It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of bassist Len Skeat in hospital in the early hours of this morning 9 March 2021 at the age of 84. Biography from the Jazz Steps website (LINK) : [...]
“The trad era is now at a close as the last of the great bandleaders departs,” writes trombonist Ian Bateman (*). Ian has many personal memories of Chris Barber, not least through having been a member of the Acker Bilk [...]
In 1971, three members of The Heshoo Beshoo Group – alto saxophonist Henry Sithole, his brother, tenor & baritone saxophonist Stanley Sithole and drummer Nelson Magwaza – were approached by guitarist Adolphus ‘Bunny’ Luthuli to form a new band to [...]
The tenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), a salute to a great Ellingtonian. This is Mingus’ great, late quintet, in a recording that stands among his best work. His indispensable drummer, Dannie Richmond, had come back, encouraged by [...]
