FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Beyond Good and Evil

Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society + Zoe Rahman—London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. Saturday 13th November 2010 I'd heard lots of good things about pianist Zoe Rahman in recent years, so I was really pleased to see she was opening this double bill playing solo. The plaudits are justified, as she was great. Her playing is strident and strong, with heaps of dynamic and harmonic variety. There was plenty of tasty swing bluesy phrasing in there, but also lots of...

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