Monthly Archives: July 2025
Oz Noy Trio @ Ronnie Scott’s, 7 July 2025
It’s always interesting when a ‘fusion’ guitarist downsizes from a quartet or quintet to a trio. Suddenly he/she is in charge of harmony and melody, and if the format offers more freedom there’s also the potential for stasis in the dynamics department. Steve Khan was a pioneer in the 1980s, Robben Ford in the 1990s […]
Dave Liebman/Billy Hart/Adam Rudolph: Beingness
The tributaries from Miles’s fabled 1970s period spread ever further. NEA Jazz Masters drummer Billy Hart and soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman met during the recording of Davis’s On The Corner (1972) and have played together many times since, most notably in Quest. Now they’ve teamed up with percussionist/keyboardist Adam Rudolph for the powerful, semi-improvised album […]
Sounds Of Surprise 