Paul Towndrow in the Guardian August 21, 2009
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Paul Towndrow’s recent album “Newology” gets a favourable review from John Fordham in today’s Guardian. I haven’t heard it yet, but he’s certainly put together an impressive band: Towndrow himself on alto and soprano, Mike Walker on guitar, Ryan Quigley on trumpet, both Steve Hamilton and Paul Harrison on piano and keyboards, Mark Hodgson on bass (a new name to me), and Alyn Cosker on drums.
Other reviews:
- Rob Adams (in the Herald)
- Kenny Mathieson (in the List)
There’s a video of the recording of one of the tracks from the album on YouTube.
Edinburgh Jazz Festival: Press Reviews August 13, 2009
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The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival got a reasonable amount of coverage in the Scottish press. Here are links to the pieces I spotted. Some reviews cover more than one concert.
The Herald
Currently redesigning its web site: some links are to the old site, others to the beta version of the new one. I can’t guarantee these links will continue to work.
- Martin Taylor and Sylvain Luc; Elephant9
- Dave Milligan and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra: Sylvander & Clarinda
- Loren Stillman – Kevin Mackenzie Quartet
- Roy Hargrove Quintet; No Name Horses; Enrico Pieranunzi; Doky, Johansen, Ozone & Smith
- Courtney Pine; The Thing
- Dick Hyman Piano Legends
- Phil Bancroft; Stanton Moore
- Joe Temperley Quartet; Creole Clarinets; Echoes of Swing
- Dick Hyman European All-Stars; Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra (both featuring Alan Barnes)
- Jack Bruce, Robin Trower & Gary Husband; Ibrahim Electric
The Scotsman
- Dick Hyman European All-Stars; Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra
- Joe Temperley and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra play Duke Ellington
- Niki King sings Billie Holiday
- Dave Milligan and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra: Sylvander & Clarinda; Colin Steele’s Stramash; Stu Brown’s Raymond Scott Project; Ibrahim Electric
- Tommy Smith and Jakob Karlzon; Brass Jaw
BBC Scotland
Euphbass also has reviews of the EJFO Plays Ellington and Stramash gigs.
Jazz in the Herald January 11, 2009
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For all its faults as a newspaper, the (Glasgow) Herald often has a lot of good jazz coverage, largely courtesy of Rob Adams. Having an Arts Editor (Keith Bruce) who likes jazz obviously helps. There are a couple of good articles cum interviews with visiting musicians this week:
Kurt Elling, is at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, with the Norbotten Big Band who, from the little I’ve heard of them (they play on one of Jonas Kullhammar’s albums), are very good indeed. Rob Adams is very enthusiastic about this gig, so if you’re in the area it’s probably worth getting along to.
Julian Siegel, is playing at the City Halls Recital Room in Glasgow with drummer Joey Baron and ex-Ornette Coleman bass-player Greg Cohen on Wednesday 14th, then touring the UK.
