Peter Slavid of Hillingdon Arts has sent me details of two interesting mainstream jazz evenings by top players on June 1 and June 2 in North-West London, run by drummer Brian Knapp. […]
Jazz on the links, plus a link to Harvard Business School
Review: Youn Sun Nah, Ulf Wakenius/ Vortex
Review: Youn Sun Nah (above), Ulf Wakenius/ Vortex It seemed an impossibly exotic juxtaposition: a Swedish guitarist plus a ….Korean singer. I hadn’t heard guitarist Ulf Wakenius in a small venue before, […]
BBC: Gettin’ It Together…..
Hold on a moment. Is there a Serendipity Dog in the BBC reading these pages? Or is it an accident? A post on this site a few weeks ago suggested that the […]
A jazz musician’s brother writes (and very well too)
The Guardian and the Observer has a two-part guide to performing. Tomorrow’s Observer has Singing. Today’s Guardian has Acting. A fascinating and very well-written survival guide to the acting profession comes from […]
Who’s the artist?
The Answer: MILES DAVIS. In the last decade of his life (1980 till his death in 1991) he devoted himself to painting. There is an exhibition/sale of this work at the Exchange […]
Interview : Michael Connarty MP
The 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards have acquired special prominence in this year’s jazz calendar. When the BBC withdrew from running its Jazz Awards in March, this event, to be held in Parliament […]
Review:John Surman and Jack DeJohnette plus Donny McCaslin Quartet
LIVE REVIEWJohn Surman and Jack DeJohnette plus Donny McCaslin Quartet (above)/ Ronnie Scott’s – 6th May 2009 After several years of absence from Ronnie Scott’s , John Surman was clearly in the […]
At the going down of the sun….
Janet McCunn writes: “Unfortunately I’ve just received confirmation from Alex at The Rising Sun that there will be no more music of any kind there, so sadly that will be the end […]
Jessie’s Fund – Music Helping Children
Jessica George, the daughter of Alan George, viola player from the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and of clarinettist Lesley Schatzberger died of an inoperable brain tumour fifteen years ago tomorrow. But her memory […]
Cheltenham Round-up
Clarence Penn from Dave Douglas’ Quintet The Cheltenham Jazz Festival (sponsored by Budvar in association with BBC Radio 2) has been going strong and getting stronger since 1996. It’been a haunt of […]
Cream Tea in Cheltenham
a Off to Cheltenham ( till Monday) for one of these. (And for the Budvar Cheltenham International Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 2) Leaving you with some reading matter from […]
Desert Foxy Boss Guitarish Ronnie Joke
Len the Capetonian sage from Highgate sent in this Ronnie Scott joke .“We get some great jazz fans in the club. Like Erwin Rommel. Did you know that Rommel was a great […]
Feature: London Open Mic Nights
Musicians’ jokes can be quite cruel:Q: “Why can’t jazz singers get through the door?”A: “Either because they can’t find the key, or because they don’t know when to come in.” But, joking […]
Nominees for 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and previous winners
Congratulations to Peter Bacon of thejazzbreakfast blog on two counts. First for breaking the story of the Nominees. Second for himself being one, in the category “Jazz Publication of the Year”, along […]
Datele fiducia e non ve ne pentirete
Sometimes there is a CD …. and loads of people seem to be talking about how great it is. The quote above is the final sentence of a superb review in Italian. […]
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