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Take Five with Guitarist Jamie Pye

by AAJ Staff
December 4, 2024

Meet Jamie Pye Jamie Pye is a jny: London-based jazz guitarist and composer with roots in both Australia and New Zealand. He performs in various line ups and contexts; from intimate duo residencies to headline performances as a bandleader showcasing his original music. He is often part of house bands for jam sessions around town, or ...

Gwendolyn Kassenaar at LightSounds 2024

by John Eyles
November 30, 2024

Gwendolyn Kassenaar Rich Mix LightSounds 2024 London, United Kingdom November 23, 2024 The weekend of Saturday November 23rd and Sunday November 24th saw the annual LightSounds festival which, instead of being a mere offshoot of music or visual art, positions audiovisual art at the center of the creative universe. This ...

Oreglo: Opedge

by Scott Lichtman
November 29, 2024

This writer was persuaded to switch from trumpet to tuba in high school and, ever since has been looking for a modern, hard-grooving quartet underpinned by tuba on which to hang his fanboy hat. The moment has arrived: the band is oreglo and the song featured here is “opedge." Guitarist Linus Barry, drummer Nicco Rocco, keyboardist ...

Oreglo

Active since: 2023

Many have tried to define London through music, but few encapsulate the sound of the capital today as eloquently as oreglo – a rising, genre-defying four-piece made up of c-sé (keys), Linus Barry (guitar), Nicco Rocco (drums) and Teigan Hastings (tuba). Through their debut EP ‘Not Real People’ they introduce themselves as a boundless musical experiment endlessly indebted to the city they call home.

After meeting in Secondary school and Tomorrow’s Warriors youth club, oreglo began carving out their expansive sonic palette, endeavouring to push the boundaries of the jazz scenes that birthed them. Through their music, their upbringings in different corners of the capital collide – from DIY jam sessions in East London to the reggae that bleeds from shop speakers into Brixton market, and the grime and drill ricocheting from their peers’ earphones.

Tessa Souter with the Jimmy Masters Trio at the Sandler Center for the Arts

by Mark Robbins
November 17, 2024

The Miller Jazz Series began six years ago under the leadership of bassist Jimmy Masters. Held in the 135-seat Miller room of the Sandler Center for the Arts in jny: Virginia Beach, the series has sold out every performance since its inception. The first few years of the series consisted of a different monthly themes, such ...

John-Paul Muir

John-Paul Muir has established himself as one of the finest pianists to emerge from New Zealand in recent years and certainly one of the most versatile, equally at home in both classical, jazz and contemporary genres.

After completing studies at the University of Auckland with Rae de Lisle and Kevin Field, John- Paul moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He has since graduated with distinction from their Artist Masters Programme and is currently enjoying a freelance career based in London. He has performed throughout New Zealand, the USA, and the United Kingdom. Highlights include performing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, and several concert series at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of the Royal Over-Seas League concert programme in both classical and jazz settings. He was featured as the official pianist for the New Zealand exhibit at the Venice Biennale in 2011, where he performed daily for a week as part of the opening festivities.

John Butcher 70th Birthday Residency at Cafe OTO

by John Sharpe
November 5, 2024

Groundbreaking saxophonist John Butcher is a frequent visitor to north London's Cafe OTO, so it is fitting that the venue provided the setting for a celebration of his milestone birthday. For the occasion he handpicked selection of his most potent collaborators to join him over the three nights in various small group formations. Butcher ...

Vibration Black Finger

Lascelle "Lascelles" Gordon -- the driving force behind Vibration Black Finger -- astonishes yet again with a magnificent second album. Once more his inspiration is drawn from the obscure spiritual jazz collectives of the 1970s where he employs a vast array of like-minded collaborators to create a listening experience infused with an ever-present undercurrent of personal expression and cultural empowerment that's as enriched with ideas as it is progressive in its form. Having earned his chops as founding member of the Brand New Heavies, Campag Velocet, and Heliocentric World, Lascelle's latest album Can You See What I'm Trying to Say bursts with energy and vivid contrasts, flowing effortlessly between beat-laden grooves, oscillating improvisations, soulful recitations, audio verité, and moody atmospherics

Clod Ensemble + Nu Civilisation Orchestra At Barbican Theatre

by Chris May
September 22, 2024

Clod Ensemble + Nu Civilisation Orchestra Barbican Theatre The Black Saint And The Sinner Ladyjny: London September 19, 2024 We will never know exactly what Charles Mingus meant by the title of his suite The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963). Indeed, Mingus himself may not ...

Raw Odoni

Raw Odoni are a modern jazz quartet from South London formed in 2023. We are Hu Spall (ten / sop), Matthew Shorter (piano), Dan Richards (bass) & Christian Lewcock (drums).

The band’s influences are far and wide. We’re loosely post-bop, and have common ground on Coltrane, Monk and Miles. But we listen to everything, from John Cage to The Necks via Fela Kuti and Gong, and a lot of it finds its way in. We’re just vibing off playing together, writing and seeing where it takes us.