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Chris Searle
moholo
Appreciation / 9 July 2025
9 July 2025

CHRIS SEARLE pays tribute to the late South African percussionist, Louis Moholo-Moholo

CS albums
Album Reviews / 7 July 2025
7 July 2025

Re-releases from Bobby Wellins/Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippet/Louis Moholo-Moholo, and Charles Mingus Quintet

sofia
Interview / 2 July 2025
2 July 2025

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Ethiopian vocalist SOFIA JERNBERG

themen
Interview / 18 June 2025
18 June 2025

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to saxophonist and retired NHS orthopaedic surgeon ART THEMEN

A saxophonist
Interview / 11 June 2025
11 June 2025

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to saxophonist Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson

monster
Music review / 4 June 2025
4 June 2025

CHRIS SEARLE urges you to hear the US saxophonist Joe McPhee on livestream tonight

xhosa
Interview / 21 May 2025
21 May 2025

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist XHOSA COLE and US tap-dancer LIBERTY STYLES

oto
Jazz / 30 April 2025
30 April 2025

CHRIS SEARLE wallows in an evening of high class improvised jazz, and recommends upcoming highlights in May

Interview / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to drummer Steve Noble
Men’s football / 4 April 2025
4 April 2025
CHRIS SEARLE interviews saxophonist Chris Williams about the extraordinary electro-acoustic album LEDLEY - a bold fusion of Jazz, football, and community spirit
Ineza
Interview / 26 February 2025
26 February 2025
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Rwanda-born jazz vocalist INEZA
Peter Somuah
Interview / 5 February 2025
5 February 2025
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Ghanaian trumpeter PETER SOMUAH
Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson in concert at the Vortex with the T
Jazz / 28 January 2025
28 January 2025
An unlikely venue hosts a memorable concert, and has future treats in store
Roella Oloro, 2021
Interview / 22 January 2025
22 January 2025
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to British Nigerian/Jamaican pianist ROELLA OLORO
Nate Wooley
Interview / 6 January 2025
6 January 2025
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with US trumpeter NATE WOOLEY
Culture / 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourites
Pat Thomas, Steve Noble and Seymour Wright play Cafe Ito
Music review / 22 November 2024
22 November 2024
CHRIS SEARLE translates the fusion of four jazz maestros into a mental image of Hackney Carnival
Danilo Perez
Interview / 14 October 2024
14 October 2024
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez
Album reviews / 14 October 2024
14 October 2024
New releases from Etienne Charles, Jason Anick/Jason Yeager and Elliott Sharp/Sally Gates/Tashi Dorji
Music review / 6 September 2024
6 September 2024
CHRIS SEARLE is transported by a combative fusion of US and UK instrumentalists and landmark evening of jazz
Nduduzo Makhathini performing in Amsterdam on 28 October 202
Interview / 21 August 2024
21 August 2024
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to South African pianist NDUDUZO MAKHATINI 
David Murray & Class Struggle at INNtöne Jazzfestival 2018
Interview / 7 August 2024
7 August 2024
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to renowned US tenor saxophonist DAVID MURRAY
Jim Mullen
Music Review / 6 May 2024
6 May 2024
CHRIS SEARLE pops into his local for some serendipitous jazz goings-on
Music / 22 March 2024
22 March 2024
Reviews of Max Eastley/Terry Day/John Butcher, Trevor Tomkins' Sextant, and Caroline Kraabel and Pat Thomas