Touring Kindred Spirits, pianist Zoe Rahman, who also holds down the piano chair in Courtney Pine’s high flying Europa band, continues her tour tonight in Sheffield, a gig which has just sold out, following the January release of the album which is regarded by many as her best to date.

The Chichester-raised former Mercury nominated pianist’s English, Irish and Bengali heritage are explored on the album where she is joined by her brother Idris Rahman on clarinet, Partisans drummer the US-born Gene Calderazzo, and bassist Oli Hayhurst.

Rahman plays Millennium Hall, Sheffield later this evening before moving across to The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool (tomorrow) followed by Pizza Express Jazz Club, London (Monday 6 sold out, and Tuesday 7 Feb); continuing next month at the Music Centre, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire (3 March); Western Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall (6 Mar); Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple (7 Mar); Forest Theatre, Hampshire (10 Mar); and the Gateshead Jazz Festival (25 Mar).

Rahman told Jazzwise’s Stuart Nicholson in her latest major interview: “Where Rivers Meet is music by Bengali musicians, and then my Live album was mostly [compositions] by other people, whereas this album, my fifth album, ten years since my first album, sums up all those musical journeys up to this point.” - Stephen Graham

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