weekly supplement Sunday 18 8 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Calling Out<\/strong> COME FOLLOW YOUR ART by Ed Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Following Festivals<\/strong> BOARDERS BUILD MANCHESTER by Alfred Michael<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 I love Manchester<\/strong> COMING SOON TO THE STILLER HALL b<\/strong>y newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 <\/strong> Literature JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL<\/strong> b<\/strong>y Joseph Aloysius<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 Live Jazz<\/strong>: British Jazz Artist on USA tour by JENNY BRAY <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Live Jazz HOMAGE TO JAZZ GREATS preview by Jazz In Reading newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 Jazz On Air<\/strong> HOT BISCUITS SERVED by Steve Bewick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 All Points Forward. A Reader\u00b4s Perspective<\/strong> ROUNDER RECORDS by Peter Pearson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 Island Insight<\/strong>s ARTISAN FAIR AT MANCHA BLANCA<\/strong> by Cruso<\/strong>e<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hear The Call<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n COME FOLLOW YOUR ART editorial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello, and thank you for joining us in another packed edition of PASS IT ON<\/strong>, our weekly Sunday Supplement. We\u00b4re confident you will agree that there is plenty of reading of interest in today\u00b4s publication. We are joined today by your favourite contributor, Peter Pearson, who has reminded me of one of my favourite record labels that was helpful building our Americana collections. Steve Bewick previews, as usual, his forthcoming Hot Biscuits mix-cloud edition for next week, and I\u00b4m certain that will encourage you to have a listen. We also feature two great pieces by two writers from our small company of \u00b4invisible angels\u00b4 who take an overview from somewhere up in the sky. Alfred Michael invites you to a fast and furious sports festival and Joseph Aloysius takes a look at an ambitious flier. Your usual news items and listings are here too. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/strong> Following Festivals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BOARDERS BUILD MANCHESTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n by Alfred Michael<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We don\u00b4t have skateboards up here. The clouds would be too fluffy to board on, for one thing, and those pearly gates would be really hard if you collided into them on your board. I was looking down at young Sky Brown at the Olympics Paris 2024 and saw her dislocate her shoulder and still racing, though, and it looked to be a fast and furious and even artistic sport. So, when I noticed that Manchester will be hosting a skateboard festival over a period of a few days in July and August, I wrote down all the details on a paper aeroplane and set it on flight to the desk of my son- in-law, Norman Warwick in his PASS IT ON office on Lanzarote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adidas Skateboarding and Factory International<\/a> announced the launch of Build Manchester<\/em>, a twelve-day global skateboarding which was held between the 27th July \u2013 8th August at Aviva studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Build Manchester saw the outside spaces of Aviva Studios temporarily transformed into a custom-built skate plaza that hosted free activities, in collaboration with Manchester\u2019s most influential skate communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activities included open-to-all skate contests, skate schools, product launches, exhibitions, film premieres and workshops as well as the chance to see adidas\u2019 Global Team Riders including the likes of Blondey McCoy, Jarrad Carlin, and Nikolai Piombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday 27th<\/sup> July: Opening Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n adidas and their Global Skate Team were present for the opening of Build Manchester and an evening celebration featured:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skate Jam, in collaboration with adidas Global Team Riders including Blondey, Jarrad Carlin, Tom Snape, Nikolai Piombo, Gabriel Summers, Dan Fisher, and more! There was a Best Trick Competitions with opportunities to win special prizes and an Outdoor BBQ<\/strong> serving up food and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was also a Live DJ set by Rory Milanes and James Edson (PWBC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Date: Saturday 27th July, 16:00 \u2013 22:00. Entry was free on a first come, first serve basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people brought their own board to skate the custom-built plaza or came down to watch the action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday 27th July \u2013 Saturday 3rd August: adidas Note Skate School <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Note skate shop, which has been influencing Manchester\u2019s skate culture since 1999, brought their free skate school to Aviva Studios as part of Build Manchester<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note x Northern Rolling introduced to the skate plaza environments their special features. Along with the Northern Rolling team, local pro skaters attended sessions to showcase and give tips on specific tricks and other aspects of the sport and culture such as skate filming and photographing, answering any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Date:<\/strong> Saturday 27th July \u2013 Saturday 3rd August from 16:00 \u2013 22:00. It was necessary to book for this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Weekdays 