2019 Highlight: Thema Prima

What a lot the veteran Japanese pianist Aki Takase has packed in here: turntable culture somehow; rolling, boisterous sax-led themes; the anarchy of free form jazz; and the wild abandon of the player leader herself who if you can imagine Yoko Ono as …

Published: 12 Nov 2019. Updated: 3 years.

What a lot the veteran Japanese pianist Aki Takase has packed in here: turntable culture somehow; rolling, boisterous sax-led themes; the anarchy of free form jazz; and the wild abandon of the player leader herself who if you can imagine Yoko Ono as a jazzer you would be only half-way there. The group, her Japanic, bristles with some fine players chiefly Daniel Erdmann on sax in one of his best sideman appearances I’ve heard and her tunes have an epic, spirited, grandeur to them able interpreted by the ingenious ensemble. In a word, tremendous.

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''Pizza'' debut sells out

The relevant date for the Patricia Barber Soho Pizza Dean Street jazz club debut is 19 November falling during the EFG London Jazz Festival. Joining the singer pianist in her trio are Patrick Mulcahy on bass and Nate Friedman on drums. Barber has …

Published: 12 Nov 2019. Updated: 3 years.

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The relevant date for the Patricia Barber Soho Pizza Dean Street jazz club debut is 19 November falling during the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Joining the singer pianist in her trio are Patrick Mulcahy on bass and Nate Friedman on drums. Barber has on Higher excelled even her own exacting standards.

A landmark booking, one in a long line, for the Ross Dines-run club. Venue. No wonder it has already sold out.