👇🍟new album from me old pal Bal
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
👇🍟new album from me old pal Bal
Listening to the new album Riversphere by my very old pal Iain Ballamy. Class act
January 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Listening to the new album Riversphere by my very old pal Iain Ballamy. Class act
On my shortlist: Harry Christelis - Preserving Fictions, Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns - Bitches Blues, Ian Ballamy - Riversphere, and almost inevitably, Angine - Vol II. Don't know any of them well enough yet, though.
May 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
On my shortlist: Harry Christelis - Preserving Fictions, Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns - Bitches Blues, Ian Ballamy - Riversphere, and almost inevitably, Angine - Vol II. Don't know any of them well enough yet, though.
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Iain Ballamy has been a favorite of mine since I heard the soundtrack to the film "MirrorMask" back in high school. This album, "Riversphere", is so chill and relaxing. I love it. Hoping you all like it, too.
Iain Ballamy has been a favorite of mine since I heard the soundtrack to the film "MirrorMask" back in high school. This album, "Riversphere", is so chill and relaxing. I love it. Hoping you all like it, too.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Iain Ballamy has been a favorite of mine since I heard the soundtrack to the film "MirrorMask" back in high school. This album, "Riversphere", is so chill and relaxing. I love it. Hoping you all like it, too.
Iain Ballamy has been a favorite of mine since I heard the soundtrack to the film "MirrorMask" back in high school. This album, "Riversphere", is so chill and relaxing. I love it. Hoping you all like it, too.
Just the right level of noodliness for me.
Riversphere, Vol. 1
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January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Just the right level of noodliness for me.
#Riversphere might be my Album of the Year.
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
#Riversphere might be my Album of the Year.
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
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January 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
It's made Album of the Month in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... and much loved @ ukjazznews.com (who should be here rather than Twatter) ukjazznews.com/iain-ballamy...
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Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It's made Album of the Month in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... and much loved @ ukjazznews.com (who should be here rather than Twatter) ukjazznews.com/iain-ballamy...
ukjazznews.com/iain-ballamy...
#IainBallamy #Riversphere
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#IainBallamy #Riversphere
Renowned composer and saxophonist, Iain Ballamy, brings a great quartet to E11 tomorrow: Rob Luft, guitar, Nick Pini, bass, Corrie Dick, drums. Expect much from Iain’s 2025 Riversphere release, like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Mr...
Last few tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Last few tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Unresolved
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September 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Renowned composer and saxophonist, Iain Ballamy, brings a great quartet to E11 tomorrow: Rob Luft, guitar, Nick Pini, bass, Corrie Dick, drums. Expect much from Iain’s 2025 Riversphere release, like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Mr...
Last few tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Last few tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Iain Ballamy's Riversphere showcases a cross-generational, genre-blurring quartet blending evocative saxophone, atmospheric guitar, and nuanced compositions bridging tradition and experimentation.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Iain Ballamy's Riversphere showcases a cross-generational, genre-blurring quartet blending evocative saxophone, atmospheric guitar, and nuanced compositions bridging tradition and experimentation.
Debuting in E11 tomorrow is saxophonist Iain Ballamy, a key figure in contemporary European jazz. He’s joined by pianist and long-time collaborator, Gareth Williams. This is from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqiE...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
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June 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Debuting in E11 tomorrow is saxophonist Iain Ballamy, a key figure in contemporary European jazz. He’s joined by pianist and long-time collaborator, Gareth Williams. This is from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqiE...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
The East Side faithful were out in force last night for a wonderful evening of music from Iain Ballamy’s Riversphere quartet: Rob Luft, guitar, Nick Pini, bass, Corrie Dick, drums. And there is, of course, great live jazz in E11 each and every Tuesday: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
September 23, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The East Side faithful were out in force last night for a wonderful evening of music from Iain Ballamy’s Riversphere quartet: Rob Luft, guitar, Nick Pini, bass, Corrie Dick, drums. And there is, of course, great live jazz in E11 each and every Tuesday: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/upcoming-eve...
In the BBC's '100 Jazz Greats' between Chet Baker and Count Basie, saxophonist Iain Ballamy’s Quartet plays East Side on Tuesday, featuring guitarist Rob Luft. Here’s a track from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjTl...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Strange meeting
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September 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In the BBC's '100 Jazz Greats' between Chet Baker and Count Basie, saxophonist Iain Ballamy’s Quartet plays East Side on Tuesday, featuring guitarist Rob Luft. Here’s a track from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjTl...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets at: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Recensie: Iain Ballamy – Riversphere ★★★★½
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/iain-ballamy-riversphere/
#music #jazz #iainballamy #babellabel #bertus
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#music #jazz #iainballamy #babellabel #bertus
Iain Ballamy - Riversphere | Jazz | Written in Music
Natuurlijk liet het Londense Babel label de kans om de opnamen die de Britse saxlegende Iain Ballamy maakte met aanstormende jazzhelden gitarist Rob Luft, bassist Conor Chaplin en drummer Corrie Dick uit te brengen niet liggen. Ze moedigden dat zelfs aan en zagen met deze muzikanten in de studio Riversphere uitgroeien tot een magnifiek jazzalbum. […]
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August 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Recensie: Iain Ballamy – Riversphere ★★★★½
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/iain-ballamy-riversphere/
#music #jazz #iainballamy #babellabel #bertus
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/iain-ballamy-riversphere/
#music #jazz #iainballamy #babellabel #bertus
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 Recension – Ett utsökt flöde av genre, harmoni och improvisation | Musik
○Att skriva en jazzrecension 2026 med en berättelse från mitten av 1980-talet kan riskera en motreaktion från publiken, men detta var årtiondet då Ian Ballamy, en visionär ung saxofonist på den…
○Att skriva en jazzrecension 2026 med en berättelse från mitten av 1980-talet kan riskera en motreaktion från publiken, men detta var årtiondet då Ian Ballamy, en visionär ung saxofonist på den…
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 Recension – Ett utsökt flöde av genre, harmoni och improvisation | Musik
○Att skriva en jazzrecension 2026 med en berättelse från mitten av 1980-talet kan riskera en motreaktion från publiken, men detta var årtiondet då Ian Ballamy, en visionär ung saxofonist på den brittiska jazzscenen, först kom till denna författares uppmärksamhet. Hans första soloutsläpp på flera år, Reverse Spheres generationsuppsättning och fängslande idéer bevisar exakt varför han har hängt med i fyra decennier.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 Recension – Ett utsökt flöde av genre, harmoni och improvisation | Musik
○Att skriva en jazzrecension 2026 med en berättelse från mitten av 1980-talet kan riskera en motreaktion från publiken, men detta var årtiondet då Ian Ballamy, en visionär ung saxofonist på den…
○Att skriva en jazzrecension 2026 med en berättelse från mitten av 1980-talet kan riskera en motreaktion från publiken, men detta var årtiondet då Ian Ballamy, en visionär ung saxofonist på den…
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
(Babel Label)
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
Opening 2026’s jazz reviews with a story from the mid-1980s might be risking audience...
