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Issue #135 - Empirical

Thursday, 08 October 2009 13:03

Issue #135 - Empirical

Empirical - Empirical burst out of the gate just two years ago when out of nowhere and featuring a group of complete unknowns, their debut album won the coveted title of Jazzwise album of the year and a clutch of other awards. Gaining respect in America following some successful early appearances and with a tide of word of mouth approval the world was Empirical’s oyster. But with high profile departures last year and fears at one stage that the group would simply implode, success could have been the ruin of Empirical. However, the reverse has proved to be the case and this month the group releases its second album. Read more...

Keith Jarrett - Down But Not Out In Paris And London - Towards the end of last year and without much notice Keith Jarrett announced that he would perform two solo concerts in Paris and London. They were very special appearances charged with heightened emotion and both were recorded and have now been released less than a year on, in a special three-CD package. What audiences in France and England had no means of knowing at the time was that Jarrett was going through a personal crisis in his life and these concerts took place amid considerable turmoil for the great pianist following the break-up of his marriage. Read more...

Ronnie Scott's - Street Of Dreams - On 30 October Ronnie Scott’s is fifty years old, a remarkable feat for a jazz club set deep in the heart of a great, throbbing, constantly changing, capital city. Since 1959 when the club opened its doors for the first time in a tiny basement in Gerrard Street, Chinatown before moving six years later to bigger premises in Soho, the world has come to Ronnie Scott’s and kept on coming back. While Ronnie himself died in 1996, Pete King, the constant presence by his side and heart and soul of the club faced up to the responsibility of running the club until his retirement, eventually handing over the torch to the current keeper of the flame, Sally Greene, who embarked on a new phase with a major refurbishment three years ago. Read more...

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