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Johanna Burnheart

Bär

By Johanna Burnheart

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rix; Falke; Botlierskop; Above The World's End; Ems; Something Cool; Cylla Burna; Clemen; Fossa Offekonis.

Chris May's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Chris May
December 3, 2024

In case you missed the sad news, our dear friend and compatriot, Chris May, passed away in November (read our tribute). Below are the albums he considered extraordinary in 2024--a final testament to his discerning taste and love of sound. -mR Rob LuftDahab Days Edition Records

Arthur Verocai With Nu Civilisation Orchestra At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 2, 2024

Arthur Verocai with Nu Civilisation Orchestra Barbican Hall Arthur Verocaijny:London June 28, 2024 To begin where the evening ended, it surely must be that the phenomenal standing ovation which concluded Arthur Verocai's concert was the most tumultuous ever heard in Barbican Hall. It was loud enough literally to hurt the ...

Johanna Burnheart: Bär

by Chris May
June 7, 2024

German-born London-based violinist, singer and composer Johanna Burnheart made a big impact fast on the Britain's underground jazz scene. After graduating from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018, and before the pandemic shut things down, she played on three significant albums: spiritual-jazz band Maisha's There Is A Place (Brownswood, 2018), trombonist Rosie Turton's 5ive ...

Emily Francis Trio: Luma

by Chris May
April 28, 2022

Luma is the second album from Britain's Emily Francis, following 2015's Absent (Self Produced). Luma appears to have been ready to roll in 2020 and the delay has, presumably, been occasioned by you-know-what. The group's lineup has changed since the debut album, with new drummer Jamie Murray joining keyboard player Francis and bassist Trevor Boxall.

Tamil Rogeon: Son Of Nyx

by Chris May
January 22, 2021

An energetic, modal, fusion release coming out of the alternative jazz scene in Melbourne, Australia, Son of Nyx is a good album which almost succeeds in being more than that, but, frustratingly, does not achieve lift-off until the closing track, “Horns No Eyes." Tamil Rogeon first surfaced as co-leader of the jazz and ...

Burnheart

By Johanna Burnheart

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2020
Track listing: Box Office; Forever Dance; Mensch; Mythos; Never Let Me Go; Plastik; Silence Is Golden; Sysiphos.

Chris May’s Best Releases Of 2020

by Chris May
December 7, 2020

Not the best year for live gigs in London, but Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra just made it under the wire, lighting up the Jazz Cafe in late January. Rather like Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Sosimi's band has form as an incubator of young talent. A recent star in the making was trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, who has ...

Johanna Burnheart: Techno Jazz Shines A Light: New Directions In Music

by Chris May
October 28, 2020

A relatively new name on London's alternative jazz scene, the German-born violinist, vocalist and composer Johanna Burnheart has made a rapid ascent since leaving the city's Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018. She has played on three of the scene's benchmark albums--spiritual-jazz band Maisha's There Is A Place (Brownswood, 2018), trombonist Rosie Turton's 5ive ...