Music Music Jazz albums with Chris Searle: March 22, 2024 Reviews of Max Eastley/Terry Day/John Butcher, Trevor Tomkins' Sextant, and Caroline Kraabel and Pat Thomas
Interview Arts | Tuesday 23rd Jan 2024 Interview ‘I couldn't play publicly with black musicians, only in their homes’
Music review Friday 28th Oct 2022 Music review The sonic heaven of Dalston Anthropology BandCafe Oto★★★★Paul G Smyth, John Edwards and Mark SandersVortex★★★★
Jazz Interview Wednesday 05th Oct 2022 Jazz Interview ‘We gathered a powerful company of musicians whose worlds we all wove together’ Chris Searle speaks with the Grand Union Orchestra founder TONY HAYNES
Jazz Review Wednesday 05th Oct 2022 Jazz Review Making the previously unknown, known Nicole Mitchell and Alex HawkinsCafe Oto
Searle interview Wednesday 14th Sep 2022 Searle interview ‘They were the heart of an entire nation of musicians’ CHRIS SEARLE speaks with Hazel Miller, founder of Ogun Records
Jazz Interview Tuesday 30th Aug 2022 Jazz Interview ‘The privilege to partake in the simple act of being together’ Chris Searle speaks with saxophonist ABRAHAM BURTON
Jazz Wednesday 10th Aug 2022 Jazz ‘A sense of balance between individuals and the group, a sense of unity’ Chris Searle speaks with saxophonist HARRISON SMITH
Jazz Interview Wednesday 29th Jun 2022 Jazz Interview ‘I feel part of the community, the history and family tree of great musicians’ Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist XHOSA COLE
Jazz Monday 20th Jun 2022 Jazz ‘To me, music has always been about melody’ CHRIS SEARLE speaks to clarinettist Arun Ghosh, on the release of his album Seclused In Light
Live Music Review Wednesday 18th May 2022 Live Music Review Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto and Kahil El'zabar at Ronnie Scotts AT CAFE OTO in Dalston, 82-year-old Floridian multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee introduced his performance with the Decoy Quartet by saying: “Thank