“This was the first time I’d ever done anything quite like this.” Composer/arranger/ orchestrator/trombonist Callum Au has just returned from a week directing the SWR Big Band, rehearsing and performing concerts in […]
This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]
Nigel Price Organ Trio – Wes Reimagined (Ubuntu Music UBU0080. Album review by Denny Ilett) There’s a very good reason why the music of Wes Montgomery continues to inspire guitarists some 53 […]
Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 96. Four bandleaders and arrangers pay tribute to one of the best-known (and most frequently-played) big band arrangers: Denny Ilett: […]
Jamie Cullum – The Pianoman at Christmas (Island. CD Review by Ciaran Carter) This is Jamie Cullum’s 10th Studio release. Comprising ten original songs, it was begun before the first Covid-19 lockdown […]
Callum Au and Claire Martin – Songs and Stories (Stunt Records, STULP 20061. Review by John Arnett) In a career spanning 30 years and more than 20 albums, this CD marks a […]
Barb Jungr “finds confessional depths in Bob Dylan and Jacques Brel that no one else can see,” wrote Clive Davis in the Sunday Times last September of her most recent album Bob, […]
Sebastian writes: Yesterday, 12 January 2020, Callum Au became the eighth winner of the the BJO ICC (Brussels Jazz Orchestra International Composition Contest) Award at Flagey Studios in Brussels, during the Brussels […]
