LondonJazz’s Mystery shopper, ever the good time girl, has been out and about in Chelsea: The Mike Westbrook band blew a rousing couple of sets performing his “Off Abbey Road” at the […]
Our Mystery Shopper writes
RIP Sue Davies OBE (1933-2020)
Sebastian writes: In 2005, Digby Fairweather introduced me to a quite remarkable person. Sue Davies, who passed away peacefully from cancer on 18 April 2020, four days after her 87th birthday, had […]
Review: Yamaha Jazz Scholars
Review: Yamaha Jazz Scholars(606 club, November 29th, review by Chelsea Mystery Shopper) Up pops that Mulberry bag. Our irrepressible mystery Chelsea shopper has been down to the 606 in search of the […]
Review: Sax Pastilles at Dragon Hall
Nothing will stop our Mystery Chelsea Shopper in her search for a good time out on the London jazz scene. Here goes MCS, from a wild night in Covent Garden catching the […]
Review: 606 Club/ Gareth Lockrane Big Band
“Wow!” was LondonJazz’s Mystery Chelsea Shopper’s verdict on the Gareth Lockrane Big Band at the 606 (September 27th 2009, lunchtime, 606 Club) Dear Sebastian, Your mystery shopper had a great time – […]
Review Archive
Okkyung Lee, Steve Beresford, John Butcher and Christian Marclay (Cafe Oto, Saturday 21 May 2011)Okkyung Lee, Phil Minton and Mark Sanders with Steve Noble and Alex Ward (Vortex, Sunday 22 May 2011). […]
8 March 2023
READ ELSEWHERE RIP Wally Fawkes, cartoonist and clarinettist – news story in the Standard – read more …. and obit in the Times (read more – £-wall) Richard Williams’s Guardian obit for […]
25 January 2023
READ ELSEWHERE The new, 200th (!!!) episode from our good friends at The Jazz Podcast is in memory of Frank Kimbrough (top right in the photo above) and has interviews with Maria […]
Review: Lilian Boutte
Review: Lillian Boutte, (606 Club, October 12th 2009, by our Mystery Shopper from Chelsea) Lillian Boutte is probably known to most of you – a New Orleans native who has been touring […]
