Over the course of his career, John Escreet has earned a reputation as one of the most active and diverse pianist/composers working in jazz and improvised music. His prolific output is reflected over ...

There is that image from one of Sergio Leone's spaghetti Western films where three gunfighters stand in the dusty town center, guns drawn, waiting for someone to flinch. That depiction of the Old West ...

New York-based British expat pianist Escreet often writes intricate music for speed-of-light improvisers, his structures spun around the nucleus of his superb trio with bassist John Hébert and drummer ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. John Escreet delivers his mastery of contemporary piano with a hard-nosed edge and a strong sense of form.

Cutting-edge pianists who blossomed as emigres – Doncaster-raised John Escreet as a student in Manhattan; Belgrade-born Bojan Z as a prize-winning innovator in France – showed Ronnie Scott's this week ...

David Binney’s fruity alto-sax and gritty electronics also grace John Escreet’s impulsive mix of angular jazz, avant rock and electronica. The Doncaster-born pianist, now based in New York, nips ...

Some jazz trends that may come to define this decade are already taking shape, and a major one is happening at the keyboard. Pianists are moving with greater ease and intent between melodic passages ...

The British jazz pianist John Escreet lives in a sparsely furnished apartment in Flatbush. He keeps it very tidy, for a 25-year-old. There was, on a recent visit, almost nothing about the appearance ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. January has been an exciting month at Upstairs, where out-of-town musicians have been featured on the ...

John Escreet has been keeping pretty fast company since he relocated to Brooklyn from the UK eight years ago. Musicians such as Dave Binney, Chris Potter and Wayne Krantz are among the best and ...

The Books, a duo from North Adams, Mass., take found sounds from outdated technology VHS tapes and so on and compose original music to go with them. Sometimes when you consider the hours it took to ...