30th July \u2013 8th August: Skate Sessions by ProjektsMcr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ProjektsMcr, a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society offered free coaching with adidas Skate at Aviva Studios this Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The community, whose goal is to make skateboarding accessible to all, had a team of experienced team coaches who taught, and guided all ages (6+) and all abilities at this awesome purpose-built skatepark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you\u2019ve never set foot on a board before or want to learn some new tricks, the Projekts Crew was there for you. The team hosted three, one-hour long tailored sessions each day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dates:<\/strong> 30th July \u2013 2nd August (Tues \u2013 Fri) & 6th Aug \u2013 8th Aug (Tues \u2013 Thursday) from 10:00 \u2013 14:00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday 1st August: adidas Team Demo & Wear Test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u2018Build \u2013 Team Tour\u2019 hosted by adidas Skateboarding, continued in Manchester with an exciting Skate Demo featuring live DJs, giveaways, and competitions. Skaters will be challenged to skate the purpose-built obstacles and structures for a chance to win exciting prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the event, the mobile custom build will remain in the space, open to use by the public and the local skate community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Date:<\/strong> Thursday 1st August, 18:00 \u2013 21:00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday August 8th: Note Store\u2019s 25th Birthday Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n adidas Skateboarding and Note, the hub of Manchester\u2019s skate culture since 1999, teamed up to celebrate its 25th Birthday at Aviva Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendees experienced open-to-all skate contests, product prizes, screen-print workshops, a Manchester Skate-inspired exhibition as well as the chance to see adidas\u2019 global team riders skate the plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Date:<\/strong> Thursday, August 8th from 16:00 \u2013 22:00. This event was free to attend on a first come, first serve basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Build Manchester had something for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 COMING SOON to The Stoller Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n preview by I Love Manchester newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n RACHEL PARRIS: POISE Rachel Parris is back with her biggest tour yet, presenting a dazzling new show of her signature blend of stand-up and songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The BAFTA-nominated comedian is best known for both her viral satirical segments on The Mash Report and Late Night Mash which have had over 100 million views, and as one of the founding cast members of the award-winning improv group Austentatious, who regularly perform to sold out crowds in London\u2019s West End.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “the angry\/unhinged neurotic peeks out from beneath Parris\u2019s polished carapace, and ratchets up the funny” The Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n TOVA LEIGH: HONEY I’M LOSING IT Tickets: \u00a327.50. With VIP Meet and Greet: \u00a357.50 (Limited VIP tickets remaining!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n From mental load and rushing woman syndrome to hot flushes and why the secret to a healthy relationship is sleeping in different bedrooms, join bestselling author, comedian and global internet sensation Tova Leigh as she spills the beans on all things marriage, perimenopause, parenting and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tova is best known for her blunt rants about motherhood and her viral online show \u2018Mom Life Crisis\u2019. Much like her online videos and books, this is a show filled with real life relatable and hilarious stories about the things no one ever talks about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support from Riona O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RUSSELL WATSON: in conversation <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first years of the new millennium Russell Watson was at the peak of his success as a much loved classical singer. He had gone from humble beginnings, working in a factory making nuts and bolts in Salford to performing to stadiums filled with thousands of fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But then tragedy struck. In 2006 and 2007 he was diagnosed with two brain tumours. Russell was determined to defy the odds and fight his way back \u2013 not only to recovery but also to finding his voice again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To celebrate the release of his new memoir, Encore<\/em>, Russell will be in conversation at a special intimate event here at the Stoller Hall. Join him for a rare opportunity to hear his remarkable story of triumph and tragedy and the self-determination and resilience that this has taught him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The show will also include an audience Q&A and a chance to purchase a signed copy of Encore.