East Axis return

Early-2023 release highlights in prospect include the quartet East Axis and their album No Subject to be released on bass icon Christian McBride's label Brother Mister on 27 January. Avant flavours abound with Maria Schneider Orchestra saxophonist

Published: 11 Dec 2022. Updated: 17 months.

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Early-2023 release highlights in prospect include the quartet East Axis and their album No Subject to be released on bass icon Christian McBride's label Brother Mister on 27 January.

Avant flavours abound with Maria Schneider Orchestra saxophonist Scott Robinson joining the great pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Kevin Ray and drummer's drummer Gerald Cleaver.

East Axis surfaced last year on the ESP-Disk label on the absorbing Cool With That that saw a largely similar line-up - Allen Lowe was on sax on that occasion.

East Axis - top, left-right: Gerald Cleaver, Scott Robinson, Matthew Shipp, Kevin Ray. Photo: Anna Yatskevich/band Facebook page. No Subject cover, image: from the Brother Mister artwork  

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Gig choice - the week ahead

Harrison Dolphin The Assembly House Kentish Town, Monday. BadBadNotGood Queen Margaret Union Glasgow, Tuesday. Continuing their latest tour Canadian band BadBadNotGood hit Glasgow this week after taking in a bit of chill time at the Vortex …

Published: 10 Dec 2022. Updated: 17 months.

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Harrison Dolphin The Assembly House Kentish Town, Monday.

BadBadNotGood Queen Margaret Union Glasgow, Tuesday.

Continuing their latest tour Canadian band BadBadNotGood hit Glasgow this week after taking in a bit of chill time at the Vortex with NTS - they made it into the UK jazz and blues chart back in October for Talk Memory. They draw on hip-hop and electronica in their sound and the new record issued by mega indie XL has a characteristic lush and optimistic finesse. Leland Whitty's solo release Glass Moon out recently is also essential.

Wendy Kirkland Olde House Chesterfield, Wednesday.

Matt Deighton Kitchen Garden Cafe Birmingham, Thursday.

Jamie Cullum Shepherd's Bush Empire Shepherd's Bush, Friday.

Transatlantic Trance Map The Hot Tin Faversham, Saturday.

Jamie Cullum photo: BBC Radio 2