One gig which has really caught my eye is the appearance of the 80-year old Bob Wilber at- I’m not kidding – Pinner Parish Church. The Rev. Stuart Nattrass and Peter Vacher […]

The buzz about Nottingham-born Julian Siegel has finally got going in the past year. And about time too. Julian WORKS. Hard. Woodsheds. Hard. Drives himself. Hard. And the results in his playing […]

I was appalled when I read in a number of places that after 25 years, the Brecon Jazz Festival might not happen this year. The company promoting the festival, is in administration […]

The jazz scene around the conservatoires is always a source of inspiration and optimism, and there is nowhere better in the world right now than the Royal Academy of Music in Marylebone […]

A very different post this – with thanks to Oliver Weindling who covered it on Sunday at http://towerofjazz.blogspot.com/ Out there in the tough real world, the CD distributors, essential businesses in the […]

Chris Parker and John Fordham make me wish I’d been at the London Jazz Orchestra/ Henry Lowther gig last Sunday. (*) http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/gig-reviews/2009/january/ljo.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/13/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-review The next one is at 4pm on Sunday Feb […]

BBC4 is screening Antonioni’s Blow-Up from 1966 this Thursday at 11pm. I’m looking forward to catching at least a bit of it… Iconic. Soundtrack by the 25-year old Herbie Hancock. And according […]

A special evening at Ronnie’s Monday 26th, thanks to : http:// http://www.jazzorg.com and Nigel Tully and Bernard David of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, http://www.wcomjazz.co.uk It’s the launch the Dankworth Prize for […]

An intimate jazz venue? You betcha. The band is virtually in your lap. Richard Fletcher, brother of percussionist Chris, is a great supporter of the music. When this club is full, there […]

There’s a band in my head. And there’s also a band in my car. Since receiving it as a Christmas present, the omnipresent CD has been the re-issued Red Garland Groovy with […]

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Jan 10th 2009 The First Post. I’d rather start by looking forwards, than looking back. A theme… One thing this blog is going to be about is anticipation. About evenings I’m looking […]

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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). […]

As the film’s strapline has it “Never Give a Saga an Even Break”