Back in 2021 I did a MEET THE COMPOSER interview with my publisher Warwick Music. Here it is: Who is your biggest inspiration? I’d have to say every musician I meet. There so many talented and enthusiastic performers I encounter both young and old that inspire me to compose, arrange and perform. Writing a duet…
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Review: Freddie Gavita – Transient 2017
Freddie Gavita – Trumpet and Flugelhorn Tom Cawley – Piano Calum Gourlay – Bass James Madden – Drums Freddie Gavita’s Transient kicks off with the intriguingly titled Strimming The Ham. A loosey-goosey groove introduces a tune that sinuously winds its way around his fine trumpet sound. The happy slappy vibe that permeates this piece shows…
Review: Chris Bowden – Unlikely Being
Chris Bowden – alto sax Jim Watson – piano and keys Chris Dodd – bass Neil Bullock – drums With Bryan Corbett – trumpet Tom Chapman – percussion Recorded 9/2017 Vibe Records Chris has been a fixture on the British jazz scene for a long time and his back catalog is a sporadic and diverse…
Review: Tom Lindsay – Now’s The Time
Now’s The Time – Tom Lindsay with Tom Moore, Ric Yarborough and Guests Tom Lindsay – vocals, piano and keyboards Tom Moore – upright and electric bass Ric Yarborough – drums Elliot Drew – alto and tenor sax Nick Dewhurst – trumpet and flugelhorn Joris Bolhaar – trombone Coming from the Midlands, this is Tom’s…
Review: Pointless Beauty – After and Before
Al Swainger – bass, keys, vocals, drum programming Neil Yates – trumpet and flugelhorn Mike Outram – Guitar George Cooper – Keys Mark Whitlam – Drums An 2018 album funded by fans and supporters, this hit my doormat recently and it is a work of quality musicianship and production. Al Swainger is a highly sought…
Review: Beats & Pieces Big Band – All In
Efpi Records FP022 Ben Cottrell : director Anthony Brown, Sam Healey, Ben Watte : saxophones Owen Bryce, Graham South, Nick Walters : trumpet Ed Horsey, Simon Lodge, Rich McVeigh : trombone Anton Hunter : guitar Richard Jones : piano/Rhodes Stewart Wilson : bass Finlay Panter : drums Recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire 13th-16th January…
Review: The Magnificent 7 Jazz Band – A Jazz Odyssey
Irthling Records – IRMAG002 Amy Roberts – flute, clarinet, alto sax Richard Exall – clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, vocals and arrangements Ben Cummings – trumpet, vocals Ian Bateman – trombone Craig Milverton – piano Bill Coleman – double bass Nick Millward – drums, vocals Recorded at Ian Riley Studios, 2015 There may be a…
Review: Wendy Kirkland – The Music’s On Me
Wendy Kirkland – piano and voice Pat Sprakes – guitar Paul Jefferies – bass guitar and double bass Steve Wyndham – drums Roger Beaujolais – vibraphone Tommaso Starace – saxophones An eagerly expected sequel to her first album Piano Divas in 2017, The Music’s On Me is another production funded mostly by the many fans…