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Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton began his journalistic career with The Wire in 1985, when Richard Cook, a school friend of his, became editor. He later wrote for Jazz Review, which Richard Cook founded and edited. He has subsequently written for Classic CD, International Piano and Jazz Journal, none of which Richard Cook was involved in. His day job is teaching philosophy at Durham University, UK. His books include Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art, which grew out of interviews with Konitz for The Wire and Jazz Review, and Aesthetics and Music; both titles appeared in 2007. He is a jazz pianist who needs to practise more.

Reviewed: Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra | Kazzrie Jaxen & Don Messina | Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent

Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra: Jorden Vi Ärvde (Thanatosis Produktion THT41) In 2023, Swedish bassist and composer Vilhelm Bromander released his new big band's debut album. That ensemble...

Stomp Off, Let’s Go – The Early Years Of Louis Armstrong

Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York, began his trilogy of biographies with the intention of...

Reviewed: Russ Lossing | Miles Davis Quintet | Duke Ellington | Chris Cody

Russ Lossing: Inventions – A Suite of Improvisations (Blaser Music SONGS 002CD) American pianist-composer Russ Lossing has led his own bands in New York since...

Reviewed: Jim Doherty with Louis Stewart | Satoko Fujii | Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith

Jim Doherty with Louis Stewart et al: Spondance (Livia Records LRCD2403) Pianist-composer Jim Doherty's octet album was recorded in 1986 with close friends Louis Stewart...
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Reviewed: Russ Lossing | Sophie Agnel & Michael Zerang | Coo

Russ Lossing: Moon Inhabitants (Sunnyside Records SSC1752) New York City based American pianist and composer Russ Lossing has a singular musical vision that makes him...

Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies And The Jazz Commons

In Brassroots Democracy, author Benjamin Barson presents a "music history from below", embracing the Haitian revolution, post-civil war reconstruction and early jazz. The term...

Reviewed: Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian | Iancu Dumitrescu | Benjamin Lackner

Marilyn Crispell with Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: Amaryllis (ECM Records 6515177) This haunting album, reissued in ECM's Luminescence vinyl series, features intense improvising and memorable compositions....

Reviewed: Michaël Attias | Jakob Bro | Kevin Sun | J.D. Allen

Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. II - Kardamon Fall (Out Of Your Head Records OOYH 031) Alto saxophonist Michaël Attias was born in Israel, brought...
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Reviewed: Michel Petrucciani | Neta Raanan | Collin Sherman

Michel Petrucciani: Jazz Club Montmartre (Storyville Records 1038541) This previously unreleased live double album from Copenhagen's Jazzhus Montmartre features the French master in a magnificent...

Playing The Changes: Jazz At An African University And On The Road

Darius Brubeck has "played the changes" both as a musician, and politically, through deep involvement in the cultural politics of South Africa, 1983-2005. With...

Reviewed: Tord Gustavsen | Sam Norris | Ben Monder

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing (ECM Records 6516879) Pianist Tord Gustavsen was born in Oslo in 1970. He studied music at Oslo and Trondheim universities, then...

Report: Vilnius Jazz Festival 2024

As intrepid festival director Antanas Gustys explains in the programme, this is the 37th Vilnius Jazz Festival – and incredibly, he has been in...
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