Jazz guitarist and composer Patrick Naylor has a new one out, called ‘Winter Dream’. The album contains nine varied tracks,… Read More
Despite their lack of mainstream kudos (exemplified in the name of the pop act ‘Johnny Hates Jazz’), there were many… Read More
Never Judge… The phrase ‘never judge a book by its cover’ couldn’t have been more appropriate. I was suspicious about… Read More
The anecdotal information I could gather about The Bad Plus before attending their gig at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on… Read More
Ken Aldcroft: 1969-2016 When someone dies unexpectedly in youth or middle age, as guitarist Ken Aldcroft did on September 17th,… Read More
Guitarist, composer and bandleader Patrick Naylor has followed the 2 exceptional albums his band made in 1999 (‘Patrick Naylor Quartet’)… Read More
During the course of a recent 39-day trip back to Britain from Canada I found myself in a variety of… Read More
A review of ‘Invisible World’ by The Blow-up. I played this CD while a friend was visiting and he said… Read More
The ‘Mela’ is an annual, free 2-day festival held in Peel Park, Bradford. It’s predominantly geared towards asian culture, but… Read More
I entered the room to find people smiling. Introductions had been made and tonight’s performance was about to begin. We… Read More
When a music venue sells Tyrrells Root Vegetable Crisps, it suggests that an above average evening may be in the… Read More
A few days ago I turned into a fly and landed on the wall at one of Richard Ormrod’s performance… Read More