Various venues, LondonWith a symphony-sized orchestra and a raft of singers, the Jazz Voice concert was numerically the heavyweight contender of the 2009 London Jazz festival's opening weekend. But the biggest show of the weekend featured just one man: Sonny Rollins, the unchallengeable old lion of the tenor saxophone.When Rollins slowly took to the stage on Saturday, looking as if his knees were protesting at bearing the weight of the thundering wind pump and convoluted improviser's brain above...
Guardian Music — Various venues, LondonWith a symphony-sized orchestra and a raft of singers, the Jazz Voice concert was numerically the heavyweight contender of the 2009 London Jazz fest... more info