Erminia Yardley Tag Archive

Jazz, made in Italy – Anna Harwell Celenza’s superb new book!

Anna Harwell Celenza’s book “Jazz Italian Style” published by CUP (Cambridge University Press) was published earlier this year and I was hooked.  I need to clarify: this is...

Trio Soundscapism – EP Review by Erminia Yardley

A trio made out of Hong Kong via New York and then London.   With creativity and verve, the project that is Trio Soundscapism, make jazz and improvisation sound so very easy. ...

Chasing Trane ~ The New John Coltrane Documentary

This past week I was at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club to attend the private screening of a new documentary on jazz supreme saxophonist John Coltrane.  The film, written and directed...

Woody Allen ~ a legend in cinematographic plays Jazz @ The Royal Albert Hall

The portentous Royal Albert Hall hosted an early evening of jazz, Dixieland jazz, early jazz with someone who is a little bit of a legend in cinematographic terms, Woody Allen....

“Master Drummer, Tony Allen, at his best!”

Last Friday saw the release of another beauty in the jazz universe, Nigerian epic drummer now a Parisian resident, Tony Allen’s “A tribute to Art Blakey and The Jazz...