joy for JAZZ GRAMMY WINNERS 2023

The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, co-led by pianist/composer Steven Feifke and trumpeter par excellence Bijon Watson, is a seventeen-member ensemble comprising seasoned players paired with young lions who are poised to capture pride of place

A WESTERN SPAGHETTI of film nominations

As we head backwards one or more steps for every step taken forward, we’ve got some of the same issues we’ve always got with the Oscars. For every excellent nomination, every interesting piece of recognition, there’s the predictable nonsense that conned its way in.

CENTURIES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

With a growing reputation for the courage, vitality and intensity of its performances the Marmen Quartet (left) is fast establishing itself as one of the most impressive and engaging new talents in the chamber music arena.

CHEWING THE FAT WITH BUB

this is a book about listening closely to stories and songs, about leaving home in order to find home,

WYNTON AND WILLIE at The Lincoln 2007 & JAZZ in Reading 2022

fifteen years after the event I learned of a concert that had taken place in 2007. I caught Wynton and Willie, jazz and Americana sharing music, nad it has taken the shades from my eyes-

CONCIERTO RENACENTISTA

A capital city in name, Arrecife would be a town in the UK, being about the same surface area and population as Rochdale where I sued to live. And yet this felt like a world class performance by skilled players to a knowledgeable and appreciative audience. Credit to all concerned.

EL AFECTO ILLUSTRADO & Soprano Jone Martinez

Their standing ovations were truly deserved but I would also like to think the ovations were also showing gratitude to the Annual Canary Islands Festival Of International Classical Music, that this year, as in the 38 that preceded it, offered us musical excellence, entertainment, education and energy.

MORE FOLK ´N GOOD MUSIC

Back in my days on the folk circuit some forty years ago there was a vast no-man´s land and some intense suspicion between traditions and contemporary folk music, much as there once was (still is?) in Jazz. UK Folk has found an arbitrator and revivalist in the English Folk Expo organisation and Jazz fans can settle their differences over Steve Bewick´s weekly eclectic mix cloud jazz presentation of Hot Biscuits.

BLUE NOTE FOR A CRITICT

this landmark publication tells the story of an influential jazz institution and commemorates Blue Note's momentous contribution to modern music and style

CARNIVAL, COLDPLAY NO-PLAY & COMIC HEROES Spanish Version

'¡Oh, Norman,.. Tienes razón de nuevo. Ya he decidido en qué quiero gastar mi dinero", dijo emocionada. Ï nos llevará a mí y a Mama a la Convención de la Comic Con en Londres casi al mismo tiempo que Barcelona y Coldplay.