Two very exciting bits of news to share. First, word of a new album…in October, I had the privilege of making a record with Louis Moholo-Moholo. It’s something we’d been talking about for a while, and I’m very proud of the results…more to follow, but it’ll be an honour to be part of the wonderful [...]

Also a few reviews in from The Convergence Quartet’s recent exploits.
All About Jazz
Bebop Spoken Here
Moving Tone
[Bebop Spoken Here kindly also reviewed a duo show Harris and I did at Newcastle University whilst on the road with the quartet.]
Please do watch this space for news of our third album. I was in the studio yesterday on [...]

Another review of the new Ensemble record just in: a very kind write-up from Clifford Allen at Ni Kantu.
Here’s what he had to say:
English keyboardist and improvising composer Alexander Hawkins is fast proving to be one of the most unique voices in contemporary music, a young master for whom terms like “free improvisation” and “avant-garde” [...]

Just a quick post in response to a couple of emails…unfortunately, there has been a slight hitch at the label end with the availability of the new Ensemble album…this will be fixed soon! In the meantime, I do have some copies myself, so please do be in touch if you would like to order a [...]

…by the way, has everyone listened to this on that RCA Sonny Rollins standards album? That is a mindblowing track!
I was recently kindly asked by Point of Departure to answer some questions for their ‘Travellin’ Light’ column – basically, 20 questions about life of the road…do check it out here!
Even if you ignore this feature, [...]

…more details to follow, but a reminder that The Convergence Quartet hits the UK again in November!
Very excited about this – and it’ll be UK audiences’ first chance to hear the band since the release of our Clean Feed album, ‘Song/Dance’.
We’re very pleased to have been granted a short residency at the Dartington Arts Space, [...]

I’m really pleased to say that, after a hold-up at the pressing plant, the new Ensemble album is NOW AVAILABLE!
The lineup is as for the previous album:
Javier Carmona, drums
Otto Fischer, guitar
Dominic Lash, double bass
Hannah Marshall, ‘cello
Orphy Robinson, marimba
yours truly, piano, compositions
…the only differences being that on one track, I play Hammond B3; on a further [...]

Decoy & Joe McPhee
Very excited to announce a two-day residency for Decoy & Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto on Saturday October 29 and Sunday October 30. Above is some of what we got up to at the first meeting of this group, in December 2009. That was released on this album…
And for the curious, some [...]

I contributed to a piece on Jazz on 3 last night about Stravinsky and jazz…it’s as always available on the ‘listen again’ for the remainder of the week, so if you’re interested, please do check it out here! We cover ground from George Russell, to John Hollenbeck, to Cecil Taylor, to Ornette, to The Bad [...]

Coming soon – the new Ensemble record will be out on Babel very shortly; copies should be available from early June. More when it’s actually here, but suffice it to say: we’re chuffed with the recording; and two things into the bargain besides the music: a great cover, with a concept by our own Otto [...]