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n by Joseph Aloysius<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seagulls might be a bit of a pest up here, diving in and out of the fluffy white clouds. How they ever got on Noah\u00b4s Ark in the first place I just don\u00b4t understand. I can see that down where I used to live the coastlines of the UK are riddled with tourist traps where seagulls plummet like kingfishers to eat ice cream cones out of human children\u00b4s hands as well as chips out of human mum and dads paper cones. And they can be messier creatures, and they do tend to whine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although I honestly can\u00b4t remember, some younger friends who live up here with me tell me that there was a time in the sixties, when I was in my eighties, that seagulls, or at least one seagull in particular, were rendered fabulous, heroic and misunderstood in an eponymous book about Jonathan Livingstone Seagull written by Richard Bach, and was later made into a film set to a Neil Diamond soundtrack. I don\u00b4t remember him either, if I\u00b4m honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, when I last dropped in on earth, (we invisible angels can do that, you know!) I noticed that my grandson-in-law, Norman Warwick, has recently sent a brand new copy of the (very small) book over to South Korea, to my great, great grandson-in-law Andrew Warwick and his wife Sue, and a note asking them to PASS IT ON<\/strong> to my great, great, great granddaughter, 14 year old Olivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have no doubt that Norman would describe the book as being about personification and full of concise and succinct aphorisms to help the ambitious achieve their aims. I do know that there is a copy of the book on the bigger bookshelf he is currently building in his Lanzarote office, and I do know that every page of the text is daubed in Norman\u00b4s handwriting in red biro !<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em><\/strong> is an allegorical<\/a> fable<\/a> in novella form<\/a> written by American author Richard Bach<\/a> and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson. It is about a seagull<\/a> who is trying to learn about flying, personal reflection, freedom, and self-realization<\/a>. It was first published in book form in 1970 with little advertising or expectations; by the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, the book having reached the number one spot on bestseller lists mostly through word of mouth recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2014, the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition<\/em><\/strong>, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan Livingston Seagull is an independent thinker frustrated with the daily squabbles over meagre food and sheer survival within his flock of seagulls who have no deeper sense of purpose. Unlike his peers, he is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he aerially experiments and learns more about the nature of his own body and the environment in achieving faster and faster flights. Eventually, his lack of conformity within the Flock causes them to officially banish him with the label “Outcast”. Undeterred, Jonathan continues his efforts to reach ever-greater flight goals, finding that he is often successful. He lives a long happy life and is sad not due to his loneliness but only due to the fact that the rest of the Flock will never know the full glories of flying, like him. In his old age, he is met by two radiantly-bright seagulls who share his abilities, explaining to him that he has learned much, but that they have come to take him “home” where he will go “higher”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan transcends into a reality, which he assumes is heaven, where all the gulls enjoy practicing incredible maneuvers and speeds, like him. His instructor, Sullivan, explains that a few gulls progress to this higher existence, but most others live through the same world over and over again. The Elder Gull of the community, Chiang, admits that this reality is not heaven, but that heaven is the achieving of perfection itself: an ability beyond any particular time or place. Suddenly, Chiang disappears, then reappears a moment later, displaying his attainment of perfect speed. When Jonathan begs to learn Chiang’s skills, Chiang explains that the secret to true flight is to recognize that one’s nature exists across all time and space. Jon begins successfully following Chiang’s teachings. One day, Chiang slowly transforms into a blindingly luminous being and, just before disappearing for the last time, he gives Jonathan one last tip: “keep working on love.” Jonathan ponders Chiang’s words and, in a discussion with Sullivan, decides to go back to his own home planet, to teach his original Flock all that he has learned. Returning there, he finds a fellow lover of flying, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, who is angry at recently being “Outcast” by the Flock. Jonathan takes on Fletcher as his first pupil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan has now amassed a small group of Outcasts as flying students, with Fletcher the star pupil, and tells them that “each of us is in truth… an unlimited idea of freedom”. The deeper nature of his words is not yet understood by his pupils, who believe they are just getting basic flying lessons. For a month, Jonathan boldly takes them to perform aerial stunts in front of the bewildered Flock. Some of the Flock slowly join the Outcasts, while others label him a messiah or a devil; Jonathan feels misunderstood. One day, Fletcher dies in a flying collision. Awaking in another reality, he hears Jonathan’s voice teasing him that the trick to transcending the limitations of time and space is to take it step by step \u2014 not so quickly. Fletcher is resurrected in the very midst of the flabbergasted Flock, some of whom fear and decry his supernatural reappearance, but Jonathan insists that he must learn to love the ignorant Flock. Jonathan’s body suddenly begins to fade away, he requests that Fletcher stop others from thinking of him as anything silly like a god, and he gives a final piece of advice: “find out what you already know”. Soon, Fletcher faces a group of eager new students of his own. He passes on Jonathan’s sentiments that seagulls are limitless ideas