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...He has fallen off the jazz radar of late, but remains busy behind the scenes in high-profile hip-hop and R&B — credits range from Nas and Mos Def to Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar....
...Ireland-based life science companies have tripled R&D spending, as they undertake higher value activities including manufacturing of complex biologic medicines....
...The conclusion by Goldman’s David Mericle and Ronnie Walker is that unless all these risks are come to pass, they are not large enough individually to trigger a recession....
...At Ronnie Scott’s, across two virtually uninterrupted sets, they exhibited the compressed energy of a band on the road....
...“What Moran is doing is very important,” she tells me at the PopTech conference....
...At this intimate first-house set, she held the audience in her spell with a well-worked and original blend of subtle R&B and soulful modal jazz. Songs from her highly praised Impulse!...
...Reuben James captures the playful heart of Shorter’s “Infant Eyes” while bassist Daniel Casimir and vocalist Ria Moran retain the sense of mystery of “Lost”....
...Vocalist Loria gave a shy R&B rendition of “Forever Mine”, from Sparks’s current release....
...When Frank came out, she was briefly labelled the “British Badu” due to the influence of one of her favourite artists, the innovative US soul and R&B singer Erykah Badu....
...Trumpeter Marquis Hill’s 2011 recording debut New Gospel delivered acoustic modern-jazz virtuosity and a clutch of themes that were loosely informed by the rhythms and riffs of hip-hop, house and R&B....
...For the most part, Muldrow positions herself on the left field of hip-hop and contemporary R&B....
...But narcotics blew his blend of big band jazz, showboating R&B and late-night modernism off course....
...There are several UK-based artists of note too, not least Peter R Mason, Emma Biggs, Ed Chapman and Gary Drostle....
...More recently, Lloyd has worked with pianist Jason Moran....
...Conductor/arranger Barker began the evening with a noirish concerto of his own and introduced the second half with a medley of modern jazz classics celebrating 60 years of Ronnie Scott’s club....
...He also released a single with an R&B outfit called Ronnie and the Delinquents, formed with his friend Ronnie Barron....
...First a cover of “Now”, a tribute to the late vibist Bobby Hutcherson, builds to a stately summit of harmonised Jean Baylor vocal R&B....
...This performance referenced Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, stretched over louche R&B....
...Now 52, Garrett’s angular phrases, rhythmic twists and razor-sharp articulation fuse the legacies of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane with the power of R&B....
...Then the insistent rhythms of “Four Play” were followed by the R&B of Earl King’s “Trick Bag”. Audience participation came mid-set with a tongue twister....
...Like many Americans who play Ronnie Scott’s, Ben Williams followed up an easy-tempo opener with comments on the rush from airport to stage....
...Potter growled out R&B sax, the band played the blues and Hussain’s vocals added Indian flavours to the timbres of rock and roll....
...The next song, “Loving Someone”, was butter-smooth pop-R&B, an abrupt transition expressive of the jarring sense of disorientation that overhung the festival....
...Lewis, who played London’s Ronnie Scott’s club in February, still performs “Wade in the Water” when he tours....
...Yet David Sanborn’s soulful mix of blues holler and angular modernism has defined the sound of sax in pop and R&B for more than two decades....
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