In this tribute, Denny Ilett (*) remembers his close colleague and friend Pee Wee Ellis, who passed away on 23 September 2021 at the age of 80. Alfred ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis has rightfully received a truly global outpouring of love [...]
In a set that brought together some of the best musicians on the UK jazz scene, pianist Ivo Neame was joined by George Crowley on tenor sax, Tom Farmer on bass, James Maddren on drums and special guest Byron Wallen [...]
The 39th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections has the drummer making the best possible use of an elusive vocalist. A game of two halves, labelled as Parts one and two on the original, and posted on YouTube separately (see below). [...]
The winner of the Musicians’ Company’s Young Jazz Musician Award 2021 is Daniel Higham (trombone). Here is the remaining text of the press release: “The Master of The Musicians’ Company, John Nichols, presented Daniel with his award at the Pizza [...]
Have you ever dreamed that you’re standing on a fully-lit stage in front of packed house, ignorant of the lines you should be uttering or even the name of the play you’re in? If so, sympathise with Eddie Calhoun, master [...]
Hard day at the home office? Stressed out by your yoga teacher’s bills? The work of Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick seems designed to soothe the troubled soul. Certainly, his carefully constructed vignettes sit at the softly-spoken end of the ECM [...]
