Category: Features

The second morning was an early start by musician standards: 9am. The first day in the studio had gone well enough. Good takes, energy to burn – but it was not quite what producer Manfred Eicher had in mind. As much as he loved Mike Nock’s most recent record, In…

For a portrait of the artist as a child who never grew up, look at Dexter Gordon’s smile: the gummy grin of a six-year-old, even when he was ravaged by ill health. Dexter compensated by growing up vertically, standing 196 centimetres in his socks, his massive hands making a tenor…