Januar 2021

Ken Waxman, Jazzword A standout session of uncompromising improvisations by three experts in the field, this Brussels concert has inexplicably waited 10 years before being on disc. On Sunday offers two masterful performances by British guitarist John Russell (1954-2021), German alto saxophonist Stefan Keune and Belgian percussionist Kris Vanderstraeten. Russell who played with the likes […]

Martin Schray, Free Jazz Blog What must one sacrifice to art? Not always and necessarily life, as Friedrich Schiller says in his drama “Wallenstein“ (“And if you do not to commit life / life will never be won“) and as it may have been true for some jazz musicians who literally played for their lives […]