press/media references


Word Out


Hatteau, Bob. “Jim Funnell’s Word Out au Barbizon.” Jazz à bâbord, 28 January 2023. <https://jazz-a-babord.blogspot.com/2023/01/jim-funnells-word-out-au-barbizon.html> Live show review (5 January 2023, Le Barbizon, Paris).

Jedynak, Thomas. “598: Voivod, Anchor&Burden, Jim Funnell, Adam Neely, Björk, Mass of Amara…” Tomek’s Ear Condition on Mixcloud, 29 December 2022. <https://www.mixcloud.com/tomek-jedynak/598-voivod-anchorburden-jim-funnell-adam-neely-björk-mass-of-amara/> Airing of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup and “Lesser Vice” from Lesser Vice.

Jedynak, Thomas. “Tomek’s Ear Condition.” Querfunk – Freihes Radio Karlsruhe 104,8 MHz, 23 December 2023. <https://querfunk.de/> Airing of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup and “Lesser Vice” from Lesser Vice.

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Le jars jase jazz.” Couleurs jazz radio, 2/9/16/23/30 December 2022 (12:00 CET) and 5/12/19/26 December 2022 (22:00 CET). <https://couleursjazz.fr/couleurs-jazz-radio> Airing of “Les Mains sales” from Word Out.

Davis, Len. “Bitches Brew.” 3MDR 97.1FM, 10 September 2022. <https://3mdr.allclassweb.com/episodes/1662782400> Airing of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup.

Davis, Len. “Bitches Brew Saturday 10th Sept 2022 Part 1.” Radio_Brew on Mixcloud, 10 September 2022. <https://www.mixcloud.com/Radio_Brew/bitches-brew-saturday-10th-sept-2022-part-1/> Airing of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup.

Chusid, Irwin. “Playlist from August 5, 2022.” WFMU, 5 August 2022. <https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118202> Airing of “Spirit of the Snail” from Spirit of the Snail.

a Jazz Noise. “Daily Tune #2077 – ‘Bitcorn Soup’ by Jim Funnell’s Word Out.” a Jazz Noise on Facebook, 2 August 2022. <https://www.facebook.com/ajazznoise/> Posting of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup.

a Jazz Noise. “Daily Tune #2077 – ‘Bitcorn Soup’ by Jim Funnell’s Word Out.” a Jazz Noise on Twitter, 2 August 2022. <https://twitter.com/ajazznoise/status/1554363449442025472> Posting of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup.

Chusid, Irwin. “Playlist from July 22, 2022.” WFMU, 22 July 2022. <https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117771> Airing of “Bitcorn Soup (Alternate Take)” from Bitcorn Soup.

Bibring, Charlotte. FIP, 24 May 2022. <https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip> Live show announcement (24 May 2022, Le Barbizon, Paris).

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Sélection de concerts de jazz en France pour mai 2022.” Le jars jase jazz, 23 April 2022. <http://lejarsjasejazz.over-blog.com/2022/04/selection-de-concerts-de-jazz-en-france-pour-mai-2022.html> Live show announcement (24 May 2022, Le Barbizon, Paris).

Dimino, Joe. “A Neon Jazz Interview with France-based Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Jim Funnell.” Neon Jazz on YouTube, 2 January 2022. <https://youtu.be/OPF23h8XJ90> Interview following the release of Live in Japan.

Thackara, Geno. “3×3: Piano Trios: October 2021.” All About Jazz, 11 October 2021. <https://www.allaboutjazz.com/3×3-piano-trios-october-2021> Review of Live in Japan.

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Le jars jase jazz.” Couleurs jazz radio, 1/4/8/11/15/18/22/25/29 October 2021. <https://couleursjazz.fr/couleurs-jazz-radio> Airing of “Ich bin Otto Erlenmeyer” from Spirit of the Snail.

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Impressions du Jim Funnell Word Out Trio au Sunside.” Le jars jase jazz, 25 September 2021. <http://lejarsjasejazz.over-blog.com/2021/09/impressions-du-jim-funnell-word-out-trio-au-sunside.html> Live show review (Live in Japan album release, 24 September 2021, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club, Paris).

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Sélection de concerts de jazz pour septembre 2021.” Le jars jase jazz, 28 August 2021. <http://lejarsjasejazz.over-blog.com/2021/08/selection-de-concerts-de-jazz-pour-septembre-2021.html> Live show announcement (Live in Japan album release, 24 September 2021, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club, Paris).