of freedom and their bodies nothing more than thought itself, but this only baffles the young gulls. He realizes now why Jonathan taught him to take lessons slowly, step by step. Privately musing on Jonathan’s idea that there are no limits, Fletcher smiles at the implication of this: that he will see Jonathan again, one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2013, Richard Bach took up a non-published fourth part of the book which he had written contemporaneously with the original. He edited and polished it, and then sent the result to a publisher. Bach reported that he was inspired to finish the fourth part of the novella by a near-death experience<\/a>, which had occurred in relation to a nearly fatal plane crash in August 2012. In February 2014, the 138-page Bach work Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student<\/a> was published as a booklet by Kindle Direct Publishing<\/a>. Illusions II<\/em> also contains allusions to and insights regarding the same near-death experience. In October 2014, Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition,<\/em> was published, and this edition includes Part Four of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Part Four focuses on the period several hundred years after Jonathan and his students have left the Flock and their teachings become venerated rather than practiced. The birds spend all their time extolling the virtues of Jonathan and his students and spend no time flying for flying’s sake. The seagulls practice strange rituals and use demonstrations of their respect for Jonathan and his students as status symbols. Eventually some birds reject the ceremony and rituals and just start flying. Eventually one bird named Anthony Gull questions the value of living since “…life is pointless and since pointless is by definition meaningless then the only proper act is to dive into the ocean and drown. Better not to exist at all than to exist like a seaweed, without meaning or joy. He had to die sooner or later anyway, and he saw no reason to prolong the painful boredom of living.” As Anthony makes a dive-bomb to the sea, at a speed and from an altitude which would kill him, a white blur flashes alongside him. Anthony catches up to the blur, which turns out to be a seagull, and asks what the bird was doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book was a sleeper hit; the first edition in 1970 was only 3,000 copies and it would take two years before reaching number one on the New York Times<\/em> Bestseller List<\/a>. “Not a single magazine or newspaper so much as mentioned the book when it first came out, The Times<\/em> reported in 1972. Macmillan failed to secure any advance publicity for Bach, but he personally took out two very small ads in The New York Times Book Review<\/em> The first printing sold out by the end of 1970, and in 1971 an additional 140,000 copies were printed. Mostly a word of mouth phenomenon, it entered the NYT<\/em> Bestseller List on April 20, 1972, where it remained for 37 weeks, and by July 1972 it had 440,000 copies in print.Reader’s Digest<\/em><\/a> published a condensed version. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly<\/em> list of bestselling novels in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book sellers didn’t know how to classify it. “Some put it under nature, some under religion, some under photography, some under children\u2019s books.” Friede’s advice was, “put it next to the cash register.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several early commentators, emphasizing the first part of the book, see it as part of the US self-help<\/a> and positive thinking<\/a> culture, epitomized by Norman Vincent Peale<\/a> and by the New Thought<\/a> movement. Film critic Roger Ebert<\/a> wrote that the book was “so banal that it had to be sold to adults; kids would have seen through it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book is listed as one of fifty “timeless spiritual classics” in a book by Tom Butler-Bowdon<\/a>, who noted that “it is easy now, thirty-five years on, to overlook the originality of the book’s concept, and though some find it rather na\u00efve, in fact it expresses timeless ideas about human potential.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Clute<\/a>, for The Encyclopedia of Fantasy<\/em><\/a> (1997), wrote: “an animal fantasy about a philosophical gull who is profoundly affected by flying, but who demands too much of his community and is cast out by it. He becomes an extremely well-behaved accursed wanderer, then dies, and in posthumous fantasy<\/em> sequences – though he is too wise really to question the fact of death, and too calmly confident to have doubts about his continuing upward mobility – he learns greater wisdom. Back on Earth, he continues to preach and heal and finally returns to heaven, where he belongs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard David Bach, (left)<\/em><\/strong> the creator and writer of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, was born June 23 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His family moved in 1941 to a little ranch north of Tucson, Arizona where they spent three years before ultimately settling down in Long Beach, California when Richard was eight years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard grew up in Long Beach \u2014 gazing through his homemade telescope; skin diving along the shores of Newport Beach; and making model airplanes in his backyard Quonset hut, dreaming of someday flying a real plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After graduating from Woodrow Wilson high school in 1954, and discovering he didn\u2019t like college, Richard joined the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was an aviation cadet taking pre-flight training for three months at Lackland Air Base in Texas, then to Graham Air Base in Florida where he learned how to fly T-33s. At Williams AFB in Arizona, Richard became a Second Lieutenant and flew F-86Fs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaving the Air Force in 1958, Richard returned, now with his wife, Bette, to Long Beach and took on jobs as: a draftsman, a mailman, and a freelance writer penning articles for Flying magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His life would be irrevocably changed one night in 1959 as he walked home and heard a voice behind him say: \u201dJonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em>.