Watch: Michael Blake’s ‘Malagasy’ from new album Combobulate
- Friday, September 30, 2022
The Canadian-born American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader shares his uplifting new single ‘Malagasy’ that has a brass-heavy 12/8 groove
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Robert Mitchell’s True Think, Gary Crosby and Arun Ghosh line up for Marsden Jazz Festival
- Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Showing true grit and determination the 30th Marsden Jazz Festival will take place from 6 to 9 October despite losing its key funder for the first time since 2008, following Arts Council England’s...
Pharoah Sanders: 13/10/40-24/09/2022
- Monday, September 26, 2022
Kevin Le Gendre pays tribute to the spiritual jazz saxophone colossus, and Coltrane protégé, who has died aged 81
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