Will Gresford, who has been manager of the new Vortex ever since it first opened its doors properly September 2005, will officially leave this role and complete the handover on March 2nd. […]
Will Gresford hands over Vortex on a high
Brecon 2009: A three-day event
BBC Wales has been reporting the twists and turns of the story of the Brecon 2009 Festival. Their latest update is HERE Rather than abandoning completely, whereby the town would lose all […]
The 22nd British Jazz Awards
Jim Hart (photo: Jeff Hardcastle) The winners of the 2008 British Jazz Awards, organized by Big Bear Music in Birmingham were announced in early December, but I haven’t seen much coverage. The […]
Friday 13th and moustachen identity
This Bob Martin?….. Or This Bob Martin? I wrote with enthusiasm about ex-Buddy Rich altoist Bob Martin HERE. Bob was playing earlier in the month in Frank Griffith’s nonet. He has an […]
Cross-Channel Multi-Channel Loop Coverage
Alex Bonney and Dave Kane (Photo: Russ Escritt) Congratulations to organizing dynamo Stephanie Knibbe, her French compatriot tall tenor Robin Fincker, and the many others whose can-do energy made the packed-out Loop […]
The sound at expensive gigs
I wrote about last week’s Michel Legrand/Alison Moyet show , but for me it was a no-no on grounds of cost. Clive Davis of The Times went, he saw, and he WROTE….. […]
The Bull is still there
The Bull’s Head The Yamaha Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head pub in Barnes is one of the fixtures of the London jazz scene. Other things change, other clubs move, but after […]
Anyone out there more versatile than Daryl Runswick?
Candles at St. Cyprian’s The series of Tuesday early evening concerts which innovative promoter Christine Allen puts on at St Cyprian’s Church is one of the joys of the London scene. It […]
UK music industry success in Brussels
Congratulations to Dominic McGonigall of PPL who is a very effective campaigner on behalf of the music industry on a victory in Brussels last week, getting the EU to back copyright extension […]
Rescuing a jazz club (2)
This extraordinary-looking gentleman, equipped with his megaphone, his pen and astonishing uplift, may be about to rescue the festival and the De Werf venue in Bruges, according to optimistic noises coming from […]
Giant Kind of Blue Steps at 50
Kind of Blue: Recorded March 2nd and April 6th, 1959Giant Steps: Recorded May 4th and 5th, 1959. It does seem like a very weird idea indeed, as Ben Ratliff of the New […]
Soul in a VERY good cause, and quite a story
Pizza on the Park* Promoter Anthony Steinberg tells me he has booked Pizza on The Park for a charity soul gig raising money for the British Kidney Patient Association and other charities […]
Review: Julianna Fabian/Peter Sarik
Hungarian Cultural Centre, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden13th February 2009 My preview HERE was very long. So the review can and will be short. I enjoyed Fabian’s gig, and will definitely want to […]
National Treasures of British Jazz(2)
In 2008, a long list of jazz musicians passed away. And among them we lost two who were also superb presenters of jazz on radio. Both of these men had helped jazz […]
Creativity, Culture and Mingus
Somebody told me at a dinner party: “Creativity is the answer to the question: Who am I?” and that “Culture is the answer to the question : Who are we?” But across […]
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