Alistair Payne

JazzFest Berlin 2024

by John Sharpe
November 11, 2024

JazzFest Berlin 2024 Haus Der Berliner Festspiele Berlin, Germany October 31-November 3, 2024 Intro For its sixtieth edition, the renowned JazzFest Berlin not only presented a full program of 24 shows by over 120 performers from around the globe, but also ran a research lab looking back at the event's history, ...

Mahogany L. Browne, Sean Mason, Alistair Payne, Tongo Eisen-Martin & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 20, 2024

The sound of Memphis propels this episode into a fascinating exploration of the interplay between modern-day poets and jazz musicians, the reimagining of archival gospel grooves, Ray Charles vibes and Michel Legrand classics and more!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Parlor Greens “West Memphis" ...

Favourite Releases of 2023

by Maurice Hogue
February 7, 2024

For a show that doesn't turn to tradition very often, there is one on One Man's Jazz: the first show of a new year features the host's favourite releases of the outgoing year. 2023 was an excellent year for new albums--post-pandemic inspiration perhaps? Regardless, big props are due to the artists who create this music and ...

Jonas Kullhammar, Alistair Payne and Rich Halley Trio

by Maurice Hogue
January 22, 2024

This episode has a definite tilt to artists from Northern Europe with music from several different countries. Sweden's Moserobie Music catalog is featured in several tracks, particularly label founder and multi-reedist Jonas Kullhammar, while from the neighbouring Norway you'll hear music by saxophonist Andre Roligheten, bassist Dan Peter Sundland and the Bliss Quintet. Bassist Meinrad Kneer ...

Merano Jazz Festival and Academy 2023

by Giuseppe Segala
August 8, 2023

Alto Adige Merano 10-16.7.2023 L'ormai lunga e articolata storia di Merano Jazz, giunta alla ventisettesima edizione, ha affrontato quest'anno un cambio di rotta gestionale. La manifestazione abbina ormai da ventidue anni agli appuntamenti concertistici l'attivit�� didattica e di laboratorio (Academy), partita dall'iniziativa congiunta di Franco D'Andrea ed Ewald Kontschieder, sviluppata con ...

Shirwku

By Salvoandrea Lucifora

Label: TryTone
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Levanzo 04:02 2. Nisran 03:36 3. Searching for D 06:46 4. The wedding call 05:39 5. Cacta 03:48 6. White stones 05:14 7. Argo 03:49 8. Sexy Turtles 04:22 9. Moving tree 05:43 10. And then we played those clouds away 05:54

Inhabitable Imagination

By Adri��n Moncada

Label: Inhabitable Imagination Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Bearable Heaviness of Being; Emerging Structure; Platforming; Shadow of Tomorrow; NGC 6357; Inhabitable Imagination; Stretch-Stretch yourself

North Sea Round Town 2021

by Henning Bolte
August 3, 2021

Sun-Mi Hong Diverse venues/sites: Laurenskerk, Goethe Institute, De Doelen, Worm, Boerderij Driebergen (Three Mountains Farm), private homes North Sea Round Town Rotterdam July 2-9, 2021 North Sea Round Town is a strongly community-based city festival in Rotterdam, deep in the Dutch delta. Founded 15 years ago, it takes place ...

Adri��n Moncada: Inhabitable Imagination

by Hrayr Attarian
July 22, 2021

Madrid-born, Amsterdam-based pianist Adri��n Moncada's thrilling Inhabitable Imagination is a tour-de-force of a debut. The music consists of seven Moncada originals which draw inspiration from architecture. Thus it is taut, angular and has a creative momentum which does not slack. Moncada leads a sextet of other expat musicians all of whom share his creative vision, making ...