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• Disc of the day: 09-11-09

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 13:31 in guitar, jazz, bass, vocal, cd review, george benson, marcus miller, us jazz, concord jazz

  George Benson: Songs And Stories (Concord Jazz 0888072303645) Ah, it’s the other gorgeous George. For some weak-minded reason every time a new George Benson album comes out I am interested enough to hear it and hope that it will be as good as t...

• Russ’s pic of the week: 09-11-09

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 03:37 in Photography, drums, birmingham uk, cbso centre, nick mulvey, portico quartet, british jazz, russ escritt

  Each week photographer Russ Escritt sends me his favourite picture of the week, or perhaps one from his extensive archive. Here’s Nock Mulvey during Portico Quartet’s soundcheck before their very successful CBSO Centre gig on Saturday n...

• Disc of the day: 08-11-09

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 17:09 in guitar, bass, drums, cd review, saxophone, british jazz, jim mullen, jazzizit, geoff gascoyne, graeme blevins, sebastiaan de krom

  Geoff Gascoyne: Pop Bop (Jazzizit Records JITCD 0952) Gascoyne made his reputation as bass player and MD in the Jamie Cullum band, and is joined here by fellow JCer Sebastiaan De Krom on drums, Jim Mullan on guitar and Graeme Blevins on saxophones. H...

• Disc of the day: 07-11-09

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 07:56 in guitar, piano, jazz, drums, cd review, pat thomas, british jazz, jazzwerkstatt, matt wand, tony oxley, derek bailey

  Tony Oxley/Derek Bailey: Quartet (jazzwerkstatt 033) Recorded in Cardiff in 1993, this finds experimental improv veterans drummer/percussionist Oxley and guitarist Bailey working with two younger explorers, Pat Thomas on piano and electronics and Mat...

• Busy weekend – and there’s more…

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 07:27 in saxophone, british jazz, us jazz, stratford jazz, greg abate, alan barnes

    Greg Abate in full cry In addition to Portico Quartet this evening and Jon Irabagon tomorrow at O’Neill’s in Broad Street, Birmingham, Stratford Jazz is putting on a top gig this weekend.   The time is, as usual, 8pm Sunday, t...

• Disc of the day: 06-11-09

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 13:06 in guitar, blues, vocal, robben ford, monterey jazz festival, jimmy witherspoon

  Jimmy Witherspoon: Live At The 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF Records 0888072306387) Of course, a Jimmy Witherspoon record is always a pleasure, even if the sound of the electric piano is distorting and the sound is generally not what it might be, ...

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