\u201d He turned around to find that no one was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard rushed back home to his apartment, a little bit frightened, and when he sat down at his desk, a full Technicolor movie played out in front of his eyes, showing the seagull\u2019s story. Richard wrote down what he saw as fast as he could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, the movie suddenly stopped midway through. Richard was left with an incomplete manuscript. He put it away in a drawer, where it would lie for the next eight years, when the ending just as suddenly presented itself to him and he completed the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cold War brought Richard back into active duty, spending a year in France from 1961 to 1962, flying F-84Fs in a war that could go hot at a moment\u2019s notice. He became Captain Richard Bach during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing about his time in France led to Richard\u2018s first book: Stranger To The Ground<\/em>, published in 1963 when Richard was just 27 years old. It was a critical success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard traded fighter jets for antique biplanes after returning from France, and worked as an editor, now, for Flying magazine in Manhattan, then later moving to their West Coast office in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A fan letter to Ray Bradbury in 1962 led to a lifelong friendship between the two men, and membership in Ray\u2019s exclusive writers\u2019 group, which met once a month in Ray\u2019s Los Angeles basement. Richard would debut his Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em> manuscript at these meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barnstorming and biplanes, however, were Richard\u2018s new obsession and his next two books, Biplane<\/em> and Nothing By Chance<\/em>, were devoted to these subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1965, Richard moved his growing family (eventually growing to six children) to Ottumwa, Iowa where he worked for the Antique Airplane Association, while also devoting time to his passions: fixing up airplanes in his front yard; barnstorming the Midwest during the summers; and, of course, writing books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally dusting off his Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em> manuscript, he tried to get it published \u2014 only to receive 18 rejections. When, at last, it is published by Macmillan in 1970, now illustrated with Russell Munson\u2019s photographs of seagulls in flight, it would become a worldwide best seller, selling 44 million copies (and counting) and be one of the top selling fiction novels of all time. The book has remained continuously in print for over fifty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em> catapulted Richard to superstardom. He and Jonathan were even featured on Time magazine\u2019s November 13, 1972 cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Divorcing in 1970, Richard continued barnstorming and eventually settled in Winter Haven, Florida. It was during this period he wrote his second bestseller: Illusions \u2013 The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah<\/em>. A semi-autobiographical, semi-fictional account of Richard encountering a mysterious man named Donald Shimoda while barnstorming one glorious 1970s Midwest summer. Illusions<\/em> would go on to sell over 10 million copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, there you have it Olivia. Good luck and enjoy your reading, Olivia, from. JA, your great, great, great grandfather. Fly High !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 Live Jazz<\/strong> On Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n an update from Jenny Bray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve been in the USA since July 22nd and have once again, this summer met some wonderful musicians and venues! (Jenny, right with musicians).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I started in Pennsylvania playing at Karla’s New Hope piano\/vocals solo for a couple of nights which is always an absolute pleasure, this year working with sound engineer Nicholas DeLamotte, Yamaha keys provided by a kind neighbour from New York Stephen, so huge thanks to both of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n At ‘John and Peter’s’ New Hope I reunited with bassist Matt Kohut and drummer JP Wasicko for a show. Matt and JP played and produced on my first 2 albums and we’re planning to record together in a studio in Pennsylvania in 2025. I have a bunch of what I would call story songs that I love to play but have never recorded so it might be time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In New Jersey I played a couple of dates in a new venue called ‘The Starving Artist Cafe’ in Stockton, and met up with several students I taught when I was residing in Brooklyn and New Jersey. That was really wonderful, Roland keys provided by Steve Caputi, huge thanks to him and Todd for sound and joined by JP Wasicko doumbek and JB Kline steel guitar, truly special performances!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Charlottsville Virginia at ‘The Local’ I had an amazing night playing at a songwriter’s showcase, Yamaha keys provided by my eldest son Will Bray, and bassist Michael Clemm, Rusty on the drums and Clayton guitar made a night to remember!