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Empirical win Best Jazz Act at MOBO Awards

5175 days ago
AltsoundsBritish post-bop pin-up boys *Empirical* made a swift ascent to the heights of the UK jazz scene in April 2007, with their Courtney Pine endorsed eponymous debut album (also produced and released on Pine's Destin-E record label). The band harv... more info

Robert Mitchell's Panacea: The Cusp – review

5176 days ago
Guardian Music(Edition)Last year, Robert Mitchell released the best album of his career with a piano-trio session that stretched the scope of one of the most familiar formats in jazz. The Cusp returns to knottier territory that Mitchell has long been preoccupied b... more info

Jazz Quartet Empirical Nominated for Mobo Best Jazz Act

5193 days ago
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

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Rhythmica Release Debut Album: A€~rhythmicaa€(TM).

5200 days ago
All About JazzDune 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

Global Warming and CO2 Emissions

5239 days ago
Totally Fuzzyby 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

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Recent Listening: Jason Moran

5286 days ago
All About JazzJason 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

Cheltenham jazz festival | Jazz review

5347 days ago
Guardian MusicTown 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

Billy Jenkins: I Am a Man from Lewisham | CD review

5372 days ago
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

This week's music previews

5427 days ago
Guardian MusicLoop 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

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Empirical Set to Unveil New Release out 'N' in February 2, 2010

5455 days ago
All About JazzNew 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

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