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CHRIS SEARLE wallows in an evening of high class improvised jazz, and recommends upcoming highlights in May
Chris Searle
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to drummer Steve Noble
CHRIS SEARLE interviews saxophonist Chris Williams about the extraordinary electro-acoustic album LEDLEY - a bold fusion of Jazz, football, and community spirit
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Rwanda-born jazz vocalist INEZA
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Ghanaian trumpeter PETER SOMUAH
An unlikely venue hosts a memorable concert, and has future treats in store
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to British Nigerian/Jamaican pianist ROELLA OLORO
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with US trumpeter NATE WOOLEY
CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourites
CHRIS SEARLE translates the fusion of four jazz maestros into a mental image of Hackney Carnival
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez
New releases from Etienne Charles, Jason Anick/Jason Yeager and Elliott Sharp/Sally Gates/Tashi Dorji
CHRIS SEARLE is transported by a combative fusion of US and UK instrumentalists and landmark evening of jazz
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to South African pianist NDUDUZO MAKHATINI
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to renowned US tenor saxophonist DAVID MURRAY
CHRIS SEARLE pops into his local for some serendipitous jazz goings-on
Reviews of Max Eastley/Terry Day/John Butcher, Trevor Tomkins' Sextant, and Caroline Kraabel and Pat Thomas
CHRIS SEARLE interviews saxophonist and flutist Tori Freestone on the release of her duo album with pianist Alcyona Mick
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with clarinetist Sammy Rimington
CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourites
CHRIS SEARLE takes wing with Leeds-born poet of mixed Sri Lankan and English heritage, Seni Seneviratne
Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist PHIL HARGREAVES about his new album PI, and his long-standing support for the WMA
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Denys Baptiste, saxophonist, after his tribute session to the great US saxophonist Wayne Shorter
CHRIS SEARLE interviews jazz pianist ALEXANDER HAWKINS
CHRIS SEARLE interviews trumpeter Byron Wallen about his album Portrait
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to saxophonist, composer and orchestrator JULIAN SIEGEL
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe
New releases from Ches Smith, Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey and John Taylor Sextet
Chris Searle speaks with Venezuelan pianist LUIS PERDOMO
Chris Searle speaks with the Grand Union Orchestra founder TONY HAYNES
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with Hazel Miller, founder of Ogun Records
Chris Searle speaks with saxophonist ABRAHAM BURTON
Chris Searle speaks with saxophonist HARRISON SMITH
Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist XHOSA COLE
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to clarinettist Arun Ghosh, on the release of his album Seclused In Light
CHRIS SEARLE signals the continued importance of Charles Mingus who infused contemporary jazz’s with uncompromising political comment
Chris Searle speaks with saxophonist CAROLINE KRAABEL about her album LAST 1 LAST 2 and the contribution of Robert Wyatt
CHRIS SEARLE talks to Barry Altschul, drummer of the OGJB Quartet on the release of their album Ode To O
CHRIS SEARLE speaks with York native and revolutionary improviser alto saxophonist Trevor Watts
Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist JAVON JACKSON on the release of his new album: The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni
CHRIS SEARLE talks with the Moscow-born Israeli saxophonist Lena Bloch about the release of and inspirations behind her album Rose of Lifta
Classic jazz immortals set the tone
Chris Searle speaks to VAL WILMER about veteran virtuoso New Orleans clarinettist Albert Nicholas
Nuanced and frank narrative of dedicated union activist
Latest releases from Nate Wooley, Derek Bailey and Mototeru Takagi and Michael Formanek
Jazz saxophonist CECILIE STRANGE talks to Chris Searle about the guiding principles behind her music
Guitarist and singer-songwriter PIERS FACCINI talks to Chris Searle about the environmental concerns inspiring his new album Shapes of the Fall
An accomplished classical musician, JIM RATTIGAN talks to Chris Searle about making the transition to a very different musical genre
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS talks to Chris Searle about the the state he's seeking on his new album Molecular
CHRIS SEARLE in conversation with jazz guitar maestro Rob Luft
Latest releases from Niels Lan Doky, The Mark Harvey Group and Tomeka Reid and Alexander Hawkins
Latest releases from Dominic Ingham, Gordon Grdina Septet and James Brandon Lewis/Chad Taylor
Riposte to an inspection that closed a Gloucestershire school
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a book on Ornette Coleman, one of the great musical innovators of the 20th century
MAKIKO HIRABAYASHI talks to Chris Searle about her elegiac reflection on the Fukushima tsunami
Sets from Anthony Braxton, Omar Puente Cuban Sextet and Jean-Marc Foussat in London
Coltrane lives on in scintillating quartet's live set
Inventive northern souls embrace free spirit of improvisation
Vocalist and 'oral provocateur' GRASSY NOEL tells Chris Searle what inspires his extraordinary new album
CHRIS SEARLE reviews Eddie Gomez, Binker Golding, Elliot Galvin, Gunter Baby Sommer and Raymond MacDonald
Bracing big band sound from quality quintet
Brazilian singer LUCAS SANTTANA'S latest record is a call for resistance to the Bolsonaro dictatorship, he tells Chris Searle
Marvellous Mingus tribute
Melodic treat from Copennhagen trio
Saxophonist ALAN WILKINSON talks to Chris Searle about the liberating power of jazz improvisation
Exhilarating set from band of jazz brothers
Veteran saxophonist defies the years with a fiery performance
Jazz tubist THEON CROSS talks to Chris Searle about ‘the vibrations of human connection’ inspiring his latest album
Veteran tenor saxophonist ALAN SKIDMORE talks to Chris Searle about his tribute album to John Coltrane
Quintet create a startlingly good racket
LIAM NOBLE talks to Chris Searle about his new album The Long Game
In tune with the anthemic exhortations of liberation
FRODE GJERSTAD talks to Chris Searle about the outcome of his collaboration with two jazz greats
KEITH TIPPETT talks to Chris Searle about his newly re-released momentous album The Unlonely Raindancer and life’s vagaries
MIGUEL ZENON tells Chris Searle why his latest album pays tribute to one of the great Puerto Rican singers
Trumpet player and composer LAURA JURD talks to Chris Searle about the exciting prospects embedded in her innovative approach to music-making
Chilean tribute to Mexican icon
Drummer MOSES BOYD tells Chris Searle why the album Alive in the East? is an authentic reflection of the direction jazz is taking in this country
Weird and wonderful sounds from improvisatory trio
Jazz saxophonist EVAN PARKER tells Chris Searle what's so special about ground-breaking jazz recording Karyobin
Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp has lost none of his fiery commitment
Avant-garde excellence from the Elliott Sharp trio
OLIE BRICE talks to Chris Searle about the liberating impulse of the jazz he plays with Tobias Delius and Mark Sanders
Horn of plenty from Wayne Escoffery and trio of virtuosi
Unity is the brilliant strength of an improvisatory jazz trio