Altsounds — *Young British jazz quartet Empirical nominated for a MOBO* Multi award-winning jazz sensation Empirical have been nominated for a MOBO Award in 2010's Best Jazz Act category for their critically-acclaimed second album Out 'n' In (out now on Naim... more info

All About Jazz — Dune Music artists Rhythmica release their debut album in digital format on September 27 2010, with CD release set to follow in February 2011. Rhythmica are: Zem Audu—saxophones, Mark Crown—trumpet, Peter Edwards—piano, Pete Randall—... more info

Totally Fuzzy — by Jorge Figueiredo / Resistir.info - 2009-12-06 Original on the Portuguese website www.Resistir.info Some readers have asked why resistir.info has given so much emphasis to exposing that legendary global warming, which would be a problem seemingly... more info

All About Jazz — Jason Moran, Ten (Blue Note) It is possible that Jason Moran is the messianic paragon that the tide of jump-on-the-Bandwagon critical enthusiasm proclaims him. I am willing to cede that judgment to the leavening passage of time. It is no abandonmen... more info

Guardian Music — Town Hall, CheltenhamWhile the 2010 Cheltenham jazz festival had kicked in last week with Elaine Page singing standards, and the weekend included guest artistic director Jamie Cullum's sell-out show for the pop-angled Pursuit album, the event remaine... more info

Guardian Music — (VOTP)Some suggest that Billy Jenkins's default position – attaching a raucous Chicago electric-blues, R&B and gospel-style to lyrics about Ford Transits, jam sandwiches and life On (Catford) Broadway – is a gag at risk of running its ... more info

Guardian Music — Loop Festival, LondonPianist Kit Downes, the young Royal Academy graduate who first emerged with the much-acclaimed band Empirical, is one of the influential new British jazz artists on London's Loop Collective's programme. Downes was taught by forme... more info

All About Jazz — New York, NY -- Empirical is a London based jazz quartet that offers a combination of post bop and a spacey vibe for a cool groove that transcends time. Out 'n' In is a tribute to legendary jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist Eric ... more info

Guardian Music — (Basho)British pianist Kit Downes, formerly of Empirical, is beginning to get the kind of enthusiastic attention Gwilym Simcock did on his emergence a few years before - but for a more economical jazz-derived style with a more audible connection to h... more info

Scotsman.com — EMPIRICAL *** REDROOMS, PERTH THEATRE more info