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last night couldn’t be better celebrating with a Bluegrass jam in Floyd Virginia at ‘The Country Store’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n PASS IT ON<\/strong> readers might like to kjnw that the next single to be released from One Hare One Owl is a song called Second-Hand Newspaper Boy. It will be released on 5th November; Bonfire Night in the UK and election day in the USA !<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have new thoughts on another album next year called Songs And Stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ed\u00edtor\u00b4s Note<\/strong>: Songs And Stories would be a very appropriate title for a Jenny Bray album. The first time I ever heard her music, on a Steve Bewick Hot Biscuits radio programme I was struck by how often her lyrics told a story, or part thereof sometimes, and by how the musical and vocal arrangements fitted the story she was telling in any particular song. Somehow, her in-song storytelling invariably left the listener wanting to know more. In fact, that is quite true also of her conversational styles. When I listened to her answering Steve\u00b4s questions to her during his radio interview she spoke very openly, about her parents, about her own family and about friends in, and out of, the music business. There is one song in particular on her current album, One Hare One Owl, released earlier this year. The song, Ringing Bells is\u00a0 a caught in\u2013time event which saw her father inviting her young son to accompany him to a bell ringing at the family\u00b4s local church. She beautifully recaptures how she felt to hear the bells pealing across the countryside\u00a0as she sat outside imagining her dad and his grandson so enjoying themselves<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Live Jazz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HOMAGE TO THE GREATS OF JAZZ TRUMPET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n preview by Jazz In Reading newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ewen Baird <\/strong>tenor saxophone Andy Townsend<\/strong> trumpet, flugelhorn <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Andy Townsend<\/strong> is a graduate of the Army School of Music and formerly a band member of REME (Regiment of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Annually he performs many professional engagements in jazz quartets, sextets, shows and big bands. Also a qualified Bandmaster (LTCM) Andy holds teaching posts in schools in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 Jazz On Air<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HOT BISCUITS served by Steve Bewick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n From Trefor Owen Trio, playing at The Railway, South Manchester some time back we have selected to play a shjort live set from that gig, with Andy Hume, and Dave Turner on bass,. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor Owen (right)<\/strong> is a self-taught guitarist who took up the guitar at the relatively late age of 18. At that time, Trefor was aware of a certain sound in his head, but without knowing what he was hearing, until one night he heard Benny Goodman\u2019s \u201cRose Room\u201d featuring Charlie Christian on guitar and realised that the sound was jazz. From then onwards, jazz has been his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charlie Christian, and also Johnny Smith and Wes Montgomery, inspired Trefor\u2019s playing greatly and a later influence was Pat Martino. During a trip to the States in 1988, Trefor interviewed Pat for the jazz guitar magazine, \u201cArchtop\u201d, on which he was a regular columnist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor greatly admires the musical genius of the late Ike Isaacs and of Louis Stewart. He toured Britain with Louis in 1989, their guitar duo being heard in, for example, the Band on the Wall in Manchester, Glasgow\u2019s Musicians\u2019 Institute and at the Soho Jazz Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor Owen has many festival appearances to his credit, including several at Cork International Jazz Festival. In 1990, he and fellow guitarist Adrian Ingram conducted the prestigious jazz workshop there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1992, Trefor was short-listed for the Daily Post Award for Jazz and was awarded an Arts Council bursary for the composition of ten Latin American pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the past few years, Trefor Owen has played extensively with the fantastic Martin Taylor and the great Mundell Lowe. In 1993, he toured the UK and appeared at Cork International Jazz Festival with International Guitar Spectacular, a four-guitar combo in which he featured with Mundell Lowe, Louis Stewart and Doug Raney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a 15-date British tour with Mundell Lowe in 1995, Trefor\u2019s playing was highly acclaimed wherever he appeared. Trefor played alongside Mundell in a BBC recording made during the tour and broadcast in the Radio 3 series \u201cImpressions\u201d in May 1995. In the same month, Trefor performed at the Northern Guitar Show organised by Guitarist Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1995 continued to be a highly-successful year for Trefor Owen. In September, The Trefor Owen Quartet presentation \u201cA Tribute To Wes Montgomery\u201d received a Jazz Services National Touring Support Scheme Award for its UK tour. In October, Trefor appeared with Howard Alden and Adrian Ingram at the Arlington Guitar Show Texas USA, and became a regular columnist for an American publication \u201cJust Jazz Guitar\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor Owen\u2019s 1996 