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Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas is a journalism master’s student at City, University of London. As an undergrad studying philosophy at the University of Reading, Gareth began writing music reviews for the student newspaper as well as his own blog site. With aspirations towards a career in arts and culture journalism – especially in music – he has since gone on to write for Jazz Journal, All About Jazz, and Jazzwise’s The Write Stuff. Gareth is particularly interested in the recent so-called “UK jazz revolution” that has seen the rising popularity of artists such as Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia and Sons of Kemet.
Leszek Możdżer at London Piano Festival 2023
The pianist half mumbled through the curtain of blonde hair that fell over his face but his piano recital was sophistication exemplified
The Supreme Court: The Supreme Vibe
Danish project possibly features good jazz soloists but is dominated by high-quality soul, hip-hop, rap and R&B vocals
Charu Suri: The Book Of Ragas Volume II
Jazz plus raga has a long history but pianist Suri, along with vibraphone and Sufi vocals, fashions something distinct from the old hybrid
Three Seas: Afterlife
Beyond mere Indo-jazz fusion, the Three Seas bring the jazz plus raga idea into the digital age, filtering tradition through electronics
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Soweto Kinch and the London Symphony Orchestra: White Juju
As the 2021 London Jazz Festival drew to a close, saxophonist, rapper and established mainstay of the British jazz scene Soweto Kinch presented the...
Arnaud Guichard’s Serendip Quartet: Queen Of Fire
While Arnaud Guichard’s first album under the Serendip name was recorded in London alongside several musicians from the city, the Serendip Quartet’s second album...
Strangelet Trio & Leo Abrahams: Moments Of Presence
The avant-garde Tomsk-based Strangelet Trio are here joined by accomplished English guitarist Leo Abrahams (whose career has seen him work on a number of...
STR4TA: Aspects
Although it didn’t get a great deal of media attention at the time, the Brit-funk movement that helped to ignite club culture in the...
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Kohsuke Mine: First
The late 60s and early 70s were an important time in the development of jazz in Japan. A shift was taking place, from the...
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Uneasy
The origins of Uneasy can be traced back to 2011, in a collaborative project of the same name (styled ‘UnEasy’), between Indian American pianist...
Futari (Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito): Beyond
Japanese avant-garde pianist Satoko Fujii first met vibraphonist Taiko Saito in Berlin, where Fujii was touring, and Saito was a student at the Universität...
Coma World: Coma World
What does a coma sound like? Drummer Maxwell Hallett, aka Betamax (The Comet Is Coming), and bassist Pete Bennie (Speakers Corner Quartet), have given...
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