Artists

Ruby Turner, From Jamaica to the world.

Ruby Turner MBE has been captivating audiences around the world for many years. Her first solo album in 1986 ‘Women Take Up All the Sky’ had producers including Womack and...

Ambrose Akinmusire, Telling the stories of the community.

Trumpeter, Ambrose Akinmusire is one of the most original and poetic musicians of the current generation. Quoting directly from his biography Ambrose “… aspires to create...

Rembrandt Frerichs – A return to the hipness of modern jazz

inJazz Interview – In the spotlights #1: first published, 10 April 2020. No less than 4 groups from the Netherlands were announced for the European Jazz Meeting during...

Cyrille Aimèe: Sondheim, Gypsies and what being alive means.

Grammy® nominated vocalist Cyrille Aimèe has been soaking up diverse, musical communities since an early age. Born in Samois-sur-Seine, in Fontainebleau, France – the same...

Ray Gelato: An Absolute Musician and Performer!

I have had the pleasure to see Ray Gelato play live many times and have met him personally on several occasions. We’ve often both agreed how lovely it would be to put together a...

Interview: Marco Piccioni and the Beauty of Isolation

Italian guitarist, composer and free diver Marco Piccioni is, as the Evening Standard says, ‘a force to be reckoned with’. Born in Turin, Italy, Marco studied with Italian...

Dave Holland: That’s how life works!

With a career spanning over five decades, Dave Holland is without a doubt one of the jazz world’s most acclaimed bassists and composers. Just prior to the lockdown, Darrell...

Jason Miles and a little ‘Black Magic’.

Due to his adaptability to any musical situation he finds himself in, Jason Miles is an artist that one could easily describe as a chameleon. While some may view this as a...

ArtistShare: Brian Camelio speaks…

ArtistShare Records was founded in 2001 and is widely accredited as being the first online “Fan Funding” platform. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking in-depth with...

The Magical Joan Chamorro

As well as an artist in his own right, the superb Spanish multi-instrumentalist Joan Chamorro, is the founder and director of the incredible Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a Jazz youth...

Interview: Nuphar Fey speaks about her road to Serenity Island!

Recently Israeli pianist Nuphar Fey released her latest album on the Belgium based Hypnote label titled “Serenity Island”. Recently I had the pleasure of reviewing this album...