelton, had been Hamid’s drum teacher and mentor at Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, giving the pair an immediate bond. Their playing on the recording is immensely powerful. You can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630451557724-PZI8987NWHWWY36ZDUK4/BillieCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is Billie Holiday’s Songs For Distingué Lovers. Recorded in early 1957 with an ensemble that included Ben Webster on tenor saxophone and Jimmy Rowles on piano, it originally featured six songs and was expanded with subsequent re-issues. Holiday’s voice and delivery never fail to touch the soul, and this recording is no exception. Find it on streaming services and physical copies from various outlets, including recent audiophile reissues. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/august312021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630364182863-2QOG3SOHORDN5Y9QZQ16/QUARTETS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630364183027-BXYMR7TT0QL8OXGYDYFG/QUARTETS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630364185154-0SEUMKLUB7FWXXW6PCF3/QUARTETS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630364185243-T4XZ7YH25ZIKZQRTEKDN/QUARTETS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630364186288-PEG0C1JVKCUUWWFBM4Y2/QUARTETS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629382487269-E243JK6FTCOX75V7DVB6/NATBIRCHALLaotw-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the latest offering from multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Nat Birchall. The Greater Manchester-based artist plays all of the instruments on Ancient Africa, including tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, bass, drums and percussion. With each of the six track titles, Birchall pays tribute to the African continent—which he describes as “the root of everything ... the source of civilization, art, music, you name it”—plus the great writer, Malidoma Patrice Somé. With rich horn arrangements, uncomplicated piano parts, and lyrical solos, it’s another heart-warming LP from Birchall’s impressive discography. You can support the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629382547652-UNZDHPTE7GYGRL8WSWRC/ELMSTREETclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is House On Elm Street, a soulful late sixties offering from pianist Harold Johnson’s Sextet +. Johnson’s piano playing and arrangements are melodic, sensitive and accessible, with great musicianship on display and an inviting, homely feel. The touching tune Dolores has a Take Five feel but uses 6/8 time, with beautiful woodwinds from David Crawford and an assortment of saxophonists. You can track the album down on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/august242021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629817236837-TV9LVTP8RKXJ7DCW7DGX/VOCALISTS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331240474-11FPG9KPE656FQV6KUCD/VOCALISTS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331240871-IJC4FSR4RBQRC02A9BDH/VOCALISTS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331242658-MHTJBJ1ACNDQKI3C7SZZ/VOCALISTS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331242522-CPQUU6ZR8STA3M2IRSGZ/VOCALISTS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331293889-CKEU0QPM3BNBNJ2MBTQC/WebWebAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the new LP from Munich-based group, Web Web. Featuring contributions from the great Brandee Younger and Charles Tolliver amongst others, this collaborative and spirited offering pays homage to the musical directions of the early seventies, whilst sounding fresh in its technical execution. ‘Akinuba / The Heart’ sets a Yusef Lateef monologue to music, and the filmic ‘Satori Ways’ features beautiful harp, horns, and mellotron. You can support the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331370101-RWLEVT4SLMLOBC8JNP0B/LEEMORGANclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is an eight-disc box set from Blue Note Records, presenting twelve sets of music from the legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan. All were captured during his quintet’s residency at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, which took place in July, 1970. The group features saxophonist Bennie Maupin, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt, and drummer Mickey Roker. You can find this momentous release on the Blue Note Store, QoBuz, streaming services, and various other platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/august172021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629331563667-4AK6E23XWGMD01XEDVIM/ALEXAQUIN-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1628422984028-IGXSS5F7HP0UNG5EVTVN/QUIN-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1628422985377-4OY8LXK17QI5LEKTUY79/QUIN-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1628422986022-C6NB9F291GMAP34UQCTL/QUIN-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1628422986571-TGKGRAGLE6ATD909XYHS/QUIN-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626800015011-E3K2N98YYERLP0156WD1/SeanGibbsAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is trumpeter Sean Gibbs’ new album for Ubuntu Music, entitled When can I see you again?. Recorded over two dates in 2020 with Gibbs joined by Riley Stone-Lonergan on tenor sax, Rob Brockway on piano, Calum Gourlay on bass, and Jay Davis on drums, it features original compositions reflecting upon the human connections compromised during the lockdown. You can support the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626800087383-TALGO8HIQRML8A5ZB3WF/RolandKirkCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week comes from the multi-talented Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Recorded in June, 1968, and released the following year, Left & Right features the 20-minute epic Expansions, as well as pieces by Charles Mingus, Billy Strayhorn, and Quincy Jones. The fascinating sound world of Roland Kirk finds space for strings, electric organ, various woodwinds, and occasionally spoken word, all giving the music a unique sonic fingerprint. You can find the album on streaming services and platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/august102021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788131035-D28WDT6AHU29RM6750NM/ORGANTRIO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788130434-TRURTJ52X3RH8YU79AZM/ORGANTRIO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788133092-UA724V37DFRJ2I1C3KSW/ORGANTRIO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788132689-LIRU8BBTL3CULF2JFIXO/ORGANTRIO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788135156-6YO8CRYNEPJ21V9X7DD7/ORGANTRIO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788222984-XVNPKY86R9TC27M3POF9/AdiMeyersonAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is bassist and composer Adi Meyerson’s second album, I Want To Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life. Described as a ‘six-part musical journey inspired by the life and work of iconic avant-garde visual artist Yayoi Kusama’, the album features Meyerson on bass and production duties, Marquis Hill on trumpet, Anne Drummond on flute, Lucas Pino on bass clarinet and saxophone, Sam Towse on keys, Kush Abadey on drums, spoken word artist Eden Girma and vocalists Sabeth Perez and Camille Thurman. You can support the album on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626788356753-6F1KPIJI88R7P857Q5EV/IRENELOUISCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is the eponymous release from pianist Irène Schweizer and percussionist Louis Moholo on Intakt Records. Recorded at the International Jazz Festival in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1986, it contains brilliant improvisation, dynamic shifts, and the spirit of celebration. The duo has endured through the decades, and this release explains why! You can find the release on Bandcamp and streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/august032021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626117625932-68CY7PO2IX8EAYZGX00I/VIBES2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626117629293-UE3XMFZ2W909TNH1NRLN/VIBES2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626117629441-N9V44OEJ72B3X7JR7KKZ/VIBES2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626117632911-HOZOWK16YILTZ0BSJXTW/VIBES2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626117633064-TNQF0Y757DP3M09W34OM/VIBES2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626118253432-VLFU7STFCI7C0E81REMZ/JIDAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the latest LP from the terrific Jazz is Dead label. This, the eighth album in the Jazz is Dead series, hears Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad working with keys player, arranger, and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator, Brian Jackson. Younge suggests that Jackson “set the tone for the entire label,” with this recording, which was the first one made for the series. Younge continues: “We never knew what this could all be, but with his inspirational character and musicianship, he led us on the right path. We are forever indebted to this icon.” You can support the project on Bandcamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1626118178140-MK8M2GIWBULUXMQ47CG2/ALICEclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our NQ Jazz classic album this week is a collection of devotional songs from one of the guiding lights in spiritual jazz: the late multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer, Alice Coltrane. Recorded in 1981, these inspiring chants feature just Alice Coltrane’s voice and Wurlitzer organ, differing from the material printed on cassette for the students of the ashram in 1982, which also contained synthesizers, strings, and sound effects. Ravi Coltrane states: “as her son, growing up and hearing her playing these songs on the very same Wurlitzer you hear on this recording, I recognize this choice maintains the purity and essence of Alice’s musical and spiritual vision. In many ways, this new clarity brings these chants to an even higher place.” You can explore the project on streaming services and buy physical copies from various outlets. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/july272021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245730359-4NFTJGOTAS0XLQ3MQCUM/LLSOLO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245728104-F79E30LL2G0IB4K11GX6/LLSOLO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245739584-ML3IKVXUTVOJZJX5XVO6/LLSOLO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245739631-ZNQKL5NPP57BNYQZ8UBA/LLSOLO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245743288-0OQOPQGBWSS6XVCJU9HH/LLSOLO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245793498-W3MF5VYFIIJW2LRVT3B1/XhosaAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut offering from saxophonist and 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician winner, Xhosa Cole. With guest spots from fellow saxophonist Soweto Kinch and pianist Reuben James alongside a core quartet featuring Jay Phelps on trumpet, James Owston on bass and James Bashford on drums, the album explores standards and classic cuts penned by the likes of Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan, and Thelonious Monk. The album is out on Stoney Lane Records and you can check it out on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625245867599-7X5KWQF22XFTZX9WM8JB/KRALclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s NQ Jazz classic album is Irene Kral’s Kral Space. Released in 1977 and recorded with the backing of a quartet comprising pianist Alan Broadbent, bassist Fred Atwood, drummer Nick Ceroli, and vibes player and percussionist Emil Richards, it is the penultimate studio album of the renowned vocalist’s career, prior to her untimely passing in 1978. The record captures the beautiful qualities of her voice and features a great set of tunes, including Star Eyes, The Song is You, and Cole Porter’s Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/july202021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624024937462-ILXYCF4CJKRAC5UH8QMQ/LIVE3-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624024945366-HJP682IPODGFOU38L1NF/LIVE3-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624024942768-NA340FRV1NK6L2OMY1K9/LIVE3-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624024946185-SGH2ZNK1KDJ0LEIP434Q/LIVE3-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624024947347-CHJMEZB5NPEKTKZJINXQ/LIVE3-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624025115922-E2GVLX31CY1BOW2D8XPZ/SOMIAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is vocalist and songwriter Somi’s incredible tribute to a late giant of South African music, Miriam Makeba. Featuring contributions from Seun Kuti, Thandiswa Mazwai, Gregory Porter, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Nduduzo Makhathini amongst others, it is a star-studded project which focuses on many of Makeba’s popular songs, as well as her message of social justice. You can support the project on various platforms via the listen button below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1624025214930-MEA1539T12ZGZJP1QR21/PVGSclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s NQ Jazz classic album is the sole recording from the Paul Van Gysegem Sextet. Recorded in Ghent and released in 1971 on the Futura label, Aorta is a free improvisation project which features Van Gysegem on upright bass, Pierre Courbois on drums, Jasper Van'T Hof on piano, Nolle Neels on tenor sax, Patrick De Groote on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Ronald Lecourt on the vibraphone. Ghent’s own el NEGOCITO Records, who recently put out Paul Van Gysegem Quartet’s Square Talks—his first album as a leader in almost half a century—described the LP as ‘one of the key documents of that turbulent era’. They explain: ‘don't judge a man by the size of his discography. Paul Van Gysegem can only be heard on a handful of releases, but he played a crucial role in the development and visibility of improvised music in Belgium.’ Check out Aorta on streaming services and via Discogs, and find Van Gysegem’s latest release, Square Talks, via el NEGOCITO on Bandcamp! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/july132021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512409813-M92BLSSTNMKBMV79XX76/DUO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512408933-QCKJ6ZRO5LVZAER53EL1/DUO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512410316-L4XK9DYOHH12OZ9U1O1H/DUO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512411127-FHH427HWUXB8UPFZ2IMT/DUO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512411786-BV90MT03OXL7IOR13YRW/DUO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512466512-272CBXZMMY6C9NMXEY85/JCBAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is bassist and bandleader Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley’s first for Ubuntu Music. Entitled Joy in Bewilderment, it ‘stretches from solo piano and string quartet to 13-piece, three drummer ensembles’, featuring guests such as Chris Potter and Amika Quartet. Reflecting on the album, Cavanagh-Brierley suggests that the album “encapsulates optimism for the future and gratitude for the now. I’m writing for myself with this album. This is the music that I hear, and it feels like the most honest expression I’ve created to date.” Support the album via the Ubuntu Music site or on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623512783343-68M11M7Q7Q1JIFLR3G6U/HAZELclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album As its title would suggest, this week’s NQ Jazz classic album is a soothing listen, with some beautifully played piano pieces from the legendary pianist, vocalist, and civil rights activist Hazel Scott. There are also one or two uptempo numbers too, where the contributions of Charles Mingus on bass Max Roach on drums shine through. Scott’s classical abilities shine through on Peace of Mind and her playing is exquisite throughout. You can find the record on streaming services and physical copies via several platforms. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/july062021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557000313-IP4NQ3A71GHY3FED5Q6N/REMIXES-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557001452-9NAHQANIGW6ZLBUI0DAL/REMIXES-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557003195-AQKQPUDUUE5MLOG6GHUV/REMIXES-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557003281-6QEJ7GNID2ALYQGCZRUQ/REMIXES-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557004423-FXOPH8FG8ML4PZKL5W1U/REMIXES-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557128944-LFQGUOUCPZGA7YM095YO/SamaraAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the eponymous debut album from 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition winner, Samara Joy. Joy is backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio on this twelve song tour de force, recorded at Oktaven Audio in October, 2020. Referring to the album and its songs, Joy says: “It's a glimpse of what I've learned so far, and a way for me to pay homage to those who have come before, while lending my own perspective to these songs.” You can support the album on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622557548461-NTD31JKGWTGP53EG3VPJ/GIGIclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week comes from the late saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and educator Gigi Gryce–later known as Basheer Qusim. Recorded with Rudy Van Gelder and released in 1960, The Rat Race Blues features trumpeter Richard Williams, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist Julian Euell, and drummer Granville Roker. The album proved to be one of Gryce’s last as leader. His quintet morphed into the Gigi Gryce Orch-tette, resulting in another album release in 1961, but it is thought that Gryce began to withdraw from the jazz scene later in the decade. Both his genius for a lick and his abilities as a solo player are evident on Blue In Bloom, one of two Norman Mapp pieces amongst the album’s five tracks. The album is available on streaming services within a collection of Gryce’s classic albums from 1955-60. You can find hard copies on platforms such as Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/june292021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622540242147-B2VBHZZAV8M48A48B9XA/TRIBS3-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622540242317-4Z6WHWL1HH6T9D873LNZ/TRIBS3-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622540244744-3ETPISL9RRDWEONVOWDT/TRIBS3-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622540245255-PXKPKO5V41H6DFALHWD4/TRIBS3-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622540245877-4A5T7F2DBL1RH8V4C4K6/TRIBS3-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1623434797847-8FI7SL9AVHT3Y4P26SA6/EMMAJAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson’s debut album with her group, Gravy Boat. Entitled Worry Not, it was recorded at 80 Hertz in Manchester and Valley Wood Studios, and features Fergus Vickers on electric guitar, Richard Jones on piano, Angus Milne on upright bass, and Steve Hanley on drums. Johnson conceived the album to ‘evoke a journey through an impending storm.’ Its eight tracks were inspired by ‘watery imagery’ alongside ‘the worries that everyone faces and deals with’. You can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622541750304-HXWBNF1YFUKZ24ASRRCK/GERIclassic-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week is the late pianist and composer Geri Allen’s 1996 LP, Eyes… in the back of your head. Featuring contributions from trumpeter Wallace Roney, saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and percussionist Cyro Baptista, it has a perfectly pensive mood, with beautiful solo piano pieces alongside tracks subtly embellished with soft hand drums and cabasa. The tune Dark Eyes encapsulates everything that’s great about the record: virtuosic playing from Allen, a gentle percussive rhythm and fine soloing from Roney. A brilliant record from a sorely missed artist. Whilst this title isn’t on streaming services, a number of Allen’s other titles are. You can find hard copies of this album on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/june222021 monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940384601-JLC0ISCBXQPNRZZU2V1P/BRAZIL-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940383632-PM4TCB2N4PP0V4YHBHWW/BRAZIL-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940391022-N7GURMC98W78VICLITL0/BRAZIL-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940392313-07ZCPKR5CY3KVEFNILVV/BRAZIL-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940393264-C2R3SHAY9QLJPQ7M2ILK/BRAZIL-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940493303-Z8S9UJ6S1S03UHI45RIA/ArchAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week comes from experimental trio Archipelago and is entitled Echoes To The Sky. The group consists of Faye MacCalman on tenor saxophone, clarinet, synthesizer and vocals, with John Pope on electric bass, FX and vocals, and Christian Alderson on drums and percussion. Lead single Chemical boasts a meaty riff, crunchy electric bass and punishing drums from Alderson, but there’s plenty of subtlety to the tune too! You can support the project on Bandcamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620940555300-IJU3942KCOMYXN1TLJVN/COURSILCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album comes from the late trumpeter, composer, and educator Jacques Coursil. Featuring Anthony Braxton on contrabass clarinet and Arthur Jones—the saxophonist Coursil played alongside in Frank Wright’s quintet in New York—it’s a seminal free work that Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic described as one of Coursil’s two LPs for BYG’s Actuel series ‘to take off to the desert island’. Note the deliberate absence of rhythm, brilliant bass playing of Beb Guerin, and the fantastic brooding atmosphere created at the beginning of the second part. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/june152021 monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620169817444-DKYVPQWHKXY34XBNMR96/SP2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620169818179-R3EY049NPPJIOQ2N4A2Z/SP2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620169818689-1MMIA1U1OFJ1GAWLFUXZ/SP2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620169819740-LJOTZRZ5AKC2SEIPIPRQ/SP2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620169820359-F738SAZ6AIR1C5XD6ARH/SP2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620170052060-ML9NC7MV2O7H1TIEL0OP/TomokoAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is violin player and composer Tomoko Omura’s second installment of her project, Branches. The Shizuoka-born artist’s fifth studio album, it features six more original compositions inspired by Japanese folktales, and arrangements of Japanese popular songs. Omura is accompanied by guitarist Jeff Miles, pianist Glenn Zaleski, bassist Pablo Menares and drummer Jay Sawyer. You can sample and support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620170129751-KJCI4JOCI4A1ED5IRP6E/ABBEYCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album comes from vocalist and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln, later known as Aminata Moseka. Lincoln’s voice may be recognisable from Max Roach’s 1960 recording We Insist!, and Roach is involved in this recording too, playing alongside a star-studded group including Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, and Coleman Hawkins amongst others. Straight Ahead features a fine set of songs, including Blue Monk and Retribution, an original sung passionately in the first person. Find the record on streaming services and hard copies on platforms like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/june082021 monthly 0.5 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045567058-PPUU9OQLC4TA8UVJOZV0/SCOTLAND-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045567256-W7Q66QL7OX24Y77ZOONX/SCOTLAND-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045569224-6KP2S2VJTLJK15AVHEFI/SCOTLAND-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045569097-ZVNRTDYQN3F0VBMJ30PN/SCOTLAND-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045570167-GETLIGRC21U3HXJ0RKY1/SCOTLAND-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620166843356-EJ94IMEFRI8JVHINFUVB/ChesAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is an experimental and genuinely unique album from Ches Smith’s We All Break. It hears the drummer and composer blending elements of Haitian Vodou and contemporary jazz, alongside a remarkable band featuring pianist Matt Mitchell, saxophonist Miguel Zenón, bassist Nick Dunston, vocalist Sirene Dantor Rene, and master drummers Daniel Brevil, Markus Schwartz and Fanfan Jean-Guy Rene. Smith’s first encounter with Haitian music was over twenty years ago, and as he explains: “I was captivated, likely because things central in the various musics I play – polyrhythm, polytonality, improvisation, extended timbral awareness, tension and release, channeled aggression and power, and most vitally surprise – I found again, and anew, in this traditional form.” Saxophonist Miguel Zenón described participating in the project as “the kind of thing you live for.” High praise indeed from the experienced bandleader and MacArthur Fellow. The near-fourteen-minute centrepiece Lord of Healing is a standout track, with meditative piano playing, beautiful solo and ensemble vocals, crisp hand drum rhythms, and fine soloing from Zenón. The album is out via Pyroclastic Records and you can support it on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1619045974736-EW67TE93VT7WIEHN53EM/DIXONCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album is an avant-garde jazz classic from the orchestra led by composer and horn player Bill Dixon. Described as ‘an expansive collection of forward-thinking compositions’ in a five-star review for All About Jazz, the LP features saxophonists Robin Kenyatta and Byard Lancaster, and bassists Jimmy Garrison and Reggie Workman amongst notable others. This dark, textured record was reissued on vinyl a few years ago by Superior Viaduct, but remains hard to track down. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/june012021 monthly 0.5 2021-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307492966-ZS7XGPTLS4C3MAW2Y484/MFF-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307493539-TLM7SNSXW6TUW8ALD0SG/MFF-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307494097-1VXKJZXMDSSDPI6B8SXO/MFF-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307495019-91N3D13VOOBPICCON2M3/MFF-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307495891-XAV9WJ1RPN2J7NTWJ64G/MFF-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1620164683759-NQN8ZSEEFFW7TRZNL0QX/RRAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is a short and sweet offering from the London-based quartet Ruby Rushton. Packed with memorable licks from the flute of Ed Cawthorne and the horn of Nick Walters, underpinned with grooves and synth bass from the sticks and fingers of Tim Carnegie and Aidan Shepherd respectively, it’s yet another brilliant record in Tenderlonious’ ever-expanding oeuvre. You can support the project on Bandcamp, with digital copies out now and vinyl copies available shortly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617307756762-93DVV86CKYGLLTDCW7HD/PATRICECLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album is a jazz-funk masterpiece from keys player and vocalist Patrice Rushen, featuring Bill Summers of Headhunters fame on percussion, Charles Meeks on bass, Al McKay on guitar and James Gadson on drums. From the featherlight flute of Stepping Stones to the funk bass trills of Roll With The Punches, this LP is packed with cool vocal refrains, grooves, and a fine palette of electric keyboard and synth sounds. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/may252021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617811385880-ETGHLONM0G8Z5U6PRLLA/BBJO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617811385946-VCFWIMDJGCK81YKTRNTA/BBJO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1618405682251-RU6MT3KGSHU6CV639LPB/BBJO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617811388582-S1FYAXYQ6E6KBZ0NYJ9K/BBJO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617811389657-MQLEEPWJJF9STW6ICA4U/BBJO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883776147-DOSNQ5Z70MHINC7JHFW2/HappenstanceAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is a beautiful record from Mabuta’s Shane Cooper, made in collaboration with Bokani Dyer (piano), Cara Stacey (umtshingo, umrhubhe, nyunga-nyunga, piano), Daliwonga Tshangela (cello) and three percussionists: Gontse Makhene, Micca Manganye, and Jonno Sweetman. Described as a ‘sprawling jazz-concrète project’, it is the result of their collective composing, improvising and investigative recording, and later tape splicing from Cooper. Check out the album on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617234703319-7LA4W1VNPLO1454UFZ1S/ELLADUKECLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album is a meeting between two icons, captured for released on the Verve label in October, 1965. Fitzgerald sings beautifully on tunes including Strayhorn classics A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing and Passion Flower, with Ellington conducting, arranging, and playing on the sessions. Check it out and streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/may182021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617064490856-SJ3D77JR38CXC2KO3G4F/SUITES2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1621353958606-RG80XY5FYIFYCWH7R6NI/SUITES2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617064492051-XWVLQ7LAMT8K4AFHIR1I/SUITES2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617064492295-CJC5FP1XO2TS6B75DMFA/SUITES2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617064493141-5NVA72LOF4D8FIHBLPUE/SUITES2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617065096279-8WAO8ND8F18EHPYB0PJT/YOONMIAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is pianist and composer Yoonmi Choi’s 7 Days. Its material derives from Chio’s visit to the Sistine Chapel and the inspiration she felt at seeing Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’, which is central to the ceiling design. Her resulting album takes shape around ‘the Judeo-Christian account of the Earth’s creation,’ and is a conceptual, beautifully executed work. Her trio features drummer Samvel Sarkisyan and bassist Myles Sloniker. Check out the album via Outside In Music’s Next Level label and Yoonmi’s website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617065152953-W3OM22B91PBK7J1RIU0Q/MOONDOGCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album is the eponymous LP from the endlessly inspiring composer Moondog. A dazzling blend of classical, jazz, and various folk styles and textures, it’s truly an album that everyone can take something away from. His work inspired the likes of Kenny Graham and The Pentangle back in the day, but more recently, Mr. Scruff has crafted a floor-filling anthem around a sample from ‘Bird's Lament’, and Chicago-based artist Dustin Laurenzi has recorded a tribute to his work, featuring Quin Kirchner and Chad McCullough amongst others. If you haven’t heard the record, it’s a must! Find it on streaming services, hi-res digital on platforms like QoBuz, and various official vinyl pressings on sites like Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/may112021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617061882279-1DUNR12JETGLPXQUG4UU/CLS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617061882385-P24Y7C0CNLHR20F3Z38Z/CLS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617061883381-MBBG3ZC6CW3P2SQEGNDI/CLS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617061883910-MF1Q2D45AR79WRG7FT1Y/CLS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617061884658-KLPCFGEJUJCB3367L8W5/CLS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883407208-SGSXTQD3HDLUJZJ9I5O0/LucianaAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is vocalist and composer Luciana Morelli’s new album for ears&eyes records, entitled Lo abismal, el agua. Recorded with Daniel Dettwiler at Jazzcampus in Basel, the record features Philipp Hillebrand on clarinet and bass clarinet, Mauricio Silva Orendain on piano, Sebastián de Urquiza on bass and backing vocals, and Paulo Almeida on drums. Morelli’s songs draw inspiration from migration, specifically her move from Argentina to Switzerland, as well as various forms of artefact and literature, dreams and nature. Support the project on Bandcamp and Luciana Morelli’s website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617062618444-75Y2FZY41IL840WD0WKM/JOEPURSUIT-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released fifty years ago on the Milestone label, Joe Henderson’s Pursuit of Blackness hears the celebrated saxophonist and leader recording partially live before an audience and partially in a studio setting. The line-up varies as a result, with a young Stanley Clarke featuring, but George Cables playing exclusively on electric piano to brilliant effect throughout. The awesome closing track Mind Over Matter—with Pete Yellen’s bass clarinet, the atmospheric percussion and blistering drums from Lenny White—sits nicely alongside the early fusion of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. Find the record paired with the brilliant and funky Black is the Colour on streaming services, and find original LP copies on Discogs. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/may042021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616545973883-3UL57GRQWOOGW9UV8Y8E/STRINGS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616545974733-VY6GNLXCSSXMJLHBMIRR/STRINGS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616545974878-HA2ALX8YX7WDRXQ6NXVF/STRINGS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616545977240-7HGO429AS6QH2PFHCHCF/STRINGS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616545977526-89CB2SOW3OW7O0P691X3/STRINGS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883710239-06YQEWL7LDWWHUJA1WUX/UlyssesAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is master drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Big Band debut. Recorded live at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center with his multigenerational 19-piece ensemble, Soul Conversations features a combination of original pieces and covers of tunes by the likes of John Coltrane, Neil Hefti and Bobby Troup. The album is released via Outside in music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616546262974-9N3HN0Z0B9UHZODPZPNF/SHARROCKCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week takes us back to the Autumn of 1968, when guitarist Sonny Sharrock, vocalist Linda Sharrock, pianist Dave Burrell, drummer Milford Graves, trumpeter Teddy Daniel, bass players Norris Jones and Richard Pierce, and producer Herbie Mann twice convened at studios in New York to record Sonny’s first LP as a leader. Sonny plays with a sweet echo effect, and Linda’s voice soars on this spiritual early free jazz recording. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/april272021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616457915140-QNS2BL91E40LX15X5COJ/TRIO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616457915794-4OI2J9YDMIDU0H8FH0CM/TRIO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616457917988-P0JZ1MCGZO4E02DNG5KJ/TRIO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616457920874-NYCE5GXA9P0WFD7VVMNT/TRIO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616457921400-RLBWQJJ9AIK4MGMET3NF/TRIO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883661494-32Y8Q73F09ROK5RKXOB4/JBLredlilyAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is is Jesup Wagon, a new project from tenor saxophonist, composer, and leader James Brandon Lewis’ Red Lily Quintet. The group features renowned bassist William Parker on the upright as well as the gimbri—a stringed instrument commonly associated with the music of the Gnawa people—alongside Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Chris Hoffman (cello), and Chad Taylor (drums/mbira). The album comes out via Tao Forms, who describe it as ‘a brilliant and evocative appreciation of the life and legacy of turn-of-the-19th century African-American musician-painter-writer-scientist George Washington Carver.’ Support this excellent project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616458156380-XBQNBC4O7PROAJ8D0ZTE/ROLLINSCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week is saxophonist and bandleader Sonny Rollins’ 1961 LP The Bridge. Having made the decision to retreat from the jazz scene between 1959 and 1961, Rollins took to perfecting his craft with practice sessions up on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge. Away from the pressures of fame and the complaints of disgruntled neighbours, he would play for hours on end. The album made upon his return reflects Rollins’ dedication and knowhow. You can stream the album on several services, find LP copies from Music on Vinyl amongst other labels, and find out about the campaign to name the Williamsburg Bridge after Sonny Rollins via the Sonny Rollins Bridge Project. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/april202021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111622603-03PILZOHGUKLTU414K0J/LIVE2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111623282-Q8QX3XXMKAVKZYL6TJHL/LIVE2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111624054-W599Q388UCD8ZOCK6LEL/LIVE2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111624977-J2VZY44WVUR5DUYGXM42/LIVE2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111625356-HEX3MS2G8TSQJP1QMVQS/LIVE2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883621148-C6SW7QCBEA3FH90NAO7C/AlfaMistAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Bring Backs, the new album from keys player, rapper, bandleader and producer Alfa Mist. Described as ‘the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form’, the record is the London-based artist’s first for Anti-, and features contributions from Jamie Leeming (guitar), Kaya Thomas-Dyke (bass/vocals), and Johnny Woodham (trumpet). Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1616111860775-SFPQKB0X663Y8HJFIXJE/REMLERCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week is Emily Remler’s East to Wes. Her final album for Concord and only album with the combination of Hank Jones (piano), Buster Williams (bass) and Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums), it was conceived as a tribute to one of Remler’s guitar heroes, Wes Montgomery. Her rendition of Tad Dameron’s Hot House is beautiful and intricate, while Ballad From A Music Box represents some of her most sensitive playing, and the bossa nova-infused title track showcases her tremendous tone, picking, and improvisation. Check out the record on streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/april132021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615412873038-MGJHJ7CKUB953KVEI9HW/LONDON-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615412874017-29E2YV07XZ2ROOHVS4CT/LONDON-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615412875453-SQ5PTP56PNGX8WH1L4NE/LONDON-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615412875868-TXR71KT0BSSYS5HVDWXS/LONDON-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615412877619-X63ZX4MJT13R3RV8L3KC/LONDON-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883575251-QFU8ZTVHPA31VVFQCFAR/RolfAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is is pianist Rolf Zielke’s Beaches in Your Soul, a beautifully recorded album with a warm, celebratory tone. An interesting mix of instruments feature on the record: Stephan Braun’s five-string cello in place of an upright bass, and instruments such as the oud, darbuka, bendir, udu from players Mohannad Nasser and Mustafa Boztüy. All songs, with the exception of the traditional Arabic song Enta Omri, are Zielke’s compositions. Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615413114350-BB7RLKPOB3GIJ5VF5UWG/CELIAVAZCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Our classic album this week is another released forty years ago, this as part of Philips’ Música Popular Brasileira Contemporânea series. Guitarist and vocalist Célia Vaz’s Mutação features delightful harmony vocals, lush instrumentation and plenty of Azymuth-esque jazz-funk grooves! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/april062021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615060335536-25XBCR2L59483GQUX36M/SOLOISTS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615060335446-62UR7QXV1R7DBUCUOXWU/SOLOISTS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615060336995-1D49U8DRTBZU6BX3SKQJ/SOLOISTS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615060337695-K5V6Q82NDQ3592RCVGKH/SOLOISTS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615060338739-CEYXZP0X1CN3QFJ4OE21/SOLOISTS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1617883530344-MYV4ZA5MA112H6JIRJVD/AmandaWAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is harpist Amanda Whiting’s first full length album for the Jazzman records. Following her appearance on Chip Wickham’s album Blue To Red, After Dark features Wickham on flute for three tracks, with drummer John Reynolds and bassist Aidan Thorne supporting throughout. Check it out on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615062551272-X0OFTKGHMHHF39LHVE2R/TANIAMARIACLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released forty years ago in 1981, Tania Maria’s Piquant was the pianist and vocalist’s first of many albums for the Concord Jazz Picante label. Spilling over with sprightly scatting, English and Portugese language songs, and a mixture of upbeat and gentle numbers, it’s a wonderful and energising listen! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/march302021 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904584270-8CSR7F90NNA92T8QTZI6/AQUEOUS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904583451-WZKO1R57HZAJDITUPTFJ/AQUEOUS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904585028-86N57WMIQYZGMKNETMBS/AQUEOUS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904586470-9WXWNRA2GQ2ZX47G6JZ9/AQUEOUS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904586767-F99749C92D0SW2QBP5II/AQUEOUS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904716769-YVW20TYVIR5YH156R88B/JID006AOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the latest in Jazz is Dead’s fantastic series, this time featuring the legendary Gary Bartz. “Working with Gary Bartz epitomizes the ethos behind Jazz Is Dead,” says Adrian Younge. “He’s a luminary that has contributed so much to music culture, for decades. His musical ability is expanding with age and we’re honored to be a part of his world.” Support the project and label on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614904820240-84ZWMVE62Y94WGAH5TBD/MASEKELACLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s NQ Jazz classic album is a beauty from one of the giants of jazz music in South Africa. Hugh Masekela’s Home Is Where The Music Is is a sprawling double album, opened with Caiphus Semenya’s Part of a Whole, which serves as the ideal vessel for solos from Masekela, Dudu Pukwana, and Larry Willis on piano. Then follows mellifluous tune after mellifluous tune — some pensive and others grooving. Find the album on streaming services. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/mar23 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614819768568-1QRSMVWFZR3YIPY6Q5AK/Q2s-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614819768075-ZN406785SXS0SXCTDEVJ/Q2s-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614819770970-HNH0HVX0UGNMSO9GOHJO/Q2s-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615416687712-OVW4WA4E61DRDW7ZCWVP/Q2s-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614819771870-M1G64K5YBCJRN2AZL5ZJ/Q2s-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615847526789-SCQV6XI2SEV71FYK1SPE/STEINWALLAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut album from Toronto-based vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Emily Steinwall. In addition to Steinwall (voice, saxophone, flute) the record features guitarist Joey Martel, pianist and keys player Yunjin Claire Lee, bassist David Maclean, and drummer Eric West, plus additional guests. You can support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614819988349-TN2013LPVOND0U1L04KE/MAVISCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Leonard Feathers’ opening liner notes to this week’s NQ Jazz classic album read: “In this world of ordinary singers, I’m glad there is Mavis.” Rivers’ outstanding 1961 LP features beautifully blended big band horns and an astounding vocal performance, clearly captured, with Rivers’ deep vibrato and fantastic storytelling evident. The stand out tune may well be Day in, Day Out, but you may feel differently! You can find the record on streaming services, nestled within the first disc of Mavis Rivers The Reprise Years. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp-eyddt-my8kz-kxwcg-h545a-d2nyb monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615393901979-JC5TD0PZX1Q67I47MC3C/FELA-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615393902385-ENX3KHIJK8XG35138TTB/FELA-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615393903467-P2UFG83KAQ6BZP2LOZXN/FELA-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615393905564-43N8O8GWKB1PR11JFQ1O/FELA-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1615393905485-AB67CWU6ZD8MBJ140FQV/FELA-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614474119420-ER13K934IU37EXVXYIGI/IREINREIGAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Irene Reig’s new album Mira is our NQ Jazz album of the week. A trio album (Reig on alto sax, Pau Sala on bass, Joan Casares on drums) with a guest appearance from pianist Joan Monné, it was originally conceived as a live album, but ended up being recorded without an audience at Barcelona’s Milano Jazz Club. It retains that exciting live performance energy, however, with eight of Reig’s brilliant compositions. The album is released via artist-led label The Changes, and you can support it on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614474193583-245TCVPOO4PQXFMJ2T92/LINDAHILL-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s NQ Jazz classic album comes from pianist Linda Hill. A member of Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in the mid-to-late seventies, Lullaby For Linda was released forty years ago and remains her only LP. It contains four blistering tracks that incorporate free jazz, soulful hard bop, and have a truly communal feel in their performance and recording. Check out the album digitally on Bandcamp and vinyl fans can pick up a high quality reissue from the UK-based Pure Pleasure label. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp-eyddt-my8kz-kxwcg-h545a monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473477788-XZW8X6D8W2AUSH02C3O7/BERLIN-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473477131-RL7TRET57BQZ2032USLG/BERLIN-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473478865-VY9V257MRL6PR0JT0X0W/BERLIN-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473479290-L41DZA04WK6Z6AMUN0RP/BERLIN-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473480277-QASOHDOU2O88HIYAMN47/BERLIN-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473632462-ZJHB1QUZ0C3ZZ1P6CWEJ/KUZUAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the explorative new LP of free improvisation from Chicago-based trio Kuzu. The group comprises Dave Rempis (alto/tenor/baritone saxes), Tashi Dorji (guitar), and Tyler Damon (drums). The Glass Delusion was recorded between Chicago and Milwaukee in October 2018, and is released via Astral Spirits Records. Check it out and support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473726640-5U7ZE2EWINI1ZEF15FPL/KIMIKOAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recorded in July 1971, this six-track LP features interpretations of the Schwartz/Dietz standard Alone Together, Monk's Round Midnight, and Masabumi Kikuchi's Yellow Carcass in the Blue, alongside three pieces from members of the group. Vocalist Kimiko Kasai shines on her own Blues in C Minor — she would later go on to work with Herbie Hancock on the popular jazz-funk album Butterfly. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp-eyddt-my8kz-kxwcg monthly 0.5 2021-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614457592762-DXL46084BH0I7GN1XJ3O/ORGAN-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614457591967-NROJ924HOBEZNUTA0Y0L/ORGAN-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614457593100-NHM7ZN45UI9NEB6AINML/ORGAN-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614457594177-MBJ5XRJ7V7K82KLH43BZ/ORGAN-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614457595337-1IQ6EEC9GRCHCUVD4848/ORGAN-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473076983-Q2X61APLQHJHGRP7C3L2/FLORAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is vocalist and composer Gretchen Parlato’s first release for Edition Records and first studio album in a decade. Entitled Flor, it features a core band of Marcel Camargo (guitarist and MD), Artyom Manukyan (cello), and Léo Costa (drums/percussion). Guest appearances come from Blue Note pianist Gerald Clayton, drummer Mark Guiliana, plus legendary percussionist and vocalist Airto Moreira. The uplifting record makes space for a variety of inspiring voices, and features a rendition of Bowie’s No Plan alongside original compositions. Purchase the record from Edition Records’ web store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614473172396-MOQZ0L57UH66Y190BH2I/CARSTENCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album John Coltrane lovers, take note. An impassioned late sixties tribute to the great saxophonist, containing a requiem for Martin Luther King and covers of two Trane classics. This one has been lovingly reissued by the folks at Frederiksberg Records – check it out on Bandcamp! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp-eyddt-my8kz monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450426715-5R3WAUNVCY1ACYF7JCWW/DEBUTANTS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450428586-6Q51YN70LEHI950ET1YY/DEBUTANTS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450430354-4213342XD68MPEJJBSRS/DEBUTANTS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450431142-JZYTMIGMC3ZTT1U9FYMX/DEBUTANTS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450432773-UBDWFRBDVEJKQN7VZ6DQ/DEBUTANTS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450639247-RURI5CGPHGKI4WB4DNHO/CARAVELAAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut album from London-based group Caravela. With its gorgeous blend of Afro-Brazilian, contemporary jazz, and rock styles, plus Portuguese language vocals from the fantastic Inês Loubet Franco, it provides both a feel-good and deep listening experience. Alongside Loubet, the group feature Telmo Sousa (electric and nylon string guitar), Joseph Costi (piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, synths), Greg Gottlieb (electric and double bass), Ben Brown (drums), and Jansen Santana (percussion, backing vocals). Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450723138-5WLIXGYVS3TWP5OE9KZ5/BERTHACLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album On her 1991 album Elmo’s Fire, the accomplished jazz pianist and educator Bertha Hope pays tribute to her late partner Elmo Hope, recording four of his compositions alongside two of her own, and Sonny Fortune’s charming ‘For Duke and Cannon’. Bertha’s playing is prominent throughout, from the inquisitive chords of Fortune’s aforementioned number, to her fine soloing on her own ‘Luna Negra’, which also prominently features the great Eddie Henderson on trumpet. Joining those two are sax player Junior Cook (deputised by David Riekenberg on track 5), Walter Booker on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums. Find the album on streaming services and a comprehensive interview with Bertha Hope on YouTube for Peter Urpeth’s ‘The Different Beat’ series. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp-eyddt monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445347112-U0MO5K4BS7A2VL7H6EBW/BRAXTON-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445345643-VDOY1PBJRJXO1R1CSBWX/BRAXTON-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445346765-25TPGK9TZIX1HC4WVLAL/BRAXTON-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445347566-8M3P6R3VLS95HOR3VXBP/BRAXTON-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445348074-HBA6OA38WG47RSDWHZOQ/BRAXTON-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450120483-XGQDTDO487NTQJ2M7O2Z/ZODIACAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is New York-based pianist Chris Pattishall’s ‘phantasmagorical interpretation’ of Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite. With Snarky Puppy’s Jamison Ross on drums and experimental guitarist Rafiq Bhatia focussed here on sound design and programming, Pattishall’s debut recording reimagines Williams’ largely solo piano suite as an expansive quintet plus arrangement, with trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, saxophonist Ruben Fox, and bassist Marty Jaffe completing the line-up. Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614450210046-01ZFCCMEO5YFI9RXHB8B/JUTTACLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims is the final studio album of Hipp's all too brief career as a jazz pianist. In addition to Hipp and Sims, this 1956 Blue Note recording features Ed Thigpen on drums, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Jerry Lloyd on trumpet. The album contains a variety of energetic and pensive numbers, with Hipp’s playing on ‘Violets For Your Furs’ of particular brilliance. Find the album on streaming service as well as on wax, courtesy of the ‘Blue Note 80’ reissue campaign. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w-jnxbp monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444988338-2Y5O5FTS29DXFI37N06S/MBJR-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444988033-XEXWPEQBPBMIPBJ5GQII/MBJR-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444990193-82O87ZN61RW38K3ZTMIL/MBJR-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444990509-W4QKZYNNJLM3P4BRAC8N/MBJR-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444992434-YT32MSNGPS8ADY1DHSAK/MBJR-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445105020-OMDHUFTRXEGV96V0Q09N/FAINAAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut record from guitarist Rodrigo Faina and Change Ensemble. Inspired by Faina's childhood and adolescence in Argentina, ‘where the literature of Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges went hand in hand with jazz music’, each piece takes cues from literature whilst incorporating ‘some form of improvisation’. Change ensemble features musicians from the worlds of jazz and improvised music as well as members of renowned European orchestras. The group is described as ‘a dynamic group of artists dedicated to developing and performing new work that lies outside of genre-specific categorisations’. Support Different Roots via Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614445216494-MG4PHH2KE6CAN0YPLKVF/JOHANSSONCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Jan Johansson’s stunning duo album melds Swedish folk melodies and sensibilities with jazz piano styling, creating a milestone album in European jazz. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a-cxz3w monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444647626-DW4LRPCZCR07OWXO3VGW/MULTIAOTW-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444647931-QK409Z5ZVUYUYRI0WXIW/MULTIAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444649704-BHFYIIX6ICTXJ5SILCFS/MULTIAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444649824-H58XQFBC6EBTK5HRT11E/MULTIAOTW-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444651410-FDNQL4TALREU8A4F8FA8/MULTIAOTW-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444741808-UEFOHQJ9Q3QYZGCUUB01/TIXIERAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Tony Tixier’s I Am Human — a vinyl-only project from the talented pianist and composer. The album consists of solo pieces and remotely-recorded duets with the likes of Logan Richardson, Tony’s twin brother Scott Tixier, plus Hermon Mehari, Ben Leifer, and Adrien Soleiman. Check out track previews and order the LP via Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444826625-PUX3W8ZCYZT5BRKNKCMF/TRANEWHISTLECLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released sixty years ago on the Prestige label, Trane Whistle is a fine big band record featuring playing from such greats as Melba Liston, Eric Dolphy, and Clark Terry, amongst others. Oliver Nelson’s beautiful compositions, including his gorgeous piece ‘The Stolen Moment’, make up the majority of the six songs, whilst Davis’ whirlwind number ‘Jaws’ closes the LP. