To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Latest editorial
Notes never to be sidelined or forgotten
Chris Searle on Jazz
Don Pullen
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers
Capricorn Rising
(Black Saint)
OF ALL the array of great pianists who have been at the centre of a century of jazz, I have to say that my nonpareil of the keys was a man from Roanoke, Virginia, called Don Pullen.
Pullen was born in 1944 of mixed African-American and Cherokee heritage. He arrived in Chicago in 1964 to become part of the experimental and community-rooted Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians while finding his living playing in many a rhythm and blues context.
His outrageously progressive talent was recognised by Charles Mingus, who in 1973 made him a member of his band and he played on Mingus’s two brilliantly subversive Changes albums, on pieces like Remember Rockefeller at Attica and the prophecy of Charlottesville, August 2017, Free Cell Block F ’Tis Nazi USA.
Similar stories
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a new album featuring Pat Thomas and Ahmed, and marvels at the tempestuous power of a live performance
As part of the 2025 London Jazz Festival Rich Mix offered intriguing sessions titled 'Persian Jazz,' CHRIS SEARLE was there
WILL STONE applauds a comprehensive survey of love in its many moods and musical forms
Re-releases from Bobby Wellins/Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippet/Louis Moholo-Moholo, and Charles Mingus Quintet