festival dates included Keswick, Llangollen and Cork. Another 1996 highlight was a U.K. tour with Paris based U.S. guitarist Jimmy Gourley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In January 1997 Trefor played at the NAMM Show in Los Angeles, and in May appeared at the New York Guitar Show, alongside many Jazz guitar greats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor\u2019s dream of a tour of the U.S.A. came true in July 1997 when he performed concerts and workshops in New York, North Carolina and Nashville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In October, he again toured the U.K. with the legendary Mundell Lowe, performing both concerts and workshops. Highlights of the tour included a broadcast for BBC Radio Scotland and appearances at the renowned Pizza Express Jazz clubs in London and Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 1998 began with appearances at the NAMM Show, Los Angeles. Trefor also appeared with Mundell Lowe and John Pisano at the L. A. Jazz Guitar Weekend at Papashon\u2019s Restaurant, Encino alongside many Jazz guitar greats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 1998 he released an album on the Crimson label. The album includes seven of Trefor\u2019s original compositions and is titled, \u201cWALES PLAYS BRAZIL\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In May 1998 Trefor Owen again appeared at the New York Guitar Show, Long Island giving a workshop and concert. In July\/August he performed in a guitar duo with Jim Nichols in the main auditorium, and conducted a workshop, at the Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville, followed by a return visit to Papashon\u2019s Restaurant, Encino, Los Angeles, where he played with Ron Eschete and John Pisano. On the same tour Trefor made appearances in San Francisco at Enrico\u2019s with Jim Nichols, and at the famous Pearl\u2019s Jazz Club with guitarist Bruce Forman, and performed at the Acoustic Guitar Show at San Rafael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In September Trefor made appearances with American guitarist Randy Johnston and in October paid his fourth visit of 1998 to the USA, giving performances in the Boston area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor began 1999 by appearing at the NAMM Show, Los Angeles and in May for the third time played at the New York Guitar Show, alongside many Jazz guitar greats. In the Autumn he toured the U.K., first with Mundell Lowe in September, and then with Randy Johnston in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 2000 Trefor Owen was again invited to appear at the New York Guitar Show, Long Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 2001 Trefor again toured the U.K. with the legendary Mundell Lowe, performing both concerts and workshops. Highlights of the tour included a broadcast for BBC Radio Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2006, for the third consecutive year, he toured California appearing in San Francisco and at John Pisano\u2019s Guitar Night at Spazios, Sherman Oaks, L. A. During the tour, Trefor performed clinics for JazzMasters Workshops at Carmel, the first non American guitarist to do so and has since made another appearance in the Jazz Bar at the Classic American Guitar Show, and appeared at the prestigious Jazz Cafe, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In August 2008, for the eighth year, he led a team of international guitarists tutoring and performing at the North Wales International Jazz Guitar Festival and Summer School in Wrexham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trefor Owen believes that Jazz should be both beautiful and communicative and accomplishes these qualities in his own playing, with his superb sound, fluid melodic lines and punchy rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite a busy professional life, in 1990 Trefor, with Maureen Hopkins, formed and became co-director of the North Wales Jazz Society, which for 30 years presented numerous world renowned jazz artistes. Between 2000 and 2008 he and Maureen organised the annual North Wales International Jazz Guitar Festival\/Summer School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Wales Jazz Society no longer exists Since Maureen and Trefor retired from presenting concerts and unfortunately could not find anyone to continue the work. However, Trefor continues to present the highly popular Jazz Guitar Weekends at Coleg Cambria (Yale), Wrexham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also on our HOT BISCUITS<\/strong> playlist, is is ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sidetracks-and-detours-2.png\")
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The Alan Cornish Theatre
Oakwood Centre, Headley Road
Woodley, Berkshire RG5 4JZ<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PHOTO-1-1030x365.jpg\")
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Martin Pickett <\/strong>piano
Steve Kershaw<\/strong> double bass
Mike Goff <\/strong>drums
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Ewen Baird <\/strong>teaches and plays around his Oxfordshire base and holds an MMus in jazz performance from Birmingham Conservatoire.
Martin Pickett <\/strong>is a freelance jazz pianist, teacher and original jazz composer.
Steve Kershaw <\/strong>is named \u2018one of the countries best bass players\u2019 by Jazz Views and delights in bringing together players from all over the world.
Mike Goff <\/strong>plays regularly around the South East, produces and promotes events and co-runs Goring Community Jazz Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PHOTO-2-1030x871.jpg\")
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Tonight with the Quartet he will pay homage to the jazz repertoire of trumpet greats like Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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