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz-wf65a monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444282411-VUD0SYOW08ZJYYC7W8LU/TRIBSPT2-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444282412-F8J6ONGKSJ4JRSTW2TN2/TRIBSPT2-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444284934-PZRE0TXAH7PE9WRMGAEX/TRIBSPT2-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444285654-S5H6MTDMOKGSQ4KX4JV2/TRIBSPT2-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444287241-OB3QIUMK9TNXA7GF5EJW/TRIBSPT2-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444384254-2EKQE7D1G2L5ZSDGUZCN/NICKAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the third album from Nick Walters' Paradox Ensemble, and the first release on new label D.O.T. Records. The 11-piece group features Rebecca Nash, Ed Cawthorne, and Anton Hunter — all bandleaders in their own right — amongst others. Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444443522-Q7LGWE22922BEBSRX2B0/BTBBCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Anne Phillips’ astonishing debut album is packed with lushly-orchestrated pensive ballads, beautifully sung by the Pennsylvania-born artist, whose career has seen her take on a vast number of roles within the music industry. You can check out this 1959 classic on streaming services, and even find a hi-res digital copy on platforms such as QoBuz. Find out more about Anne’s fascinating career on her website. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e-8wsyz monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443909721-7RQ0B5VHFK4CNFD8OBA6/FREESOLO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443909292-UCEB1ZJSB90IQ04HUDVO/FREESOLO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443910333-R7VRLTJV42THNGW8LU7Z/FREESOLO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443910754-KLTSFUHZ5LG8T4Z1MWEJ/FREESOLO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443912228-85BADKNKDHLGE0EDXL9B/FREESOLO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444035391-J5K5PT4UHBWTI50JYEMA/AUGEAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the first recording from Auge: a trio featuring pianist Aki Takase, bassist Christian Weber, and drummer Michael Griener. The album was recorded at Traumton Studios in February 2019, and as Takase explains: "I really love the piano trio...but not the old idea, where the pianist is king, and the bassist and the drummer are just sidemen. We are equal.” Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614444100373-HNQHX8OXOKKFS595CKYL/SKIPPERCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album The Black Jazz Records catalogue is a veritable treasure trove, with works like Henry Franklin’s 1974 sophomore LP, alongside beautiful albums from Doug and Jean Carn, Kellee Patterson, and the elusive Roland Haynes, amongst others. ‘The Skipper At Home’ is an apt title for our current circumstances, and the gentle gem ‘Soft Spirit’ has a vibe to guarantee domestic bliss. You can find this one on streaming services, and even buy a hi-res digital copy on platforms such as QoBuz. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9-2xk7e monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443607773-31W2AGW6B6YS3I0Z3AJT/PTs-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443608383-CXAJ38C52PZZGUDO8HT4/PTs-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443608986-FAPMEAGBTJZPNKX44MEC/PTs-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443609550-QJJDU30QO6HH2549UTUK/PTs-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443610451-5E3FGWBD6B3HTXI4EW37/PTs-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443730729-KBH3MD8N31NH8UNDEH36/MAQUISHTIAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut full-length from New York-based percussionist and composer, Patricia Brennan. Describing Maquishti, Brennan says: “From bowing and bending pitch, to the use of extended effects via guitar pedals, this album reflects my vision for the vibraphone and the potential of all the possible ways it can be played.” Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443789630-HYWF18ZNPEREFVWOWAZB/AFROBLUECLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recorded in Tokyo with a combination of American and Japanese musicians, Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album is described by Mr. Bongo as a ‘sublime deep soul-jazz masterpiece’, showcasing her talent and versatility as a vocalist. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r-g4js9 monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443229523-20HNQK5WX5ZZSCRX2D66/MIN-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443229565-3KS50F6XBQ3MMIFVNB4Y/MIN-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443231523-65P99GFAIC7RAHRRYYZW/MIN-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443232186-8YMLSXVGBCKZ4US807V0/MIN-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443232828-K8SBWV5E5HGDP48HFEP8/MIN-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443333964-SHP4E1BLV8S5XTQLO2FK/ARGAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Montreal-based vocalist and bandleader Ayelet Rose Gottlieb’s thirteen-part lunar song cycle. Subtitled ‘Summoning the Witches’, 13 Lunar Meditations harnesses the writing, voices and perspectives of women from around the world, with celebrated jazz vocalist Jay Clayton co-leading alongside Gottlieb, plus a range of featured guest vocalists and a chorus conducted by DB Boyko also contributing. Support the project on Bandcamp, where a range of merch bundles are available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443442714-K8MZV15A5NKAISWR3BI8/ALMACLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album selection is a boundary-crossing collaboration between two late giants of Afro-Cuban music. Vocalist Celia Cruz and percussionist Tito Puente first worked together in the mid-to-late-sixties, and released Alma Con Alma with the musical backing of Puente’s orchestra in 1970. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c-2g64r monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440788064-I005UXRZCFWQ0M7ZRKGK/INST-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440788063-7JSQDJRPT8VED4YK0DT9/INST-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440788874-US58G8OH7TMW36O0ESI4/INST-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440789252-YW63WQ5L407E7HLZFBJC/INST-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440791059-LDFZ28KXQIMQCHX5ATWT/INST-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443021676-S8CRS6M3R1Z9ZYMPC766/IDAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Pianist Alex Koo is joined by ECM recording artist Ralph Alessi (trumpet) and Filippo Vignato collaborator Attila Gyárfás (drums) on his new album for Bruges-based label, W.E.R.F. Records. Described as ‘a trip through space’, it contains eight original pieces, combining lyrical and minimalist composition with improvisation informed by film music and the concept of soundscapes. Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614443084436-6J1TB05SSOJ3IY1ADR4Y/SHIRLEYCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recently re-issued on Gilles Peterson’s archive label having initially been released on Strata-East Records in January 1975 — Shirley Scott’s One For Me is a brilliant soul-jazz LP packed with wicked organ playing, sax solos and drum grooves. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm-ngd3c monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440412132-ZM5J9I301L61M5C8F2XO/HARP-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440413364-VZTYAOWENBZGGVTJFDY0/HARP-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440415002-L56Z98QOHCGTQENN0NA7/HARP-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440415379-AKD0RSW0IKCM1D2VAO35/HARP-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440416750-111I9JMMYFYJ86ABSSLF/HARP-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440538280-4T22WZPTOGBQ8F20IAUS/KATARSIS4AOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Lithuanian saxophone quartet Katarsis4 recorded their amazing new album at the Liepkalnis underground reservoir in Vilnius, last year. Harnessing the acoustic properties of the enormous space, as well as using extended techniques and bringing everyday objects into their music-making process, they’ve created an absorbing two-part album which is at times soothing, and at others unsettling. The band features: Arminas Bižys (alto, baritone sax), Algirdas Janonis (alto sax, hornpipe), Danielius Pancerovas (baritone, alto sax), and Kazimieras Jušinskas (soprano, alto sax). Support the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440621477-UFQWRSOOT62TK7KI2LZ8/WRIGHTCLASS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Pianist John Wright, who sadly passed away in December 2017, released South Side Soul on the Prestige label in 1960. The album has become a posthumous hit on YouTube, and showcases his own soul-and-blues-steeped playing style, alongside the sensitive sideplaying of bassist Wendell Roberts and drummer Walter McCants. With track titles referencing his native Chicago, it’s an album with a great mix of grooves and moods and a genuine, uplifting feel. The record is on streaming services in its original form and within a compilation of Wright’s recorded work. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-ds5pm monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440016627-C0ZOA9CYXQ4SPZO1T0AN/POETRYJAZZ-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440016654-M1TWWSUKGMXQCZ4N3V9K/POETRYJAZZ-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440018380-OEW2P7M6F6ZMP5B0Y75C/POETRYJAZZ-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440018438-9HP7QNCAQ7QR8YAM80RE/POETRYJAZZ-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440019326-ZQKQJYJVDAYO7W5TIVBO/POETRYJAZZ-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440143012-QM92HNP1VKOWSL08EHMC/BigorgneAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Monades is the debut album from Paris-based flautist, oud player, and composer Julien Bigorgne. Informed by his passion for Turkish, Indian and African music, plus his appreciation for the likes of composer Erik Satie, bassist Avishai Cohen, and oud player Anouar Brahem, it is filled with filmic, folk-steeped motifs, which demonstrate Bigorgne’s gift for melody and minimalist aesthetic. Bigorgne is joined by Shankar Kirpalani on double bass (with the exception of Béla Bluche on track 2), Camille Petit on piano and vibraphone, alongside guests Juliette Weiss on violin, Nadia Mejri-Chapelle on cello, and Sophie Raynaud on the bassoon. Check out the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614440233065-JNU5EQ90DJ1R9CJ5NS3J/JIMMYCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album The late great Jimmy Scott had one of the finest voices in jazz history, but whilst interest in his career and catalogue has grown in recent years, he perhaps remains less widely known than his contemporaries. His immaculate and emotive performance of Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child is one of the most moving moments on his 1970 album for Atlantic Records, entitled The Source. Check it out on streaming platforms and find out more about Scott in the 2016 documentary ‘I go back home’. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-w3kcf-4rs5y monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439584565-G2PT178LYDJCB3ENH1CQ/SAJAZZ-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439584125-A403BEMVNV5NPQ3RDYCV/SAJAZZ-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439585930-WW9MVNXW0GOUIWU8H8HP/SAJAZZ-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439586454-PAICZJIBT9VPTS90IX2D/SAJAZZ-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439588298-21246PHDM99PTSII27RL/SAJAZZ-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439743949-9M4JY3WZ59C7A0Q5ETWS/PPCAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week was recorded remotely during lockdown by New York-based electronic artist Ikue Mori and Kobe-based duo Satoko Fujii (piano) and Natsuki Tamura (trumpet). ‘Prickly Pear Cactus’ is an avant-garde work which hears each artist layering free-flowing parts on to tracks of varying length and density. With extended piano technique, jazz improvisation, and a wide range of electronic textures, it’s a fascinating and experimental album. Check it out on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614439861682-3GUKI0SB3LUG0KCK9OLX/GARRICKCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album This week’s classic album is one of many outstanding sixties and seventies British jazz releases to feature the playing of Ian Carr, Art Themen, Don Rendel, Norma Winstone, Dave Green, and of course, Michael Garrick. Original copies of ‘The Heart is a Lotus’ change hands for big sums, and you need only listen to it to discover why. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-w3kcf-p5lec monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391545557-ZYGYOLLBP8GDDSCK3Q2P/VV-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391545428-TI1S54N2TLZ4D4WI3CO9/VV-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391548056-0LQ4BNRQEU7GV6M09SHK/VV-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391553076-FF5AH693RI19W38UESKA/VV-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391551296-6776U88T98HYOQZK4H5D/VV-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391925045-70M4XXSXIQHGMWU18AE4/CHRISPOTTERAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week hears renowned saxophonist Chris Potter playing absolutely everything: drums, guitar, bass, percussion, and woodwinds. ‘There is a Tide’ was recorded over a six week period of lockdown, and Potter described the one-man experience as being ‘very absorbing and rewarding’. Check out the project via the Edition Records website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614392041099-SGOW8H717XA6020GQUD6/AFROCLASSICAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recorded in December 1970, Hubert Laws’ Afro-Classic was the flautist’s second album for CTI records, and featured such greats as Ron Carter on bass, Bob James on electric piano, arrangements from Don Sebesky and technical input from Rudy Van Gelder. The fifty-year-old album contains a wonderful mix of jazz, classical, and funk elements, with fantastic playing and sensitive production. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls-w3kcf monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390921858-YWRJJEL0CKG3FNV1YF34/TSANDCS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390922037-5RPJSV4SZFH2HPBTCFKY/TSANDCS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390923617-A0MQXYWVNV6BX68UINH3/TSANDCS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390924896-G1IFHW0SXB2F2MVNHXG3/TSANDCS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390925013-N0OMV4R54RP9IDT37TQY/TSANDCS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391222934-I398ZD5YCX9J78ZCTNM1/SARATHYAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the new direct-to-disc recording from percussionist, composer, and bandleader Sarathy Korwar with Upaj Collective. His first release for the Night Dreamer label, it hears Korwar, Collocutor’s Tamar Osborn (saxophone), Achuthan Sripathamanathan (violin), Giuliano Modarelli (guitar), and Alistair MacSween (keys) playing with few preconceptions, in order to capture the “spirit of spontaneous improvisation”. The recordings were made at Artone Studio in The Netherlands in July, 2019. Support the project on Bandcamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614391313085-Q9LMC81Q69IAWUEZYKI6/HERITAGEAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album On the day that his drummer and Cookers bandmate Billy Hart turns eighty, we tip our cap to this Eddie Henderson gem for our weekly classic album pick. Released in 1976 on Blue Note Records, it’s a sophisticated and robust jazz-funk LP, with a sweet blend of electric and acoustic instrumentation, contemplative and groovy numbers. ‘Inside You’ is hands down one of the smoothest jazz-funk cuts ever made! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96-x8pls monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390560874-90SD9TNSB0EVGVJJ7QUU/SAXES-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390561509-V7O0FGFCX4PQEN3KY7P4/SAXES-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390564574-R42LVM5S7D6VE5Q2G80H/SAXES-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390566725-NG20RIGBAZNXK679H1G5/SAXES-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390567349-LK2KAYLGIY0DPVC6LJWJ/SAXES-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390691014-GS7NDFUYQG649NIYHNFP/MATTHEWHALSALLAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the new project from trumpeter, composer, and Gondwana records founder, Matt Halsall. It marks the debut of his new band: featuring Matt Cliffe (flute and sax), Maddie Herbert (harp), Liviu Gheorghe (piano), Alan Taylor (drums), Jack McCarthy (percussion), and Gavin Barras (bass), and draws its energy from a combination of weekly rehearsal sessions, and monthly jams in the basement at YES. Halsall describes Salute to the Sun as ‘a positive earthy album,’ adding, ‘I wanted to create something playful but also quite primitive, earthy and organic that connected to the sounds in nature.’ Support the record on Bandcamp, where a number of formats and merch bundles are available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390754095-VEBBB2RL3XXKPD6RMZP0/BOBBIAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Described as a ‘rousing success’ by Stephen Thomas Erlewine in his biography of the artist for Blue Note Records, Bobbi Humphrey’s 1973 gem Blacks and Blues is our classic album choice this week. The record hears the celebrated flautist and vocalist working closely with arranger/producer Larry Mizell on six breezy yet punchy jazz-funk cuts, combining electronic and acoustic instrumentation, with an emphasis on strong hooks, a rhythmic bedrock, and ample space for soloing. A fine crossover record for any Sunday afternoon! https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem-7ry96 monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390188452-M9WCI7ZCO4YKYW1G2USI/CHICAGO-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390185876-MVVA71WWQR7OMU5ESI5M/CHICAGO-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390189087-A2E70OBBDR55HVP38P3J/CHICAGO-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390190756-VGR0RKBF43Z7ST71979P/CHICAGO-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390191385-VYL0K250LG5XMBCXMLW1/CHICAGO-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390303496-XOFC0PWZVKTCHNPK1EBJ/ALCORNAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the new project from renowned pedal steel player, Susan Alcorn. Featuring guitarist Mary Halvorson, violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Ryan Sawyer, the project hears Alcorn demonstrating her capability not just as an improviser, but also a composer. This collection is dark, subtle, textural, and daring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390374450-Q6V2IVR8NCNY0E44AD4Y/MINGUSAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Born on this day a century ago, we recognise the work of the late multi-instrumentalist and prolific jazz sideman Jerome Richardson with this week’s classic album selection. While the Oakland-born musician led on a handful of his own album during the late fifties and early sixties, today we highlight his contributions to one of the most enduring and celebrated jazz albums of the 20th century: Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Richardson was able to contribute soprano sax, baritone sax, and flute parts, locking in with altoist Charlie Mariano and tenorist Dick Hafer. It’s a landmark recording worth revisiting anytime, anywhere. