Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London
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HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
Kris Davis trio
The Vortex, Dalston, London
OUTSIDE, Gillett Square was Saturday night Dalston-buzzing, and the cooking smells of Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mexico and Thailand were blowing like a universal kitchen all the way up Kingsland Road.
Here for one night were the Kris Davis Trio, with pianist Davis from Calgary, Alberta; Detroit bassist Robert Hurst and Philly drummer Johnathan Blake.
As part of the 2025 London Jazz Festival Rich Mix offered intriguing sessions titled 'Persian Jazz,' CHRIS SEARLE was there
Re-releases from Bobby Wellins/Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippet/Louis Moholo-Moholo, and Charles Mingus Quintet
CHRIS SEARLE wallows in an evening of high class improvised jazz, and recommends upcoming highlights in May
