Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra were formed by Jason Swinscoe in 1999 and have become one of the most respected British acts of the last 17 years. Possessed of an emotional gravitas that transcends genre, they have sold out the Royal Albert Hall (twice) as well as the Sydney Opera House, and played countless international festivals the world over.

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2024

by Mike Chamberlain
July 24, 2024

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 27-July 6 2024 One of the charges that has historically been leveled against the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (the FIJM, or popularly, the Montreal Jazz Festival) is that the programming had gone from a jazz-centric approach in its early ...

Jaga Jazzist: '94 - '14

by John Kelman
February 27, 2023

It's hard to believe that Norway's Jaga Jazzist is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, in 2014. Not that there aren't other groups that have lasted as long, but look for a group whose primary composer was just 14 when the whole thing began, find a band where five out of its eight current members were ...

Yuval Ron

Born: October 11, 1980

Guitarist Yuval Ron performs original tunes which transcend the boundaries of any specific musical genre. Inspired by a crossover of modern Jazz-Rock icons and a host of many other contemporary artists from the Progressive Rock, Fusion, Metal and modern music genres, it is all well blended into an own fresh and distinct musical direction.

The music features virtuosic performances of various compelling and colorful compositions, produced on top of a cinematic, orchestral, some say Sci-Fi film-like backgrounds, atmospheric soundscapes and various implanted sound effects drawing the listener into a total, electrifying experience.

Kneebody: Anti-Hero

by Vic Albani
February 27, 2017

Bene. Facciamo il punto. Sono anni che sostengo a piena voce come i Kneebody siano una delle vere, grandi realt�� della musica moderna. Dunque persino ovvio che, nel mondo di oggi capace di fagocitare tutto con estrema leggerezza e ambiguit��, il quintetto americano passi nel fiume galleggiando come tutto il resto. Ci sono ...

John Ellis: Evolution - Seeds and Streams

by Phil Barnes
December 19, 2016

There's a temptation to assume with evolution that all of history has been leading to this point, that today's dominant species or situation will continue as such forever. Nonsense of course, think of the changes in the lifetimes of current generations and it's clear that evolution is not a defined end point but a dynamic, continuing ...

Blameful Isles: Strange But Not Entirely Unattractive

by Dave Wayne
August 21, 2016

Essentially a one-man-band based in Sweden, Blameful Isles is one of many artists who are actively rediscovering and re-processing the sounds of the early jazz-rock movement of the 1970s. Overall, the ongoing re-vitalization of jazz-rock and fusion has been a really good thing. For audiences of a certain age, the mere sound of a real Fender ...

Stuart McCallum: Distilled

by Bruce Lindsay
September 26, 2011

Distilled is a beautifully atmospheric recording, the third album from Stuart McCallum, best known for his work with the Cinematic Orchestra. The Manchester-based guitarist/composer knows how to combine established and contemporary sounds, making them into music that is never less than fascinating and, at its best, a thing of breathtaking beauty. Much of ...

Cinematic Orchestra

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 22, 2010

Auditorium - Roma - 10.06.2010 Nei suoi dieci anni e poco pi�� di attivit�� (il primo CD risale al 1999) non sono state molto frequenti le apparizioni nel nostro paese della Cinematic Orchestra, una delle formazioni pi�� popolari in ambito nu jazz; era quindi molta l'attesa per questo ritorno, tanto da riempire quasi completamente la sala ...

Ma Fleur

By Cinematic Orchestra

Label: Ninja Tune
Released: 2007
Track listing: To Build A Home; Familiar Ground; Child Song; Music Box; Prelude; As the Stars Fall Into You; Into You; Ma Fleur; Breathe; That Home; Time and Space.