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Sonny Rollins Blows His Last At 95
by Ian Patterson
Sonny Rollins, the world-renowned tenor saxophonist who lit up the jazz world for nearly seven decades, has died at the age of 95. Hailed in many quarters as the greatest improvising musician in jazz, his passing feels like the end of an era. In a career that began in the 1940s, Rollins played with ...
Miles Davis At 100: A Global Perspective
by Ian Patterson
Miles Davis' centenary has arrived. The second century begins. What changes jazz has undergone in the 100 years since Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926! Davis was all about change, evolution, growth, and reinvention. A driving force behind many of the changes in direction jazz took during his ...
Louis Stewart: Joyce Notes
by Ian Patterson
Few books have provoked such acclaim and disdain as Ulysses (1922), James Joyce's dense and dazzling opus. Banned in the UK, subject to an obscenity trial in the USA, scrutinized, vilified and glorified, it has inspired and baffled in equal measure. Its experimental stream-of-consciousness style--liberally laced with puns and mordant humor--has proven a literary ...
Eddie Henderson's Miles Legacy At Mermaid Arts Centre
by Ian Patterson
Eddie Henderson's Miles LegacyMermaid Arts Centre25th Bray Jazz FestivalBray, IrelandMay 3, 2026 It was a night of double celebration at Mermaid Arts Centre for the closing act of Bray Jazz Festival 2026. Firstly, BJF was celebrating its 25th edition, a milestone that speaks volumes for the dedication--and tenacity--of the festival's founding directors, Dorothy & ...
Roberto Bonati Madriperla Trio: Parfois la nuit
by Ian Patterson
Nighttime provides the seed of inspiration for Roberto Bonati on Parfois La Nuit. A poem, rendered in French in the album's inner sleeve, speaks to its inherent beauty and impenetrability--its colors and shades, the contrasting emotions it provokes. Through the ages, the night has inspired poetry of romantic, gothic, and philosophical hues. A little of all ...
Harold López-Nussa at Whale Theatre
by Ian Patterson
Harold López-Nussa Whale Theatre 25th Bray Jazz Festival Greystones, Ireland May 01, 2026 Whilst many of the ancient Irish traditions associated with May Day have waned, the time-honored custom of gathering with friends to make merry on first day of summer never loses its appeal. And so, the pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes of ...
Naïssam Jalal: Landscapes of Eternity
by Ian Patterson
It is impossible to spend any significant amount of time travelling in India without being affected by both its beauty and its poverty. The contrasts between the choking, sprawling metropolises and the river-crossed countryside--with its emerald rice fields and stepped tea plantations--are striking. So too is the chasm between deeply embedded spirituality and the cruel caste ...
Raphaël Pannier & Khadim Niang: Sabar Jazz, An Historic Summit
by Ian Patterson
"Once you have made a decision," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, “the universe conspires to make it happen." French drummer Raphaël Pannier may concur, though as a footnote he might also stress the amount of sweat sometimes required to realize one's biggest dreams. Live In Saint Louis, Senegal, a collaboration between Raphaël Pannier Quartet and ...
Hilarious Disasters: Unnatural Root
by Ian Patterson
You can take the gal out of Ukraine, but you cannot take Ukraine out of the gal. Kateryna Ziabliuk may pursue her music in Poland these days, but with Unnatural Root, the debut album of her group Hilarious Disasters, Ziabliuk draws deeply from her Ukrainian traditions. The Kyiv-born pianist, composer and journalist--she co-founded the jazz portal ...
Hyphen Dash Wins First Prize In the Inaugural Ukrainian Jazz Prize 2025
The Ukrainian Institute, in partnership with the Europe Jazz Network (EJN), is proud to announce the winners of the first Ukrainian Jazz Prize 2025, a national award established to recognise outstanding Ukrainian jazz musicians and support their international development. The Prize highlights the diversity, innovation, and resilience of the Ukrainian jazz scene and aims to strengthen ...