Lagrée, Guillaume (Assurbanipal). “Jim Funnell’s Word Out ‘Spirit of the Snail’.” Paperblog, 5 September 2015. <https://www.paperblog.fr/7768670/jim-funnell-s-word-out-quot-spirit-of-the-snail-quot/> Review of Spirit of the Snail.

Lagrée, Guillaume. “Jim Funnell’s Word Out ‘Spirit of the Snail’.” Le jars jase jazz, 5 September 2015. <http://lejarsjasejazz.over-blog.com/2015/09/jim-funnell-s-word-out-spirit-of-the-snail.html> Review of Spirit of the Snail.

Lagrée, Guillaume. “‘Word Out’ l’album.” Le jars jase jazz, 9 May 2013. <http://lejarsjasejazz.over-blog.com/article-word-out-l-album-117672896.html> Review of Word Out.

Shalabi, Basem. “Les thèmes lyriques du jazz avec Word Out.” L’Écho Républicain, 30 May 2012. <http://funnelljazz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20120530-Les-thèmes-lyriques-du-jazz-avec-Word-Out.jpg> Live show review (26 May 2012, Improphile/Le Parvis, Chartres).


AfuriKo


Jedynak, Thomas. “601 mixtape: Love and Tensor Algebra” Tomek’s Ear Condition on Mixcloud, 10 February 2023. <https://www.mixcloud.com/tomek-jedynak/601-mixtape-love-and-tensor-algebra/> Airing of “Oleleko” from Tao.

Jedynak, Thomas. “Tomek’s Ear Condition.” Querfunk – Freihes Radio Karlsruhe 104,8 MHz, 10 February 2023. <https://querfunk.de/> Airing of “Oleleko” from Tao.

Bibring, Charlotte. FIP, 24 May 2022. <https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip> Live show announcement (24 May 2022, Le Barbizon, Paris).

Spry, Graham. “AfuriKo – Tao.” London Jazz News, 23 January 2020. <https://londonjazznews.com/2020/01/23/afuriko-tao/> Review of Tao and live show announcement (24-25 January 2020, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London).

Hatteau, Bob. “Chroniques de disques.” Improjazz, October 2019. <https://sites.google.com/site/improjazzmag/home/chro201910> Review of Tao.

Thackara, Geno. “AfuriKo: Tao.” All About Jazz, 6 July 2019. <https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tao-jim-funnell-afuriko-review-by-geno-thackara> Review of Tao.

Banks Weber, Carol. “In AfuriKo’s enchanting world, music opens up to every kind of interpretation.” Festival Peak, 22 February 2019. <https://festivalpeak.com/in-afurikos-enchanting-world-music-opens-up-to-every-kind-of-interpretation-a44e7d6ed59f> Review of Tao (the original link is broken, but you can read the full article here).

Garcia, Bob. “Rencontre avec Akiko Horii & Jim Funnell.” JazzActu.tv on YouTube, 6 November 2014. <https://youtu.be/CaoBPxXRPrk> Interview following the release of On the Far Side.

M. M. “AfuriKo, On the Far Side (F-IRE).” Afrique Asie, November 2014. <http://www.afuriko.com/2014/11/15/on-the-far-side-cd-release-afrique-asie-album-review/> Review of On the Far Side.


Other bands/projects


Author unknown. “Guillaume Muller returns to Paris for one-off concert at the Sunset-Sunside.” Jazz in Europe, 25 August 2022. <https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2022/08/guillaume-muller-returns-to-paris-for-one-off-concert-at-the-sunset-sunside/> Live show announcement (8 September 2022, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club, Paris).

Bergerot, Franck. “Philippe Lopes De Sa Duo with Jim Funnell.” Jazz Magazine, August 2017 (697, p. 63). <https://funnelljazz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1708-Philippe-Lopes-De-Sa-Duo-with-Jim-Funnell_Jazz-Magazine.pdf> Review of Woandering.

Author unknown. “Playlist – 10 morceaux qui tournent sur les platines de la rédaction.” Jazz Magazine, July 2017 (696, p. 43). <https://funnelljazz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1707-Playlist_Jazz-Magazine.pdf> Feature of “She’s Out of My Life” arrangement from Woandering.

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