Saxophonist, composer and arranger to the stars John Altman has upcoming live shows Feature by John Bungey: The hidden man of music is emerging from the shadows. John Altman‘s career can read […]
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John Altman – ‘Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives’
John Altman – Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives (Equinox. 290pp. Book Review by John Bungey) Nope, me neither. Which is one reason why John Altman, prolific composer, conductor, arranger and player, […]
Alyn Shipton Interview: New Jazz Titles from Equinox Books
The first few months of 2022 will see quite a few new additions to the Equinox Books Jazz List, in the series Popular Music History. Series Editor is broadcaster, author and bassist […]
John Altman: Putting Some Big Band Brass into ‘No Time To Die’
John Altman’s credit in the closing titles of the new James Bond movie reads ‘Studio One Conductor and Additional Arrangements.” Here he explains the back-story of how he put some big band […]
Jeremy Lubbock (1931-2021). Tribute by John Altman
John Altman pays tribute to “one of the greatest arrangers in the history of popular music”, Jeremy Lubbock (1931-2021): Jeremy Lubbock, who passed away peacefully on Friday morning in Oxfordshire at the […]
Malcolm Griffiths (1941-2021). Tribute by John Altman
John Altman writes: There was a time in the late 60s/early 70s when Malcolm Griffiths, who passed away this week aged 79, seemed to be everywhere on the world jazz scene. First […]
