Guardian Music — Vortex, London"There's been a bit of a misunderstanding," pianist Django Bates brightly announced. "We thought we were guests of Evan's, and he thought he was a guest of ours." Contemporary-sax trailblazer Evan Parker had been invited to curate a fiv... more info

Totally Fuzzy — O Melonauta said... Guinga - Suíte Leopoldina http://sonsglobais.blogspot.com O Melonauta W said... KIP HANRAHAN - PAUL HAINES Darn It! (2CD, 1994) Bizarre 2CD set from Kip Hanrahan's American Clave label. As usual, there's a WIDE array of talent -... more info

Guardian Music — (Winter & Winter)Though Brad Mehldau bassist Larry Grenadier replaced the early edition's Marc Johnson, jazz percussion genius Paul Motian's Trio 2000 has retained all their original slyly camouflaged punch and appetite for spinning spontaneous melod... more info

Guardian Music — (PSI)Bill Frisell comes to London on 11 January, but his gigs with Vinicius Cantuária will show a different side of him to the restrained sideman's role he mostly delivers on this set led by London-based composer Hans Koller. Like Frisell, Koller ... more info

Destination Out — FOR PETER B AND PETER K Evan Parker | Derek Bailey | Han Bennink The Topography of the Lungs Incus : 1970 EP, tenor sax; DB, guitar; HB, drums. To close out our first season of performances, D:O is ecstatic to be presenting the first-ever public perf... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex, LondonPianist and composer Alex von Schlippenbach is one of the most influential of a postwar generation of German jazz musicians who revived the music after years of Nazi banishment. After a classical education in the 50s, Schlippenbach laun... more info

Guardian Music — A trailblazing piece of free jazz that arrived in the revolutionary year of 1968 – and later found a fan in Bill ClintonAs this year's London Jazz festival drew to an end yesterday (21 November), my thoughts turned to how vehemently the event's div... more info

All About Jazz — Bassist and composer Michael Formanek has worked with many leading North American and European jazz musicians over the span of his 35 year career, including Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Evan Parker, Dave Burrell, and several ensembles with Tim Berne. Hi... more info

All About Jazz — Records and compact discs (or downloads for that matter) by the German FMP label have been somewhat scarce (in the USA at least) so Destination Out's agreement with the label to set up a downloading storefront is a big break for fans of progressive j... more info

Guardian Music — Shy and self-effacing, Kenny Wheeler is an unlikely jazz firebrand, but his career tells a very different storySad songs have always made Kenny Wheeler happy. His pieces often sound like backdrops to movies in which women throwing Mona Lisa smiles ov... more info