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The picture above is from just before the opening of Ronnie Scott’s club at 39 Gerrard Street in October 1959. It comes from David Taylor’s website which is a treasure trove of […]
The picture above is from just before the opening of Ronnie Scott’s club at 39 Gerrard Street in October 1959. It comes from David Taylor’s website which is a treasure trove of […]
No link to be made here. An image search for “Financial Times” and “jazz” produced a very random discovery: a company called Jazz, ……and then to follow, a nice article about Ronnie’s […]
Anyone know anything about this???(Photo acknowledgement: Pete Cook)
A popular section of this site is called “These make me laugh” . It’s down on the right. Do check it out. Where, newly posted this week is a curious encounter for […]
It’s what you’d call all-round impressive. Not just Mark Lockheart as tenor player/composer/teacher/in-demand- member of many bands….but the material Edition Records have put together to support the release of his first album […]
Undeniable fact: Jazz piano players can literally crop up anywhere……JAMIE CULLUMCullum reports on his Twitter page today that he has just landed in Addis Ababa (famous for its blue Lada taxis above) […]
Ron Carter (above) stands tall. Approaching his seventy-second birthday, he exudes calm, statesmanlike* authority. Last night – his third and final date this year at Ronnie Scott’s – his gentle art brought […]
Photo from the 14th April celebration of Marian McPartland’s 30 years presenting National Public Radio’s Piano Jazz (list of all the piano luminaries who attended is in a previous post) . McPartland […]
New Zealand/ New York bassist Matt Penman from SF Jazz CollectiveI spoke to trumpeter/ promoter Richard Turner about the three night festival he is running at the Con Cellar Bar this weekend.-Turner […]
This coming weekend (23-26 April) is the main trade fair/mini- festival/ gathering/showcase for European Jazz. It’s called Jazzahead and it takes place in Bremen – around a Culture Centre called the Schlachthof […]
Q. Where is the National Jazz Archive (NJA)A. It is in Loughton Library (above) , Traps Hill, Town Centre, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1HD. The archivist is David Nathan (david.nathan@essex.gov.uk) and the number […]
Jazzelation (above) is a surprise. It is a band which has recently emerged from the Oxford scene. It involves some fine players. The band has just produced a CD , Spring Is […]
Tomorrow, Saturday 18th April, would have been the 65th birthday of one of the unsung VERY greats of British music, arranger/composer/ pianist Steve Gray.“Steve Gray is the finest jazz band arranger of […]
Two British musicians who get star billing in Russia- complete with their names in cyrillic script to prove it!As Russia emerges day by day from the icy grip of winter….how COOL is […]
The career of Marian McPartland -see a well-made, informative and affectionate video tribute to herabove – was celebrated at Club Dizzy’s Coca Cola (please can someone enlighten me where that name comes […]
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