It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of dynamic alto saxophonist and educator/organiser, and friend to this site, Christian Brewer, after a long illness. This post will be added as more tributes emerge. Alex Garnett [...]
Musician and photographer David Harvey has used the lockdown to assemble a collection of his photographs of jazz musicians, many of which he had exhibited in two separate exhibitions at The Junction in Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, under the titles [...]
As we head into the third month of a very strange year, here is something interesting to perk you up: Gene Russell‘s 1973 album Talk To My Lady gets a welcome reissue on both CD and vinyl (appearing on the [...]
The first thing you see on this album’s artwork is a vintage style blender that gives a strong hint to what’s inside. There’s also a giraffe romping through Bethnal Green, but I haven’t been down that way for a while [...]
Pianist Jonathan Gee has always found joy, education and inspiration in the music of Miles Davis. Not just in the man himself but in the playing of his many fine associates, not just in acoustic Miles or electric Miles, but [...]
