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Nanami Haruta: The Vibe

Nanami Haruta was born in Sapporo, Japan, and started playing piano at just three years old. By the age of eight, she’d moved over to trombone and quickly became somewhat of a child star on the instrument, winning local competitions and giving concerts. Moving to Tokyo in 2020, she continued her meteoric rise, contributing to […]

Rescued From The Vaults: Greg Osby’s Season Of Renewal (1989)

Of all the musical scenes that emerged during the 1980s, M-BASE – a Brooklyn-originated fusion of jazz and funk with many other influences thrown in – may be the least understood/remembered. The term was co-authored by saxophonists Greg Osby and Steve Coleman. The M stands for ‘Macro’, BASE is an acronym for ‘Basic Array of […]

Ron Carter @ Cadogan Hall, 17 November 2023

Ron Carter is reportedly the most-recorded acoustic bassist in music history and has a rich 65-year career as both sideman and bandleader, probably most famous for his key role in Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet. But he has also recorded over 60 albums as a solo artist, and this rare London Jazz Festival concert showcased […]