(Babel Label)
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
Opening 2026’s jazz reviews with a story from the mid-1980s might be risking audience...
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
(Babel Label)
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
Opening 2026’s jazz reviews with a story from the mid-1980s might be risking audience...
(Babel Label)
The 80s sax star leads an A-list quartet, plus a shared trumpet role for Laura Jurd and Ballamy’s son Charlie
Opening 2026’s jazz reviews with a story from the mid-1980s might be risking audience...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Iain Ballamy:
🎵 Harmonique
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▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Harmonique, by Iain Ballamy
from the album Riversphere Vol.1
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March 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Iain Ballamy:
🎵 Harmonique
#6music #IainBallamy
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Ballamy is one of the most creative of UK Jazz musicians, this has got to be worth checking out! 😀 #saxophone #tenor #jazz
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Iain Ballamy – ‘Riversphere Vol.1’ - UK Jazz News
Emerging from a rare but, as it turned out, essential performance by Quercus at King’s Place about ten days ago, I found myself once more deeply in thrall of June Tabor’s commanding voice, Huw Warren’...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Ballamy is one of the most creative of UK Jazz musicians, this has got to be worth checking out! 😀 #saxophone #tenor #jazz
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Iain Ballamy Review: Riversphere Vol 1 – A brilliant flow of genre, harmony and improvisation | music
🚀 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Jazz 📌 Key idea: HeyWriting jazz reviews for 2026 with a story dating back to the mid-1980s might risk alienating…
🚀 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Jazz 📌 Key idea: HeyWriting jazz reviews for 2026 with a story dating back to the mid-1980s might risk alienating…
Iain Ballamy Review: Riversphere Vol 1 – A brilliant flow of genre, harmony and improvisation | music
🚀 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Jazz 📌 Key idea: HeyWriting jazz reviews for 2026 with a story dating back to the mid-1980s might risk alienating the audience, but it was the decade in which a far-sighted young saxophonist on the UK jazz scene, called Ian Ballamy, first appeared on this writer's radar. The cross-generational lineup and catchy themes of Riversphere, his first solo release in years, are a testament to why he's been there for 40 years.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Iain Ballamy Review: Riversphere Vol 1 – A brilliant flow of genre, harmony and improvisation | music
🚀 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Jazz 📌 Key idea: HeyWriting jazz reviews for 2026 with a story dating back to the mid-1980s might risk alienating…
🚀 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Music,Culture,Jazz 📌 Key idea: HeyWriting jazz reviews for 2026 with a story dating back to the mid-1980s might risk alienating…
Iain Ballamy - Riversphere
Saxophonist Ballamy draws inspiration from river systems and cycles for his latest collection of free-flowing jazz, rounding up players for improvisational pieces as well as renditions of the likes of Bill Frisell and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
youtu.be/tjTlGPox7yM?...
Saxophonist Ballamy draws inspiration from river systems and cycles for his latest collection of free-flowing jazz, rounding up players for improvisational pieces as well as renditions of the likes of Bill Frisell and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
youtu.be/tjTlGPox7yM?...
Strange meeting
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February 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Iain Ballamy - Riversphere
Saxophonist Ballamy draws inspiration from river systems and cycles for his latest collection of free-flowing jazz, rounding up players for improvisational pieces as well as renditions of the likes of Bill Frisell and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
youtu.be/tjTlGPox7yM?...
Saxophonist Ballamy draws inspiration from river systems and cycles for his latest collection of free-flowing jazz, rounding up players for improvisational pieces as well as renditions of the likes of Bill Frisell and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
youtu.be/tjTlGPox7yM?...
Iain's new album, Riversphere, is a real treat for the ears!
March 10, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Iain's new album, Riversphere, is a real treat for the ears!
Listed in the BBC's '100 Jazz Greats' between Chet Baker and Count Basie, saxophonist Iain Ballamy is in E11 on Tuesday with long-time partner pianist Gareth Williams. This is from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqF...
Tickets: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Harmonique
YouTube video by Iain Ballamy - Topic
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May 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Listed in the BBC's '100 Jazz Greats' between Chet Baker and Count Basie, saxophonist Iain Ballamy is in E11 on Tuesday with long-time partner pianist Gareth Williams. This is from Iain’s 2025 release, Riversphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqF...
Tickets: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...
Tickets: www.eastsidejazzclub.co.uk/event/iain-b...