Tori Freestone Trio live @ The Mad Hatter
Those who know the Jazz Society’s concerts at The Mad Hatter will know they’re always a good experience, but the 22nd of January was a particular treat. The evening’s guests were the Tori Freestone...
View ArticleSampling, Stealing and Influence: Music and Cultural Appropriation
On first listen, the soft-spoken melodies created by Australian rapper Genesis Owusu (born Kofi Owusu-Ansah) don’t immediately ring as political. Yet, his creative pursuits in both music and fashion...
View ArticleBrasc0: how one band have maintained their music beyond Oxford
What got you together as a band? So weirdly, James the singer, he and I met at a live band karaoke night. So I play in a live karaoke thing which is quite fun where you have a song book of sort of two...
View ArticleReview: Syncopated Stand Up at The Mad Hatter
When asked to review this evening of jazz from the Red Brick Jazz Sextet, and comedy from The Oxford Revue, I had to make a rather odd confession to the editors. “But I’m performing,” I explained...
View ArticleAn eclectic celebration of jazz and funk
Friday night brought us a celebration of all things jazz and funk, with The Red Brick Jazz Sextet, The Donut Kings and Rough Edge Brass Band offering up an eclectic mix of jazz standards, pop...
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Dinner and jazz on the Ashmolean rooftop
If you’ve ever walked along St Giles on a Thursday night you might have seen a big sign for ‘free jazz’ at the Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant – it’s true, right in the centre of town you can hear some...
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The Varsity Jazz Off is a mesmerising evening of music
On the 17th November, the ‘Jazz-off’ between the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra (OUJO), and the Cambridge University Jazz (CUJO), was less about shoeing the Tabs in a battle of the bands, as it was a...
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2018 has arrived – what did we miss from the last year?
2018 is upon us, and it promises to be a great year for music. However, it seems a shame to move into a new year without considering the records that capped off our last one. Here, then, is a musical...
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Gig review: OUJO, “A Love Supreme”
The story of jazz saxophonist John “Trane” Coltrane, is one of musical innovation and exploration. He is remembered today as one of the most influential jazz players of all time. But, as was...
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Laufey at Royal Albert Hall: The ‘goddess’ of contemporary jazz
The air crackled with frenetic energy as the Icelandic-Chinese GRAMMY winner bounced onto the stage of Royal Albert Hall, wearing a shimmering white Prada dress that gave her the ethereal quality of a...
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