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx-eghem monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389844156-R97AB1X5SNYQYMH50ZCK/SUITES-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389844313-ZJQQSK2KH0WLZU8RYX03/SUITES-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389850516-HZORKEF5S0Y3ID0OM1XM/SUITES-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389847957-FYAQCLY3B96Q3WFX9Y6M/SUITES-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389852437-Q343P0TD1KURKKPR6111/SUITES-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389981618-PSR7DS9664GRXESMKKJY/BW311020-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the fifth LP from saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel, who choses to reflect upon the increasing complexity and social imbalance within our society through this eight-track release. In addition to himself on saxophone, bassoon, and EFX — the album features pianist and keys players Shai Maestro and Gerald Clayton, vocalist Michael Mayo, double bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Nate Wood. Check it out on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614390065783-39YBJUNOC54C46RRMO3C/ALICECLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recorded fifty years ago today (with the exception of its fifth track, recorded in performance at The Village Gate in July, 1970), Journey in Satchidananda is the outstanding fourth album from the late multi-instrumentalist and composer, Alice Coltrane. Incorporating a wide range of musical styles, and featuring contributions from Pharoah Sanders, Cecil McBee, Rashied Ali, Tulsi, and Majid Shabazz — it’s an album to lift the spirit and inspire the mind. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf-j3ewx monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389155636-FP84NLXHESZZ4ZW3OVVD/Scan-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389155212-TOS4O5FBJCKW1GMBEXWW/Scan-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389156563-02SU8K3INXHW3YR6ETZC/Scan-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389157705-67JC0Z068EYOGWK67QLB/Scan-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389158465-J45Q0TS8TG8BNSUN1CAB/Scan-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389320705-SXPTCXW60ADCI9HNVXZV/BURNHEARTAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the debut record from London-based violin player, composer, and vocalist, Johanna Burnheart. Reflecting her time spent living in Berlin and love for the city’s clubs and electronic music output, her involvement with London and Berlin’s jazz scenes, classical foundations and explorative nature — the album is a melodic, experimental, and inventive first offering that showcases her deep skill and strong vision. Contributors include Boz Martin-Jones (drums and shaker), David Swan (keys and synths), Jonny Wickham (upright bass), and Noel Langley (percussion). Check out the project on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614389534565-CBLBS1NMIFC1E8B2GIMI/TOSHIYUKICLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album The late bandleader and clarinetist Toshiyuki Miyama ed his jazz-funk big band The New Herd for decades, helping them to become one of Japan’s most decorated jazz groups. They notably played with Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie in the seventies — a decade during which they released a number of fantastic studio and live albums. Nio & Pigeon is one of their finest — at times groovy, others spiritual and relaxing. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy-5g3hf monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388360366-FLMLZZVBCPU1QEI1SMMI/BOTB-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388360618-QFX4YBV2M77ETQ7FQYOX/BOTB-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388361935-ATKD1E5JJL2789CAHKM0/BOTB-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388365043-0E7WSQ7RPWY5TF6KX1UU/BOTB-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388364482-D43W5ZY5VN5WA9V7JX53/BOTB-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388500643-X1E8NLI0FKLYJR5VFL4Z/JOELROSSAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is vibraphonist and composer Joel Ross’ second LP for Blue Note Records. Like his debut, it features his Good Vibes peers: Jeremy Corren on piano, Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone, and Jeremy Dutton on drums – as well as introducing new collaborator Kanoa Mendenhall on bass, and featuring harpist Brandee Younger on five of the album’s fifteen tracks. Having worked with the likes of Ambrose Akinmusire, Marquis Hill, and Makaya McCraven, Ross felt inspired to construct the album in a way which told a story: tracks 1-7 introducing characters and setting a scene, before tracks 8-15 develop and twist the plot. Check out the project via the Blue Note store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614388776797-HSOCFIVDTM1P1JE49U99/MARIANCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Much like Mary Lou Williams – for whom she held great admiration – the late pianist and composer Marian McPartland established her own independent record label during the nineteen-sixties. Its first release was Interplay, an understated but beautiful duo album with bassist Linc Milliman. It captures McPartland in a contemplative mood, with intriguing melodies and smooth motion, making for several comforting Autumnal piano pieces, gently lifted by Milliman’s bass work. The album also features covers of Milestones, Hoagy Carmichael’s New Orleans, and Ellington’s Things Ain’'t What They Used To Be. Later released by MPS, it’s a fantastic document of McPartland’s playing. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx-m53wy monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387578370-S2VS102KSS1P1NLZEMEQ/NU-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387578209-82Y0D0EJ8MMOMWMJOWMW/NU-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387581815-U1Z8A42KUN7I7MO3LVXL/NU-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387582243-SVYQRIUVQ06DK5ATKXU3/NU-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387584319-YOCQ8U9B5J3SDUY4IJXC/NU-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387642309-BUEOOESWIRHD1TJL0C1H/LIONELHH171020-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is guitarist and composer Lionel Loueke’s new LP for Edition Records. Entitled HH, it finds the in-demand sideman stepping into the spotlight as a leader, while simultaneously acknowledging the influence fo his ‘long-term mentor’, the legendary Herbie Hancock. Featuring two original compositions and twelve of Herbie’s, the project hears Lionel expertly reworking pieces such as Cantaloupe Island, Watermelon Man, and Speak Like a Child. Check out the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614387922360-G56JNY6UCQTWT4HVYA73/WYNTONCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album A living legend of American music – the trumpeter, composer, educator, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis turns 59 today. Recorded during the Christmas of 1986 at Washington, D.C.’s Blues Alley, his quartet double album features a terrific programme of standards and originals from he and his bandmates: bassist Robert Hurst, pianist Marcus Roberts, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts. The record serves to remind us of the value of jazz music in the live setting, and the brilliance that ensues when talented players take the bandstand together. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t-zy5yx monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614383948785-11QSX275PRKTWITEWGJU/raGUIDE-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614383949107-DG8TDNEUCRLCQJ0QJCOX/raGUIDE-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614383951911-UJXCBUUX3O7R5T5P54RL/raGUIDE-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614383951940-7LJPY19E5DMFKIYOPXMQ/raGUIDE-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614383953325-KI2S89DRU17RTDYORINY/RAGUIDE-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614384164534-L47DHQR5BPJHNP7Q5BQ9/SATORI101020-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the new LP from Josephine Davies-led trio, Satori. Featuring Davies on tenor and soprano saxophones, James Maddren on drums, and Dave Whitford on double bass, How Can We Wake? features compositions inspired by the writings of the Indian sage Patanjali. Check out the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614384339495-Z99OR901YBIEAJVZPRIQ/BLAKEYCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album On what would’ve been the drummer and bandleader’s 101st birthday, we tip our cap to the great Art Blakey, selecting one of his many hard bop classics for Blue Note Records. The Freedom Rider features two compositions from the pen of band members Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter respectively, plus the title track of Blakey’s creation: seven-and-a-half minutes of skilful and ferocious solo drumming. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp-tax5t monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380108998-YKPXLYQUXCPTZLP9YBZI/CEP-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380109507-ASXAWC3DP8K5NSTNC7JV/CEP-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380111962-X9L7UMVVBQ4V3NY7PDC1/CEP-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380112152-3OOCJHJ7MLK1B1BDB3T6/CEP-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380113992-MWPSAQAGBPCEDO29X4YT/CEP-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380403783-ERC3YHBTNBO1AENIABBD/UPTOWN031020-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week is the Uptown Jazz Tentet’s What’s Next. Described by co-leaders Brandon Lee (trumpet and flugelhorn), Willie Applewhite (trombone), and James Burton III (trombone and bass trombone) as, ‘an album about optimism and artistic beauty in the face of adversity’, it features ten wonderful tunes, including renditions of Ellington’s In a sentimental mood and Kenny Barron’s Voyage. Support the project on Bandcamp, or the group’s website! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1614380682349-NWDGIPGC3KBYWBZ5K7GU/HANK041020-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released sixty years ago this month, saxophonist Hank Mobley’s suave, sprightly, soulful and sophisticated masterpiece Soul Station is our classic album of the week. Recorded at the legendary Van Gelder studio and featuring Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums, it’s one of the finest albums of its era and of the distinguished Blue Note catalogue. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej-yy9wp monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300184013-IU1GEWF1KRVRSBG7WMBF/UPRISINGS-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300181258-Z4YOYVU5K249LALYXEMS/UPRISINGS-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300187817-YW3YKFPIJSP54PI95NHY/UPRISINGS-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300189769-DY5LIRAHVJDIMTNVPBGM/UPRISINGS-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300191591-VG4LWBES2QBOEK4EIAKI/UPRISINGS-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300215460-ZIJMTIGJ1WO1YTNHTDOJ/COSMIC260920-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz Album of the Week features the inimitable voice of Dwight Trible, and a heady blend of healing poetry, spiritual jazz, and a percussive bed created with instruments of African, Mesoamerican and indigenous North American origin. The album is Pathways & Passages, the debut album from LA-based outfit Cosmic Vibrations, led by the acclaimed vocalist and featuring John B Williams on acoustic bass, Derf Reklaw on percussion and flute, Pablo Calogero on woodwinds, Christopher Garcia on indigenous percussion, Breeze Smith on drums, percussion, and loops, plus special guests Scott Fraser on lap steel and Tony Green on upright bass and cello. It’s an amazing record – check it out on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300312587-5DJ7BJNPB5OTND20UR99/DOROTHYCLASSIC270920-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Released half a century ago, Dorothy Ashby’s ninth album as a leader hears the multi-instrumentalist, composer, and vocalist using the Japanese koto — in addition to her primary instrument, the harp — to expand her sonic palette. With lush orchestration, spiritual themes, and expansive lead playing from Ashby, it’s an outstanding fusion record that stands out amongst her distinguished catalogue of work. Writing for Jazz Arts Charlotte, jazz historian and radio broadcaster Curtis Davenport suggested that the album ‘has become appreciated as an iconoclastic marriage of soul, world music and free jazz.’ https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920-jswej monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299350906-LPB3M6ZNIF4EXVXS5ZZ7/jazzorch_05-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299349403-KYH2L0R93IXIZ1G18O8J/jazzorch_05-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299354666-LVJ8G2Z25C7MMIJWN531/jazzorch_05-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299359082-XW7WMM3HCELG8OF5J3FG/jazzorch_05-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299362528-U7BV2PBNKX02NKRIWAP5/jazzorch_05-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601299952915-G1B5N74324XO4XW3W18L/GSQAOTW-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our album of the week is trumpeter Graham South's debut album as a leader, based upon the ‘choral Spirituals that glue together the movements of Michael Tippett’s oratorio A Child of Our Time’. Originally commissioned for Southwell Music Festival in 2018, South has sensitively arranged the pieces for quartet, and explains: “Working with these spirituals has led me to seek more knowledge about their history, the systematic oppression of the Black Americans who created them, and the wisdom of the songs themselves.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1601300039453-6SB87NVEM41CEKKO2Q74/CHICOCLASSIC200920-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet – Passin’ Thru drummer and bandleader, would have turned 99 today. ‘Drummer Chico Hamilton's debut on Impulse featured his fifth Quintet, an advanced hard bop unit that sometimes hinted a little at the avant-garde. Instead of the trademark cello, the band featured trombonist George Bohanon. With Charles Lloyd (doubling on tenor and flute), guitarist Gabor Szabo and bassist Albert Stinson all contributing fresh new voices, this was a major band.’ All Music https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/080920 monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577085176-GB1K4JVXYIMEUGVLPPNT/VOICEGUIDE-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577082647-G4IY0CFMN4LLHNM8WSY5/VOICEGUIDE-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577087427-YWAZN0S8YJ4V49K1JFHB/VOICEGUIDE-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577089253-MFLXPGQQVZMK2KL93Z15/VOICEGUIDE-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577093678-NOM18LGHPQZ4PPAEFA8T/VOICEGUIDE-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577367670-0SSIGR7SP5X2RI7E0TN0/ARTEMIS120920-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our album of the week is the eponymous debut from jazz supergroup Artemis. Consisting of pianist and MD Renee Rosnes, clarinetist Anat Cohen, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, drummer Allison Miller, and vocalist/visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant — the group’s nine-track collection for Blue Note Records features original material alongside arrangements of pieces by The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Lee Morgan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1599577202682-92G1V27E2MEZEMEBKIBR/MODECLASSIC130920-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album On his 68th birthday, we tip our cap to the Joe Henderson classic that introduced Blue Note president Don Was to the wonderful world of jazz music. As Was has told Jazzwise magazine and Marc Maron on the WTF podcast, it was hearing a cut from Mode For Joe over the car radio at the age of 14 that opened his eyes to the music he is now strongly connected to. Recorded in 1966 at the Van Gelder Studio, Mode For Joe features Henderson alongside Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, and Joe Chambers. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/010920 monthly 0.5 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959055480-8PSV9BQLMAPZWKMBDG5I/GUITARGUIDE-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959055413-JJLJO8W0YO8LC67D7CSM/GUITARGUIDE-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959061328-MQUBH6G3TAQWNZ74360H/GUITARGUIDE-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959063255-MORF9NUKUW58XKJZMR34/GUITARGUIDE-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959065431-KCDVUVG5HMPCOCLPVEF1/GUITARGUIDE-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959424382-76QSCSW3TA13IUVZGZA9/JYOTI050920-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our album of the week is Georgia Anne Muldrow’s third under the name she received from Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, and comes via her own independent label, SomeOthaShip Connect. Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin makes a guest appearance on the otherwise solo effort, which features two remixed Charlie Mingus compositions alongside original material. Support the record on Bandcamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598959552908-V64HS1BC85LH0Y2W7K7H/McCOYCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album McCoy Tyner’s late sixties masterpiece for Blue Note Records, Expansions, found the revered pianist and composer leading a septet for the first time. Described by Charles Waring as an album that ‘highlighted his growth as a composer and arranger,’ it features four pieces written by Tyner and a fifth from the pen of trumpeter Cal Massey. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/250820 monthly 0.5 2020-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957665822-M72LGM6J9POXXVYZ9L69/VIBES-01.