E Chris Searle è domani sera a Londra al Cafe Oto per presentare personalmente Global Groove: Words of a Jazz Cosmos, la più recente raccolta di interviste e recensioni musicali prodotta da Jazz in Britain scegliendo tra centinaia di suoi scritti pubblicati via via negli anni sul Morning Star. L'incontro pubblico, atteso e piuttosto raro, fa da apripista al concerto del trio di Pat Thomas, Olie Brice e Gary Willcox promosso anch'esso dall'etichetta di John Thurlow e Pete Woodman con un cd fresco di stampa, The Day After.
Tonight sees the release of two works by Jazz in Britain artists and affiliates: The Day After from the trio of Pat Thomas (piano), Olie Brice (double bass) and Gary Willcox (drums), plus writer Chris Searle's new book, Global Groove.
Each artist on The Day After is a bandleader / solo artist in their own right and has great experience playing as part of small groups, large ensembles, using electronics and collaborating with artists & musicians from other countries. Their eclectic backgrounds, shared love of modernism within tradition and individual drives combine to create an exciting and thoughtful trio.
'Global Groove' is Chris Searle's fourth book on jazz, following 'Forward Groove' (2008), 'Red Groove' (2013) and ‘Talking The Groove’ (2024). Throughout its pages he mixes his reviews with dozens of interviews with jazz veterans, established virtuosi and younger musicians - who Art Blakey called 'new stars of the jazz firmament'. He shows how through more than a century of its existence, jazz has grown hugely in its internationalism and inclusiveness, always remaining a campaigning and evolving music with its aims rooted in a quest for freedom, popular justice and astonishing, boundary-breaking artistry.
