The bard rests on his laurels, and swipes left and right
‘Because of the Second Intifada and lack of violin teachers the cello became an alternative’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to jazz cellist NASEEM ALATRASH of the IZE Trio
Naseem Alatrash
[Naseem Alatrash/Flickr] 
MARIA DUARTE cherishes the flashes of absurd humour and theme of community healing in a documentary set in a Soviet-era Black Sea sanatorium
ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review The Courageous, The Cut, Christy, and On Swift Horses
TOM STONE sings the praises of one of the oldest open-air festivals in Britain
Chris Searle speaks to accordionist KAREN STREET
MAYER WAKEFIELD speaks to Urielle Klein-Mekongo about activism, musical inspiration and the black British experience
IT’S quite an album this, by the cosmopolitan IZE trio. Just consider its four titles, with the first track called Break G4S “On Capitalism”; the second, Resurrecting The Amber Sky “On Environmentalism”; the third All Loved “On Immigration”; and the fourth Elemeno, “On Education”.
The trio are San Diego, California-born pianist Chase Morrin, Cyprus-born percussionist George Lernis and Palestinian cellist, Naseem Alatrash. I asked Naseem about his life in music and the story behind the trio’s album, The Global Suites.
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