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Seasons Greetings

Apologies for radio silence recently. I’ve been busy with various projects, few of them specifically music-related. Decided to wrap up the year with this animated Christmas greeting. I’ve been busily corresponding with some people over the past few months and

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SE Confidential

Nice writeup just been published at Something Else (click for full interview). Life, the jazziverse and everything… “I first saw Jason Lyon at Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec in London. I had gone to see Gareth Lochrane on flutes, as he was

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We’ve Run Out of Jam

Our Wednesday marathon is now run. To morrow to fresh Woods, and Pastures new (we’re uncouth swains).

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Young Jazz Synergy Weekend & Guildhall in Focus

Friday 19 May – Sunday 21 May Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, London SE11 4RN, 020-7582 6800 The world loves competitions these days, and it seems people aren’t interested unless there are judges whirling round in big red chairs. But music really isn’t

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Gareth Lockrane with JLT Review

Thanks to Sammy Stein for writing this review/interview. On a corner of a main road in the busy, noisy borough of Kennington, London, sits an unassuming building, easy to walk past but turn in and you find yourself in the

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Little Niles

Somebody recently sent me this video clip of the band doing a Randy Weston number last year. It’s a great tune and deserves to be played more often. Tony Kofi (as), Jason Lyon (p), Henry Gilbert (b), Joel Prime (d)

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Benet McLean with JLT Review

Thanks to Stephen Graham at Marlbank for this writeup of last week’s gig with the downright special Mr McLean. If you stick the words “jazz” and “violin” together, most people will be mentally transported to a Parisian boîte with Honeysuckle

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Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec

A while ago, in a brasserie far, far away… THE FOURTHS AWAKEN Darth Vegfryer – Head Chef Florent Regent Count Orderticket  – Oliver Regent Kylo Knobtwiddler – Maitre d’ Nolan Regent Cantina Band and crew of the Millennium Lazybird: Dave O’Higgins (tenor sax) Steve Fishwick (trumpet) with

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