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957668597-U5595S8GVQ13WJNM77OQ/VIBES-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957669915-3O8AZQ4Q8914E29IMR25/VIBES-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957675864-SBQ555HP1R815DUXOARE/VIBES-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957677154-ABEOY8XXYMKIML91MUPD/VIBES-05.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598957771889-XYEGASP1PKFZ6Z52Q0IX/MARTINWIND-02.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQJazz album of the week is Martin Wind’s new trio album, ‘White Noise’. It finds the bassist and composer playing with Ack Van Rooyen on flugelhorn and Philip Catherine on guitar – both musicians who have been ‘major inspirations’ for Wind along his musical journey. The eight-tune album features pieces composed by Wind and Van Rooyen, Cole Porter’s ‘Everything I Love’ and Kenny Wheeler’s ‘Canter’⁠ Support the project via the Laika Records shop⁠ below: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1598958660131-8ACV2WZHQBYWH9L593GN/AFROCUBANCLASSIC-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban⁠ On the 96th anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the Kenny Dorham classic, ‘Afro-Cuban’. Initially released in 1955 and expanded to LP-length in 1957, it has been hailed as ‘one of the earliest well-informed, conceived and arranged mergers of jazz and Afro- Cuban musical idioms’ by reviewer Javier Aq Ortiz, and features the playing of such luminaries as Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Oscar Pettiford, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/180820 monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765247120-PF8NVJWYZ3STX78VHVP3/A+Bu.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765250209-M5AEG788GFTCFF2XOFR8/Alfa+Mist.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765250181-GI5R7YK48IQEOULQZ6YY/Andrew+McCormack.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765248116-NHHRFTIX4OO51OPUN6L8/Aki+Takase.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765251640-0VZWVBM35WDANDSXY2TQ/Robert+Mitchell.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765438150-I05DQMDEXREJSXEMY78T/SeleneAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Our NQ Jazz album of the week is Sélène Saint-Aimé’s debut LP, Mare Undarum, upon which the contrabassist, singer and composer harnesses selenography — a study of the surface and physical features of the Moon — to shape her compositions. The album’s nine tracks include six original compositions by Saint-Aimé, alongside three ‘re-compositions’ of works by Steve Coleman, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Modest Mussorgsky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597765568603-SQZB1QXPVWEEK4VDPPGN/Floraclassic-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album As the great trombonist Raul de Souza turns 86 today, we draw attention to a Flora Purim classic featuring his playing. Backed by an all-star crew including Ron Carter on bass, George Duke on keys, Airto Moreira on percussion, plus a range of special guests, Purim’s voice soars on a range of energetic fusion pieces, as well as delicate and meditative ballads. Raul de Souza can be heard soloing on the brilliant ‘Casa Forte’ and ‘Vera Cruz’, combining elegantly with fellow trombonist George Bohanon. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/the-listening-guide monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611194789-RB89LY74LT3G8ANO8LF0/Julia+Sanjurjo.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611192184-DMVH15ZHEQWFW8WNHW1V/Fabiano.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611192320-2FN9SWWMPP6UH8OME3WN/El+Regreso.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611195058-XEP4KVM0SFJ76ZZ456ED/Jonathan+Ferr.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611189093-1VQW5MJ2AK3SYDZU5HY5/Carrera+Quinta.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611478643-SZS4N0KOQB78BJ2JTYIK/JagaAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Our album of the week comes from Oslo-based nujazz outfit Jaga Jazzist. Their ninth album and first for BRAINFEEDER Records, ‘Pyramid’ features four absorbing, futuristic tracks where jazz chops and electronic production meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597611714573-U6M0Q8K6805BC67RRX1W/KarinDexterAOTW-04.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album Recorded in May 1970 during the latter half of Dexter Gordon’s years in Europe, Some Other Spring hears vocalist Karin Krog joined by the tenor saxophonist, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and drummer Espen Rud. The group play an eclectic set including ‘Blue Monk’ and ‘How Insensitive’, forging musical relationships that would continue after the session. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/040820 monthly 0.5 2021-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597763885239-KU5Q3054FY69WY3KTGL5/Round+Again.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597763884833-RLXIEJZMK79YX53AP7VG/Miles+Okazaki.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597763885911-YUXMPO49PAIV13VVYJPB/SaraSerpa.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597763880415-1YQCO4ZP95XBZ5VLU4OA/Denman+Maroney.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597763876707-YSB8UMFI7F48HXQTJGJP/ambrose-akinmusire_on-the-tender-spot-of-every-calloused-moment_cover_1024x.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597764118424-MQ1TEGNFIXIFP9AET0ZG/IdrisAckamoorAOTW-03.jpg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Album of the Week Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Shaman! Our album of the week is an outstanding double LP from #IdrisAckamoor&ThePyramids, which hears the group pondering ‘love and loss, mortality, the afterlife, family and salvation.’ Their spiritual septet sound has been beautifully captured at Malcolm Catto’s London studio, and Tokio Aoyama’s cover painting perfectly represents the album’s rich sound and subject matter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1597764474994-2XUPBG8MDI3L0WTJ62YB/image-asset.jpeg The Listening Guide - The Listening Guide - Classic Album of the Week Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Released in August 1976, Jaco Pastorius’ eponymous debut album arrived shortly after his tenure as Weather Report bassist began. As well as being a masterclass in fretless electric bass playing, it showcases his willingness to collaborate and create in a number of moods and styles. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/category/The+Listening+Guide monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/category/Classic+Album monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/category/Listening+Guide monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/category/Album+of+the+Week monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/the-listening-guide/tag/The+Listening+Guide monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews daily 0.75 2022-03-15 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/rosie-frater-taylor monthly 0.5 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/0b0887f8-5cc1-4ddd-9517-00eff13efef7/rosie+ft.jpeg Interviews - Rosie Frater-Taylor makes her manchester debut - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/yaatri monthly 0.5 2022-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/eaf762f6-bbe9-42a5-87ac-21b4186a960f/yaatri+square.png Interviews - Liam & Felix of Yaatri on debut release ‘Lucid’ - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tom-barford monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c5a0a6fe-b751-457f-83cd-33e966aaf97b/Tom-Barford-credit-Dave-Stapleton-9922-Medium.jpeg Interviews - Tom Barford on early beginnings & pushing boundaries - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/jasmine monthly 0.5 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/5c5cea42-54fb-4641-b210-60518cc63a25/Jasmine+Whalley+press.jpeg Interviews - Jasmine on influences, ImprovisatiOn & album release - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/myele-manzanza monthly 0.5 2022-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/2a946240-7db3-4287-83f2-9642cf398539/myele+manzanza+headshot.jpeg Interviews - Myele Manzanza on his latest release and upcoming Blues Kitchen show - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/byron-wallen-interview monthly 0.5 2021-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1633130216598-RLVC4BBDV7BLR6AHGYTS/byronwallen_credit+Urszula+Tarasiewicz-169ratio.jpg Interviews - Byron Wallen on musical influences and his upcoming NQ Jazz gigs - Make it stand out Photo by Urszula Tarasiewicz https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/mark-lockheart-interview monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1631709805104-UGR00V4I7JG8EFR0EVQG/Mark%2BLockheart%2B%28credit-%2BDave%2BStapleton%29-6300%2Bcopy+169ratio.jpg Interviews - Mark Lockheart on Dreamers and musical influences - Make it stand out Photo by Dave Stapleton https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/shirley-smart-interview monthly 0.5 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1630627622144-8EELFO0ISIF2Q9VRZEHN/Shirley-Smart-Hang-2019.Hang1_Shirley_Smart_3.jpg Interviews - Shirley Smart on Middle Eastern musical influences and upcoming recordings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/misha-mullov-abbado monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625842938587-6LDL5RBJMXWY9LYR2NWS/MMA+group+by+Aga+Tomaszek.jpg Interviews - Misha Mullov-Abbado on Avishai Cohen and seeing his peers perform again - Make it stand out Photo by Aga Tomaszek https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/andre-canniere monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625841875260-SA4GDUKEOEXXA6TA4LLS/MSJ_0791-edited-Monika-Jakubowska.jpg Interviews - Andre Canniere on musical routines and Bandcamp Friday picks - Make it stand out Photo by Monika Jakubowska https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/joe-downard monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1625833313955-86DFWLIXLIYDSXZRUV2Q/Joe+Downard191.jpg Interviews - Joe Downard on musical influences and lockdown life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/ella-hohnen-ford monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622666577555-4FNN1ORJ686OZVDXTZKP/Ella169.jpg Interviews - Ella Hohnen-Ford on lockdown reflection and great 20th century voices - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/iain-ballamy monthly 0.5 2021-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622660103421-5PGI093PH3HW9J1BZJ8H/Iain169.jpg Interviews - Iain Ballamy on influential music and the return of live gigs - Make it stand out Photo by Lisa Wormsley https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/norma-winstone monthly 0.5 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622073629213-ORLL2EMT19IANF0BYOMS/Norma169ratio.jpg Interviews - Norma Winstone on Kenny Wheeler and lockdown activities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/ant-law monthly 0.5 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622071644654-GCPMK1K0VXZYSEJQGYTD/Ant%2BLaw%2B169ratio.jpg Interviews - Ant Law on performing live, gaming, and concert-going - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/soweto-kinch monthly 0.5 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1622072027190-FFP7N5KEEBO3BQ8DWX6A/Soweto+Kinch+169ratio.jpg Interviews - Soweto Kinch on his forthcoming orchestral piece and musical influences - Make it stand out Photo by Iza Korsak https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/category/Interview monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Bassist monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/voice monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Andre+Canniere monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Shirley+Smart monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Iain+Ballamy monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Interview monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/NQ+Jazz monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Norma+Winstone monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Seven+Japanese+Tales monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Soweto+Kinch monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Ghost+Days monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Trumpeter monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/IBQT monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Mark+Lockheart monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Ella+Hohnen-Ford monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Vocalist monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/TreeClimbers monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/guitar monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Guitarist monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/rosie+frater+taylor monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/singer+songwriter monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Byron+Wallen monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Ant+Law monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Cellist monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Misha+Mullov-Abbado monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Joe+Downard monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/interviews/tag/Saxophonist monthly 0.5 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on daily 0.75 2026-02-27 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-december-2a83x-ktj56-z3pjg-tfljz monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/57777562-2bdb-40c5-a5f4-3b7bf316f248/DSCF3054small.jpg WHATS ON - Olga Amelchenko https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-december-2a83x-ktj56 monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/19ab33dd-4e6c-4447-aa76-a0e2df9eec39/PHOTO-2026-02-12-17-57-10+2.jpg WHATS ON - Dave Sear Sextet https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nqjazzorchestra/mattcarmichael-ntwzk monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/2603f3c1-2fb3-4a42-bc36-15a6ba84e73e/credit_Jimmy+and+Dena+Katz+photo+credit.jpg WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra: Plays Maria Schneider https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nqjazzorchestra/mattcarmichael monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/805f86ed-524f-472e-abfd-a2810f5375d0/Matt+SOLO+landscape+BNW+%28photo+by+camille+lemoine%29+.jpg WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra: Matt carmichael + special guests https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-december-2a83x-ktj56-z3pjg monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9501141d-9053-463a-a025-191f8b1ef664/Ivo+Neame+%28Sep-25%29+-+picture_0.jpg WHATS ON - Ivo Neame Trio https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/patrickbartley monthly 0.5 2026-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b7247189-ab76-4ec7-97ba-4227af319661/patbartley.jpg WHATS ON - Patrick Bartley ‘New visions Quartet’ https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-december-2a83x monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/494cd3a4-0f3b-4437-aaed-085bf8c97a16/Photo+Marius+Neset+Quintet+%28c%29+Helge+Hansen.jpeg WHATS ON - Marius Neset https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ant-law-unified-theories-5anw7-9zg6s-a5wne-8a4kj monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b2e581aa-c10a-4acd-9303-47a066275d44/DSCF0428-min.jpeg WHATS ON - Alexandra Ridout New York Quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c84a698d-ee18-4c57-a656-8e016095f7e8/DSCF0362-min.jpg WHATS ON - Alexandra Ridout New York Quartet Alexandra Ridout // Trumpet Yvonne Rogers // Piano Simón Willson // Double bass David Sirkis // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/laura-jurd monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7845402f-d913-454d-b6c2-a328324a68f1/Laura+Jurd-28.jpg WHATS ON - Laura Jurd - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a9a52114-937c-46e5-87af-4b3ed0f2b674/Laura+Jurd-24.jpg WHATS ON - Laura Jurd Laura Jurd // trumpet Cori Smith // viola Ruth Goller // bass Corrie Dick // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/harben-kay monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c6c3e9e8-a626-43e5-9e14-4fd2166041ad/H_Kay_00031.jpg WHATS ON - Harben Kay Quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/dab64229-29ac-4393-9722-0f1a73536d7a/H_Kay_00016.jpg WHATS ON - Harben Kay Quartet Harben Kay // tenor saxophone & alto flute Peter Johnstone // piano Calum Gourlay // double bass Alyn Cosker // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ali-watson monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/8eaccbf4-0344-4dba-b84c-db2bfcf852aa/9_B%26W_Version.jpg WHATS ON - Ali Watson Quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/06930f19-dd5b-4cf0-8fad-b74c73522665/received_226672199127328.jpeg WHATS ON - Ali Watson Quartet Matt Carmichael // Saxophone Alan Benzie // Piano Ali Watson // Bass Greg Irons // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ant-law-unified-theories monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4e84bed0-8a16-4bf8-b1bf-e79561e82879/Ant+Law+high+resolution+promotional+photo+copy.jpg WHATS ON - Ant LAw’s Unified Theories - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/3983ea18-f38b-4f47-9f8b-941260e2f309/Ant+Law+high+resolution+promotional+photo+copy.jpeg WHATS ON - Ant LAw’s Unified Theories Ant Law // guitar & compositions Michael Chillingworth // alto sax Conor Chaplin // bass Ernesto Simpson // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/anna-chandler-nonet monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/197c8ce8-c409-4336-a530-445fab71f8a6/ACK+Promo+3+Reduced.jpg WHATS ON - Anna Chandler Nonet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/82ed706e-3edd-448e-8793-da371bc7d1e8/ACK+Promo+2+Reduced.jpg WHATS ON - Anna Chandler Nonet Anna Chandler-King // Alto & Baritone Saxophones & Composition Riley Stone-Lonergan // Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Nadim Teimoori // Tenor & Alto Saxophones Laurence Mason // Bass Saxophone & Bassoon Ellie Whitley // Trombone Tom Harris // Piano Sam Quintana // Double Bass Steve Hanley // Drums Kel Àlvaro // Voice https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-december monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/de5a4551-8f7a-4bf5-bd08-b826f366dfa1/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+18.46.00.png WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra - December edition https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-august monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/de5a4551-8f7a-4bf5-bd08-b826f366dfa1/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+18.46.00.png WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra - august Edition https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/james-girlings-bridge-quartet monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/50ae26bc-5553-406d-aec9-ebcbcc52293f/Oslo+Landscape.JPG WHATS ON - James Girling’s Bridge Quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/eecb11da-fde5-47a9-bd0e-169a2e6595fc/Oslo+portrait+2.png WHATS ON - James Girling’s Bridge Quartet Dave Edge (UK) // tenor saxophone James Girling (UK) // guitar Andreas Svabø (NO) // bass Emil Norman (DK) // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/empirical monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1934ed7b-933c-4017-8f46-ea7d89cdb018/Empirical+trio+plus+Ivo.jpg WHATS ON - Empirical - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/6e5d0a79-824a-44a2-9906-99d01e1b6faf/Empirical-new.jpg WHATS ON - Empirical Nathaniel Facey // alto saxophone Ivo Neame // piano Tom Farmer // bass Shaney Forbes // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/billy-marrows-grande-familia monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d2a9b45a-12b2-4fe6-99cd-2693ff674f7f/Grande+Familia+Sextet+-+landscape+-+photo+credit+Ted+Smith.jpg WHATS ON - Billy Marrows’ Grande Família - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a15b9c42-955a-4158-a92c-b81b443d8737/Billy+Marrows+-+landscape+-+photo+credit+Ted+Smith.jpg WHATS ON - Billy Marrows’ Grande Família Mike Soper // trumpet Nadim Teimoori // saxophone Olli Martin // trombone Billy Marrows // guitar & compositions Flo Moore // electric bass Rod Oughton // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nonunonu monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7ac3e0ad-a3b6-4a9a-af85-7ec90295af7f/NONU_PS_HD-08933+%281%29.jpg WHATS ON - Nonunonu - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/65877953-7bae-4215-98ea-eb3f53d9f1a8/Nonunonu+Film+Edits+Web-24.jpg WHATS ON - Nonunonu Bim Williams // Guitar Andy Patterson // Bass Ruben Sheridan // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/alice-leggett monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/2104b4fd-5b96-43d3-80be-8d5d6b27c802/Untitled-design.png WHATS ON - Alice Leggett - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e6b3a13c-14e7-4758-b025-d22eb7404ba0/Alice-Leggett-solopicture.jpg WHATS ON - Alice Leggett Alice Leggett // Alto Saxophone Alistair Payne // Trumpet Chaerin Im // Piano Tijs Klaassen // Upright Bass Wouter Kühne // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/richard-spaven-trio monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f5e04d90-14f2-4635-bf00-bf24df02293d/622A8948+Reduced.jpg WHATS ON - Richard Spaven Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nish-tom monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/df1fcbb1-4905-460c-907f-ff4946377e5e/Nish+Tom+3.jpg WHATS ON - Nish & Tom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/de5a4551-8f7a-4bf5-bd08-b826f366dfa1/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+18.46.00.png WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/lukasderungsquintet monthly 0.5 2024-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4d9653f7-3fbf-4b58-b555-50165fd7e434/DeRungs+Quintet+3+%28c%29+Daniel+Wetzel.jpg WHATS ON - LUKAS DERUNGS QUINTET - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e54db2dd-23c0-4fc9-9116-6e65c6737227/Lukas+DeRungs+am+Piano+SW+%28c%29+Daniel+Wetzel.jpg WHATS ON - LUKAS DERUNGS QUINTET Immy Churchill (UK) // Voice Karim Saber (UK) // Guitar Jonas Esser (DE) // Drums Jan Dittmann (DE) // Bass Lukas DeRungs (DE) // Piano & Composition https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/jasperhoiby-3elements monthly 0.5 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/94e3e839-f354-4c62-9ca7-baeebcb91478/Jasper+H%C3%B8iby-CreditDaveStapleton.jpg WHATS ON - Jasper Høiby - 3Elements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4acdf74f-a7c0-4027-87dd-dba9d4bec4ef/DaveStapleton_6.jpg WHATS ON - Jasper Høiby - 3Elements Jasper Høiby - Bass & Compositions Chaerin Im - Piano Jamie Peet - Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nq-jazz-orchestra-fundraising-concert monthly 0.5 2024-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1b175a65-fa92-43f1-ad52-72d6f30f8182/DSC09335.jpg WHATS ON - NQ Jazz Orchestra Fundraising Concert NQ JAZZ FUNDRAISING CONCERT https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/manchesterjazzcollective monthly 0.5 2024-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c1f06e6f-febd-4e5b-96bb-70ec0272969e/Manchester+Jazz_Coralie+Monnet-4.jpg WHATS ON - MANCHESTER JAZZ COLLECTIVE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d8922033-2172-4308-abae-76a642d2a102/Manchester+Jazz_Coralie+Monnet-5.jpg WHATS ON - MANCHESTER JAZZ COLLECTIVE Kyran Matthews Alto & Soprano Saxophones Jeff Guntren Tenor Saxophone Emily Burkhardt Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet & Flute Graham South Trumpet TBC Trumpet Ellie Smith Trombone TBC Bass Trombone Andrew Stamatakis-Brown Piano Paul Baxter Bass Johnny Hunter Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/kavuma-erskine monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/abb0f0b6-967d-4b1b-bf78-be3ae55fbc0a/markkavuma%2Btheoerskine.jpg WHATS ON - Mark Kavuma + Theo erskine ‘ultrasound’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/09f02d9a-c627-4a9e-b5b5-7a1d68098bcf/mark+kavuma+image+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Mark Kavuma + Theo erskine ‘ultrasound’ Theo Erskine - tenor sax Mark Kavuma - trumpet Deschanel Gordon - piano Michael Shrimpling - double bass Jack Thomas - drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/gowseeker monthly 0.5 2023-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1e47beae-21ba-4846-a4c8-b25fed04641d/Glowseeker.jpg WHATS ON - Glowseeker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/3f5bae7b-b6ae-4cdd-a149-5060d5410be5/20230710-110A9545.jpg WHATS ON - Glowseeker David Austin Grey - Keyboard, Piano, Synths & Electronics Josh Valivedoo - Electric Bass Matt Holmes - Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/sunmihong monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/cd611645-6f42-4c03-aad2-db2fd798aa4e/Sun-Mi-Petra-Beckers-3-1+%281%29.jpg WHATS ON - Sun-mi hong quintet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a4911ff1-2949-4bf6-8b87-47d2d9f9f61e/_DSC9655+%281%29.jpg WHATS ON - Sun-mi hong quintet Alistair Payne - Trumpet Nicolò Ricci - Tenor saxophone Chaerin Im - Piano Alessandro Fongaor - Bass Sun-Mi Hong - Drums & Compositions https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/aaronparks-tomollendorff monthly 0.5 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/642bad03-e1d1-4157-a18c-8667add4972c/aaron+parks.jpeg WHATS ON - Tom Ollendorff Quartet ft. Aaron Parks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7966254a-8ed4-4f6a-824c-55fc820b9d09/Tom-Aaron-2-scaled.jpeg WHATS ON - Tom Ollendorff Quartet ft. Aaron Parks Tom Ollendorff - guitar Aaron Parks - piano Conor Chaplin - double bass James Maddren - drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/joewebb monthly 0.5 2023-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b8d5928d-e2bd-4b52-91c2-f2641a0f4955/SKY08---1500-x-1000.jpg WHATS ON - Joe Webb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/5e357d7b-c462-44be-81e6-33840dddebf0/joe+webb+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Joe Webb Joe Webb - piano Will Sach - bass Sam Jesson - drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/wako monthly 0.5 2023-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e865f794-101b-416c-81de-622b554267c6/Wako_1_photo+by+Eirik+Havnes.jpg WHATS ON - WAKO - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7c2d0377-bd08-48f8-81e4-b438de2bf0a8/wako.jpeg WHATS ON - WAKO Kjetil André Mulelid - piano Martin Myhre Olsen - saxophones Bárður Reinert Poulsen - double bass Simon Olderskog Albertsen - drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/byronwallen monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1632770982390-Y06657Q9XK3NW1EZNLVT/byron+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Byron Wallen ‘Four Corners’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/georgiacecile monthly 0.5 2023-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/ba5c7762-dba8-4462-bc32-4284dd091d98/Georgia.Cecile.%2Bsmaller%2B.jpg WHATS ON - Georgia Cécile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/aa1e0b77-8a50-4e95-aa2f-56e129b23228/Georgia-Cecile.jpeg WHATS ON - Georgia Cécile Georgia Cécile // voice Ferg Ireland // bass Euan Stevenson // piano https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/emmajohnsongravyboat monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/5948bcae-7812-42d5-96e1-69e03ef8a395/emma-johnson-saxophone.jpeg WHATS ON - Emma johnson Gravy Boat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/eec2aef8-a5ad-4bb8-afce-b9270f1dae9c/emma+johnson.png WHATS ON - Emma johnson Gravy Boat Emma Johnson // tenor saxophone Fergus Vickers // electric guitar Richard Jones // piano Angus Milne // double bass Steve Hanley // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/jonathankresiberg monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4b0cd49e-266f-499f-b5ad-ae543f3d99e2/Jonathan_Kreisberg2.jpeg WHATS ON - Jonathan Kreisberg quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/39b366c7-dcc6-4ad0-b42c-251947331b5b/JK%2BFAVICON.jpg WHATS ON - Jonathan Kreisberg quartet Jonathan Kreisberg // Guitar Marko Churnchetz // Piano Phil Donkin // Bass Colin Stranahan // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/mattridley monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4df0598e-26b2-4ec5-a9c8-e390e572c436/unnamed+%283%29.jpg WHATS ON - Matt ridley ‘The Antidote’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a3c6a0bb-fd8d-4201-91d1-0f653c97658f/matt+ridley.png WHATS ON - Matt ridley ‘The Antidote’ Matt Ridley // Double Bass Ant Law // Guitar Alex Hitchcock // Tenor Saxophone Tom Hewson // Piano TBC // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/johnpopequintet monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f44542db-487d-44af-b5a3-94fd61e72d6f/jpope.jpeg WHATS ON - John Pope quintet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7d4ca7f7-bbaa-4aa1-b211-d51ed452db32/John-Pope-Large__1561980155_90.215.192.57.jpg WHATS ON - John Pope quintet John Pope // Double Bass Jamie Stockbridge // Alto Saxophone Faye MacCalman // Tenor Saxophone & Clarinet Graham Hardy // Trumpet & Pocket Trumpet Johnny Hunter // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/unknowntoknown monthly 0.5 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1dd7c853-60fc-4f71-bd05-c86fe4c5a480/2021-10-31+at+17.46.58.png WHATS ON - Unknown to known - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c93a624e-e58b-4eaf-96ae-81b131d9b5b4/2021-11-13+at+14.14.26.jpeg WHATS ON - Unknown to known Idris Rahman - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Flute Tamar Osborn - Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Flute Jihad Darwish - Sitar, Double Bass, Electric Bass Yusuf Ahmed - Drums, Percussion https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/grahamcostellostrata monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9e208f22-31c6-4b58-aca7-5ea3dea0ec0e/Graham+Costello%27s+STRATA+-+Image+%234.jpg WHATS ON - graham costello strata - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/67e71a43-b883-45a7-aba4-c8ca4f92d7ab/Graham+Costello%27s+STRATA+-+Image+%232.jpg WHATS ON - graham costello strata Harry Weir // tenor sax Fergus McCreadie // piano Kevin Cahill // guitar Gus Stirrat // electric bass Graham Costello // drums + composition https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ellenandreawangtrio monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/36a91b45-b480-4749-856e-716383506fb7/Closeness+-+Photo+of+EAW%2C+Jon+Fa%CC%88lt%2C+Rob+Luft+photcredit+Oda+Berby+%28resize%29.jpg WHATS ON - ELLEN ANDREA WANG / ROB LUFT / JON FÄLT TRIO - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f3d6bbda-b8e1-4a0c-8c35-bad485bee406/fotocred+solveig+selj-kopi.jpg WHATS ON - ELLEN ANDREA WANG / ROB LUFT / JON FÄLT TRIO Ellen Andrea Wang // double bass Rob Luft // guitar Jon Fält // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/alicezawadzki monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e184ecd8-1841-4e9f-acbb-ebf704945c96/alicez.jpeg WHATS ON - Alice Zawadzki Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d9eaf697-e31e-4680-87ca-f51ca536b8f0/alice+zawadzki.jpeg WHATS ON - Alice Zawadzki Trio Alice Zawadzki // voice & violin Fred Thomas // Piano Misha Mullov-Abbado // Bass https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/mjf-nathaniel-facey-trio monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7c20fdd6-80af-4116-b741-e66905ffdae0/nathaniel+facey+4.jpeg WHATS ON - MJF // Nathaniel Facey Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/alina-bzhezhinskas-hipharp-collective-ft-tony-kofi monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d8281990-bbc7-4b69-831a-58fbfb03e7fa/tony+kofi+%26+alina.jpg WHATS ON - MJF // Alina Bzhezhinska’s HipHarp Collective ft. Tony Kofi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/mjf-donovan-haffner monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f6804c23-6103-477e-a84c-d2b756004436/donovan+haffner+6.jpeg WHATS ON - MJF // Donovan Haffner - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/27bd322a-09e7-4f9f-b479-a3a5811d6a42/donovan+haffner+4.jpeg WHATS ON - MJF // Donovan Haffner - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/richardjones monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4e09edab-5204-4f07-bdde-92642d9178d1/Richard+Jones+Trio+-+Dan+Wiebe+8.jpg WHATS ON - Richard Jones Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/57b62541-85a2-4fc9-9bcb-2808f5f9a636/Richard+Jones+-+Dan+Wiebe+9.jpg WHATS ON - Richard Jones Trio Richard Jones // Piano Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley // Bass Johnny Hunter // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/dominicingham monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/bf58322f-36be-435d-86aa-415f20ff8ebf/H25C1991-Edit.jpg WHATS ON - dominic Ingham - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/cf94aba3-043f-4f95-8ca4-c597179607cf/ingham+dom.jpg WHATS ON - dominic Ingham Dominic Ingham // violin Miles Mindlin // guitar Jonny Mansfield // vibraphone Will Sach // bass Jay Davis // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/antlaw-alexhitchcock monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/048fd6bc-0ae0-4614-88fc-1835c7703743/ANT-ALEX-SOUTHBANK-121.jpeg WHATS ON - Ant Law/Alex Hitchcock ft. Sun-Mi Hong & Jasper Høiby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b21462ad-8c37-4343-aecb-2e910e4bf1cc/DBN_Burak_AntLawEN.jpeg WHATS ON - Ant Law/Alex Hitchcock ft. Sun-Mi Hong & Jasper Høiby Ant Law // guitar Alex Hitchcock // saxophone Jasper Høiby // bass Sun-mi Hong // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/xhosacole monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a3ca46c6-3569-49fd-9878-6ba0c416546d/XhosaCole.June22.2681-1.LowRes.jpg WHATS ON - Xhosa Cole - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e90d57b5-a63a-4543-976f-9d19a84daefe/unnamed.jpg WHATS ON - Xhosa Cole Xhosa Cole // Tenor Sax Steve Saunders // Guitar Josh Vadiveloo // Double Bass Nathan England Jones // drums Liberty Styles // Tap Dance https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/cortoalto monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/abd1a996-c648-417c-953e-c81d0694c177/image003.jpg WHATS ON - corto.alto - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d0bd4aa6-ea0c-481b-99c4-fa03fc43ad4a/TOUR+POSTER+SQUARE.png WHATS ON - corto.alto Liam Shortall trombone Mateusz Sobieski tenor saxophone Harry Weir tenor saxophone James MacKay guitar Fergus McCreadie keys Luca Pisanu bass Graham Costello drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/richardspaven monthly 0.5 2022-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b5631f9f-7644-4b3a-808d-56e63bcf363f/richard+spaven+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Richard Spaven - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/17b037f3-ee79-43d6-b00b-43fdc36cd0c1/spaven.jpeg WHATS ON - Richard Spaven Stuart McCallum // guitar Chris “Fatty” Hargraves // bass Richard Spaven // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/evelynglennietriohlk monthly 0.5 2022-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4555bcc3-b426-46d0-8629-5dd49f8bc16c/evelyn-glennie-and-trio-hlk-640x400.jpeg WHATS ON - Evelyn Glennie + Trio HLK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/0827a96b-06d5-4649-b3c0-2896635eb97d/Glennie%26TrioHLK%40Estonia_13.02.2020_G.Laak-5541.jpg WHATS ON - Evelyn Glennie + Trio HLK Dame Evelyn Glennie // percussion Richard Harrold // piano & composition Ant Law // guitar // Richard Kass // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/manyvoicesofeve monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/3e25f115-7dda-4a6d-a1db-5d5ed71a220a/lvp+header.png WHATS ON - The Many voices of eve: THE PRINTMAKERS + LONDON VOCAL PROJECT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d648694d-eaca-40eb-b03a-9f0b9704ee8d/nikki+iles+piano.jpeg WHATS ON - The Many voices of eve: THE PRINTMAKERS + LONDON VOCAL PROJECT Norma Winstone MBE // voice Nikki Iles // piano Mike Walker // Guitar Mark Lockheart // saxophone Steve Watts // bass James Maddren // drums London Vocal Project led by Pete Churchhill https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/jamiemurray monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/53d07c9d-7ae2-47ee-a796-2c420b55bb98/image0+%281%29.jpeg WHATS ON - Jamie Murray Evolution ft. david binney - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9a3b48c8-f18d-43a6-b50d-8cba700595dd/dave+binney.jpeg WHATS ON - Jamie Murray Evolution ft. david binney David Binney // saxophone David Preston // guitar Laurence Cottle // bass Jamie Murray // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ben-wendel-tom-ollendorff monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9f19aa9a-240c-4ef7-8736-1ad1a3cb988f/Tom+%26+Ben+Merge+Website.png WHATS ON - Tom Ollendorff ft. Ben Wendel - “A naturally inquisitive musician whose credentials branch out beyond jazz” The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a7fdee45-03b5-4c06-a098-182ad1af9bbd/ben+wendel+4.jpeg WHATS ON - Tom Ollendorff ft. Ben Wendel Ben Wendel // saxophone Tom Ollendorff // guitar Conor Chaplin // double bass Marc Michel // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/deschanelgordon monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/090e4543-c712-44f3-a72d-a3e9102c0b47/Deschanel+Gordon+%C2%A9+BBC+Young+Musician+2020-min.jpeg WHATS ON - Deschanel Gordon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a2dd34cb-fbb6-43dd-afe2-38ba458b4f2d/11+June+Deschanel+Gordon1-min.jpg WHATS ON - Deschanel Gordon Deschanel