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June 15, 2024

A Celebration of 50 Years in Music

Royal Festival Hall. 14 June 2024. Part of 2024 Meltdown Curators of the Southbank Centre’s annual, iconic Meltdown Festival have included Grace Jones, Morrissey, David Bowie… For this year’s 29th festival the role is taken by legendary singer and musician, [...]

The Laurence Cottle Big Band at the Swansea International Jazz Festival

Festival Pavilion, Museum Green, Swansea. 14 June 2024. For the 2024 Swansea International Jazz Festival – which coincides with Sir Karl Jenkins’ 80th birthday year – Festival Director Dave Cottle and Sir Karl got together with Laurence Cottle and hatched [...]

Scene: a London hospital bed occupied by Ronnie Scott, legendary club owner poleaxed by a rogue spinal disc. When a concerned visitor asks the cause of Scott’s problem. Scott replies through gritted teeth: “bending over backwards to please Stan Getz”. [...]

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