Gordon // piano Will Sach // bass Will Cleasby // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/arunghosh monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b3954056-510e-49e7-bad9-363b92f4b750/arun+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Arun ghosh - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/8ff963d8-2ecf-452b-be7a-334e1f9aad1d/arun.jpeg WHATS ON - Arun ghosh Arun Ghosh // clarinet Chris Williams // alto saxophone Jamil Sheriff // keys Gavin Barras // double bass Dave Walsh // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/myelemanzanza monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c1276d0a-1804-4f52-9a9a-7e7645484a05/Myele+Manzanza+profile.jpeg WHATS ON - Myele Manzanza - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/beb2c03b-1f23-4b60-8336-f013c9ed3577/Myele+Manzanza.png WHATS ON - Myele Manzanza Zola Marcelle // Vocals Lewis Moody // Keys Matt Gedrych // Bass Myele Manzanza // Drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/letspin monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/49836a34-ea07-4d1b-97a3-c371b2366b1b/Let+Spin.jpeg WHATS ON - Let spin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/ff431234-5922-40e3-b4e9-d38760ad48e6/let+spin.jpg WHATS ON - Let spin Chris Williams // saxophone Moss Freed // guitar Ruth Goller // bass Finlay Panter // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/alexandraridout monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/bc59abe1-b3a9-4ba4-b013-3df1bcd7b45f/alex+ridout.jpeg WHATS ON - Alexandra Ridout - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/086ed147-a165-4756-a121-ddc27f179468/alex+ridout+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Alexandra Ridout Alexandra Ridout // trumpet Iver Cardas // guitar Will Sach // bass https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/denysbaptiste monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/f89e562d-3be5-46d7-9857-a31dcb7611d1/Denys.jpeg WHATS ON - Denys Baptiste Triumvirate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/7a1f31aa-1d31-4743-982b-7cd2595d7765/Denys+Baptiste+3.jpeg WHATS ON - Denys Baptiste Triumvirate Denys Baptiste // tenor saxophone Larry Bartley // bass Cassius Cobbson // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/brigitteberaha monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/8be0133b-334f-42dc-81cd-629ae8e136f8/Lucid+Dreamers+band.jpeg WHATS ON - Brigitte Beraha ‘Lucid Dreamers’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/496cb9ca-4d8a-4e72-b252-5b0d46deb8ec/brigitte+Beraha+2.jpeg WHATS ON - Brigitte Beraha ‘Lucid Dreamers’ Brigitte Beraha // voice & electronics George Crowley // reeds & electronics Alcyona Mick // Piano & Synth Tim Giles // drums & electronics https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/jeantoussaint monthly 0.5 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/942608f7-0ee9-40cb-bae6-e0b16ededef2/5.png WHATS ON - JEAN TOUSSAINT QUARTET - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e245dad9-fb3a-474c-b1b1-9ae0c4696316/jean+toussaint+5.jpeg WHATS ON - JEAN TOUSSAINT QUARTET Jean Toussaint // saxophone Emile Hinton // piano Conor Murray // bass Ben Brown // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/finibearmann monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/700e98ba-3c2b-4dda-a18a-4f4bee396a75/4.png WHATS ON - fini bearman la loba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/21a53ee6-89dc-4eee-8481-5356d0935deb/fini+beaman.jpeg WHATS ON - fini bearman la loba Fini Bearman // voice Tom Cawley // piano Corrie Dick // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/chrisbatchelorzoetic monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9b7570da-558e-460e-bdbd-6a685222fff2/3.png WHATS ON - Chris Batchelor Zoetic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9ab6bcf5-2eaa-44e0-9636-4abbf98abe01/ezgif.com-gif-maker.jpg WHATS ON - Chris Batchelor Zoetic Chris Batchelor // trumpet Margrit Hasler // viola John Parricelli // guitar Steve Watts // double bass Paul Clarvis // percussion https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/ianshaw monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/effca0c7-9ce7-4a72-96a6-4947bb6d19cf/IAN+SHAW+FB+.png WHATS ON - Ian Shaw/Iain Ballamy/Jamie Safir - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/0666ea1b-f531-497a-93af-c59eae203ebd/Ian-Shaw-eshot--scaled.jpeg WHATS ON - Ian Shaw/Iain Ballamy/Jamie Safir Ian Shaw // voice Iain Ballamy // saxophone Jamie Safir // piano https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/tomorrowsnewquartet monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/6e993508-187c-4b9e-847a-8f75db758c12/2.png WHATS ON - Tomorrow’s new quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9d1dd086-00a5-4875-9178-70ad44ba6093/rod+oughton.jpeg WHATS ON - Tomorrow’s new quartet Helena Kay // saxophone Deschanel Gordon // piano Flo Moore // electric bass // Rod Oughton // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/markkavuma monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/72325996-de4a-4ba1-9024-848889cad5e1/mark+kavuma.jpeg WHATS ON - Mark KAvuma Quartet - Kavuma is a terrific trumpeter, and an even better ringleader. He certainly knows how to craft a great program of music. Downbeat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/d3f2eafd-0209-4670-a3fb-918086b55c21/mark+kavuma+headshot.jpg WHATS ON - Mark KAvuma Quartet Mark Kavuma // trumpet Noah Stoneman // piano Michael Shrimpling // bass Luca Caruso // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/hughpascall monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b2e63049-da43-48c8-b4a0-99e464fa73bf/_1MK9436.jpg WHATS ON - Hugh Pascall Borderlands - An outstanding soloist London Jazz News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/cc5ebaad-fcb5-42b1-a6e0-788347c39f9a/_1MK8911.jpg WHATS ON - Hugh Pascall Borderlands Hugh Pascall // trumpet James Allsopp // saxophone John Turville // piano Oli Hayhurst // bass Jay Davis // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/trishclowes monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/adde7ecb-d759-49f0-bf4c-6a249e4b4179/TrishClowes_headshot_%C2%A9RoseHendry.jpeg WHATS ON - Trish Clowes’ My Iris - A high intensity, mercurial workout provides further evidence that Clowes is an improviser to be reckoned with Downbeat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1f1bf60e-ef61-4a03-9887-4d35b0393424/trish+ronnies.jpeg WHATS ON - Trish Clowes’ My Iris Trish Clowes // saxophone Ross Stanley // piano & hammond organ Chris Montague // guitar James Maddren // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/anthonyjoseph monthly 0.5 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/b6f1cb3d-40c9-4f59-8f63-84c3c6c86cff/ANTHONY+JOSEPH+FB.png WHATS ON - mjf: Anthony Joseph ‘The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives’ - One of the most talented and engaging purveyors of the music right now - Mojo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/074e35bd-6bc6-4ece-b0f3-3b254f75c7d6/anthony+joseph+yellow.jpg WHATS ON - mjf: Anthony Joseph ‘The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives’ Anthony Joseph // voice/poetry Thibaut Remy // guitar Denys Baptiste // tenor saxophone & bass clarinet Colin Webster // Tenor Saxophone & flute Andrew John // bass Rod Youngs // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/emmarawiczquintet monthly 0.5 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/660892a4-a486-4b84-97df-7630b6d9c435/2.png WHATS ON - mjf: Emma Rawicz Quintet - “A force to be reckoned with” - Jazzwise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/98541337-4e32-4cc8-9da6-57e5add882d6/Emma-R.jpeg WHATS ON - mjf: Emma Rawicz Quintet Emma Rawicz // saxophone Ant Law // Guitar Ivo Neame // piano Conor Chaplin // bass Asaf Sirkis // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/alexhitchcock-dream-band monthly 0.5 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9577c1d4-e056-453d-82f7-def21f43be87/1.png WHATS ON - mjf: ALex Hitchcock ‘DReam band’ - Exquisitely subtle collection of tunes... the clearest indicator to date of the stratospheric trajectory on which this super-talented quintet is indubitably heading ALL ABOUT JAZZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/e8f13687-1bb0-4782-8840-21fcea24519b/Alex+Hitchcock+5tet+2+%28credit+Monika+Jakubowska%29.jpg WHATS ON - mjf: ALex Hitchcock ‘DReam band’ Rachael Cohen // alto saxophone Alex Hitchcock // tenor saxophone Deschanel Gordon // piano Joe Downard // bass Shane Forbes // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/tomharris-rachaelcohen monthly 0.5 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/0afbae9d-e63b-4646-8cab-067930dd4def/Tom+promo+-+credit+Sophie+Jouvenaar.jpg WHATS ON - Tom Harris ft. Rachael Cohen - “Unhurriedly intricate, slinkily free jazz“ John Fordham, The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/c9be79e8-2546-4898-8299-cf714eb269b3/Rachael+Cohen.jpeg WHATS ON - Tom Harris ft. Rachael Cohen Rachael Cohen // alto saxophone Tom Harris // piano Josh Vadiveloo // Bass Kai Chareunsy // Drums & Percussion https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/spercasa monthly 0.5 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/cc87d40b-5594-459d-a986-c0aec1cb05b1/Spercasa+Square+1.png WHATS ON - Marek Dorcik Špercasa - Saxophonist Crowley and trumpeter Gorodi contribute eloquent solos while bassist Coady and the drummer-leader balance a fizzing percussive drive with mature restraint - Jazzwise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9aaf428d-3c0d-4c2b-acea-690d8518d32d/Spercasa+Square.png WHATS ON - Marek Dorcik Špercasa Kyran Matthews // saxophone Miguel Gorodi // trumpet, flugelhorn Tom Hewson // piano Jakub Cywinski // double bass Marek Dorčík // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/nickwalters monthly 0.5 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/a932d92e-a7c4-4622-987e-ec7e8888fe92/nick+walters+head+shot.jpeg WHATS ON - Nick Walters Quintet - “Amazing new album, so good - another chapter to add to the phenomenal new British Jazz scene” GILLES PETERSON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/ea3bded5-c9af-4e1a-9761-4257e174ce0a/niickwalters.jpeg WHATS ON - Nick Walters Quintet Nick Walters // trumpet Ed Cawthorne // flute, soprano sax Rebecca Nash // piano Nim Sadot // bass Laurie Lowe // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/a-hologram-maze monthly 0.5 2021-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/fdbe243d-7055-4d6f-a8a1-c65b380fee97/David+AG+Square.png WHATS ON - A Hologram Maze “The music is all heartfelt stuff written over the past 2 years … and was born out of the idea of turning a lot of my personal troubles, thoughts, emotions and anxieties into something positive, and finding a way to express them musically.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/8df6d6e4-c5d4-4c5f-ae19-689df12290bb/GHP_AHM_Session1_-36.jpg WHATS ON - A Hologram Maze David Austin Grey // piano Xhosa Cole // tenor saxophone & flute Sam Wooster // trumpet Shivraj Singh // Double Bass Nathan Jones // Drums & Percussion https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/forj monthly 0.5 2021-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/9ae7d705-fe65-4e67-9fcf-20ef353c5586/forj.jpeg WHATS ON - FORJ “FORJ’s set was a wild, muscular delight” - London Jazz News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/76cf3fae-2fe4-4a00-a933-047f7a4ae862/forj+studio.jpeg WHATS ON - FORJ Joe Wright // Tenor saxophone Josh Arcoleo // Tenor saxophone Nick Jurd // double bass Jonathan Silk // drums https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/yaatri monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/005740d0-ae68-4385-889c-4bad1f38fe9e/Yaatri-15.jpg WHATS ON - Yaatri “...an absolute masterclass in multicultural modern jazz” - 45 x RPM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/4fe67682-75fe-4b7b-af7e-d027d193b870/Yaatri-14+low.jpg WHATS ON - Yaatri Liam Narain DeTar // Guitar and composition Felix Bertulis-Webb // Keys, synths B-âhwe // Vocals and lyrics Jona Tromp // Drums Joe Wilkes // Bass https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on/aub monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/340f4e6c-fba7-4887-bde4-14930dba2465/aub+2.jpeg WHATS ON - AuB ft. Jasper høiby & Marc Michel “This album just gets better and better the more I listen to it. Invigorating stuff from an exciting quartet. One can only surmise there be great things ahead for AuB." - UK Vibe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/957fd378-838b-4332-b352-4c9a6d04aaf0/jasper+hoiby+2.jpeg WHATS ON - AuB ft. 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Northern Jazz Promoters are looking for people with an interest in jazz and improvised music, and the desire and potential to build their skills in promoting and developing audiences. More than anything you should have a love for music and be passionate about the transformational power of arts and culture in people’s lives. NQ Jazz will host and mentor one of the successful applicants for 12 months, giving a grounding in all aspects of jazz promotion including planning, programming, artist liaison, contract negotiations, marketing, audience development, front of house organisation and finance. Applicant Recruitment The year-long paid internships will be open to anyone aged 18 and over based in the North of England Recruitment will be through an open selection process, diversity and inclusion are core values at Northern Jazz Promoters and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community We are keen to encourage applications from locations that are under-represented in jazz, including rural areas Download an application by clicking here (PDF) Download and complete the NJP Internship Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form here (Word docx) Job Description Part Time – Paid Internship Fee: 60 hours per month at minimum wage for one year Reporting to: Host organisation with support from the Project Manager Contract: Fixed term freelance contract to start 27th September 2021 The intern position will include both learning and tasks including but not restricted to: Spending a year building knowledge of jazz promotion by working alongside experienced jazz promoters Visiting Northern venues, festivals and promoters to observe, research and undertake peer reviews Building practical skills through training and experience Focus on building both existing and new audiences Bringing a fresh perspective that will influence artist choice and inform the way that hosts engage with different audiences, particularly younger, more diverse groups Developing insight into using digital marketing to reach beyond the established jazz audience Researching and advise on appropriate methods to capture and use audience information for analysis and audience development Building understanding of data collection and tools such as Audience Finder Helping to make performances more accessible Building skills in a number of areas including the use of filming and digital media distribution Receiving coaching from industry professionals to help learn, develop, reflect and address personal challenges Following training the project will conclude with a series of live concert performances. Interns will work in partnership and alongside host organisations to take responsibility for managing and delivering a series Northern based events. Person Specification: Experience, Skills & Qualities Essential Highly motivated, willing to take the initiative Personable manner with the ability to build strong working relationships Ability to work in partnership and towards shared goals Organisational skills Ability to communicate with others, both written and in person IT and social media skills Be self-supporting regarding administration and be able to work from home Adventurous, open minded and versatile Desirable Knowledge and understanding of the jazz and improvised music scene The ability to travel within distance of the work area for one of the host promoters How to apply Please apply to the Project Manager by sending your CV and a covering letter responding to the relevant job description and person specification. Please use Northern Jazz Promoters Internship as the subject header to ensure that your application is processed in a timely manner. Each candidate should identify which of the five promoters they would be interested in working with, if you are interested to work with more than one promoter please state your order of preference. Please also complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form and include details of two referees. Send your completed application to the following address: pm@northernjazzpromoters.org Interviews will be conducted online over Zoom, we can offer in person interviews for interns unable to access the Zoom facility. Candidates who consider that they have a disability: Reasonable adjustments will be made to the job, job requirements or recruitment process for candidates with a disability. If you consider yourself to have a disability you should indicate this in your application letter, providing any information you would like us to take into account with regard to your disability in order to offer a fair selection interview. If submitting a written application is not the best way to tell us about your skills and experience, please email pm@northernjazzpromoters.org before the application deadline and we will discuss your needs with you. Wherever possible and reasonable we will make adjustments and offer alternatives to help you through the application and selection process. If you have indicated that you have a disability in your application, you will be guaranteed an interview if you clearly demonstrate in your supporting evidence how you broadly meet the essential requirements of the role. Recruitment Timetable Applications Open: Monday 23rd August Closing Date for Applications: Monday 13th September (Midday) Interviews: Week commencing Monday 20th September Starting Date: Monday 27th September The Northern Jazz Promoters gratefully acknowledge the support of Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1629744652448-6IGHXQQZD4LLSRDZKL5G/logo-set+NJP.jpeg Jobs https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/archive daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/archive/aidan-kit monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/archive/film-night/matthew-bourne monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1627913593526-L1BUOJZ8TN6HNKFMPP5Y/dr-jeykll-mr-hyde-poster.jpeg Archive - Film Night: ‘Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ Matthew Bourne // 22nd November 2021 https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/archive/film-night/ripsaw-catfish monthly 0.5 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2ec9a6daccc479889b9a18/1606957564332-ABZN47Q619Y2JWPI4NLL/Aelita_Queen_of_Mars-532838190-large.jpg Archive - 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