Back Issues
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Pete Recommends…Billy Strayhorn by Peter Batten
Cover: Painting of cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson by artist Gina Southgate.
Interview with trumpeter Avishai Cohen.
Columns by Simon Spillett and Gina Southgate.
Lockdown Diaries: Mark Bassey & Hilary Burt; Sam Carelse & Jason Henson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Miles Davis
Live Stream Reviews: Around the Houses Livestream Festival reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Album Q&As: Joe Downard – Seven Japanese Tales; Howes3 – Moving Forward; Misha Mullo-Abbado – Dream Circus; Noemi Nuti – Venus Eye; Dave Storey – Jouska.
Album Reviews: Peter Asplund – All My Septembers; Diaspora Meets AfroHorn – Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, Out of Sista’s Place; Kevin Figes Quartet – Changing Times; Wolfgang Haffner – Kind of Tango; Dominic Ingham – Role Models; Jazzrausch Bigband – Beethoven’s Breakdown; Chris McCarthy – Still Time to Quit; Pyjaen – Sage Secrets (EP).
Live Stream Listings for June 2020.
The 100th Issue of Sussex Jazz Magazine.
Cover: Jennifer Left & Jack Tavaré at The Hand in Hand, photographed by Lisa Wormsley
Features: Interviews with Sarathy Korwar and Ela Southgate
Lockdown Diaries: Sara Oschlag; Jennifer Left
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Words…Agnes Keplinger
Pete Recommends…Bill Evans Trio – Moon Beams
Live Stream Reviews: British Embassy Live Sessions – Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst + Theon Cross reviewed by George Richardson; Live Supreme: Fergus McCreadie + Rob Luft & Elena Duni + Georgia Cécile reviewed by Eddie Myer; Live at The Lescar – Sam Leak reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Album Q&As with George Colligan, Tom Green, Alex Hitchcock, Rob Luft, Kandace Springs, Chip Wickham.
Album Reviews: Altar Double Quintet – We Salute The Night; Areviejé – Journey; Andre Canniere – Ghost Days; Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver – Welcome Adventure! Vol.1; Irreversible Entanglements – Who Sent You?; The Necks – Three; Jure Pukl – Broken Circles; Harish Raghavan – Calls For Action; Spanish Harlem Orchestra – The Latin Jazz Project; Emma-Jean Thackray – Rain Dance; Will Vinson – four forty one.
Live Stream Listings for May 2020.
Cover: Daniel Casimir, painted by Gina Southgate
Features: Interviews with Patricia Pascal of Jazznewblood and pianist Joe Webb
Column by Gina Southgate
Column by Simon Spillett
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Michel Petrucciani – 100 Hearts
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Words…Marilyn du Sax with photo by Lisa Wormsley
Pete Recommends…Al Cohn & Shorty Rogers – East Coast/West Coast Scene
Live Reviews: Zeñel at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Martin Speake & Ethan Iverson reviewed by Eddie Myer; Jelly Cleaver at Casablanca reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley; Moses Boyd at Patterns reviewed by Charlie Anderson; Xhosa Cole with Jay Phelps at The Verdict reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Album Reviews: Ben Holmes – Naked Lore reviewed by George Richardson; Dave Liebman – Earth reviewed by Eddie Myer; Zeñel – Extreme Sports reviewed by Eddie Myer; Moses Boyd – Dark Matter reviewed by Eddie Myer; SEN3 – Live reviewed by Eddie Myer; Moostak Trio – Moostak Trio reviewed by Edddie Myer; Heisenberg Uncertainty Players – Gradient reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Listings Notice for April 2020 (due to the COVID-19 shutdown).
Cover: Alabaster DePlume, photographed by Chris Almeida
Features: Interviews with Alabaster DePlume, Freddie Gavita and Marianne Windham
Column by Simon Spillett
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: John Coltrane – The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Words…Terry Pack with photo by Lisa Wormsley
Pete Recommends…Hoagy Carmichael – Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Live Reviews: Nye Banfield at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Joe Armon-Jones at Patterns reviewed by Eddie Myer, with photos by Anya Arnold
Album Review: Levitation Orchestra – Inexpressible Infinity reviewed by Eddie Myer; Lakecia Benjamin – Pursuance: The Coltranes reviewed by George Richardson; Ian Shaw/Iain Ballamy/Jamie Safir – What’s New reviewed by Eddie Myer; Richie Goods & The Goods Project – My Left Hand Man reviewed by Eddie Myer; Alabaster DePlume – To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 reviewed by Kev Nickells.
Listings and Big Band Listings for March 2020.
Cover: Cover art by Lisa Wormsley
Features: Interviews with Lewis Wright and Zeñel
Columns by Eddie Myer, Pat Pascal and Simon Spillett
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Andrew Hill – Verona Rag
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham (list of active big bands with unconventional line ups in Sussex)
Words…Sudhi S Pooniyil with photo by Lisa Wormsley
Pete Recommends…Duke Ellington – Ellington Plays Strayhorn
Live Reviews: North Ark at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Anya Arnold; Riley Stone-Lonergan Quartet at The Verdict reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Album Review: Terry’s Pack’s Trees – Into the Woods reviewed by Jim Burlong; Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Listings and Big Band Listings for February 2020.
Cover: Cover art by Lisa Wormsley
Features: Interviews with Nye Banfield and Peter Batten (part 2)
Column by Simon Spillett
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Wynton Marsalis – Wynton Marsalis
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham (list of active big bands in Sussex)
Pete Recommends…Dave Frishberg – Lookin’ Good
Live Reviews: Quinn Oulton at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Ezra Collective at Concorde 2 reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley.
Listings and Big Band Listings for January 2020.
Cover: Dave O’Higgins and Rob Luft
Features: Interviews with Dave O’Higgins and Rob Luft, plus Peter Batten (part 1)
Columns by Eddie Meyer and Simon Spillett
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Tommy Flanagan 3 – Montreux ’77
Live Reviews: Mark Kavuma at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Carmen Souza at The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley.
Book Review: Lost in the Vaults by Daniel Spicer reviewed by Peter Batten
Album Reviews: Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears; O’Higgins & Luft Play Monk & Trane, Jean Toussaint Allstar Sextet Live at the Jazz Cafe, BATL Quartet Live, Maria Chiara Argiro – Hidden Seas, New York All-Stars – Live Encounter reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Listings and Big Band Listings for December 2019.
Subscriber Extra:
Competition – win the new Wild Card album, Beast From The East.
Photos of Carmen Souza at The Verdict by Patricia Pascal.
Cover: Calum Gourlay
Features: Interviews with Calum Gourlay and Jim Rattigan
Columns by Eddie Meyer, Sam Carelse and Simon Spillett
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Howard McGhee – Dusty Blue
Live Reviews: Rosie Frater-Taylor at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Skinny Pelembe at Patterns reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley.
Album Reviews: Barnacles – And so we begin reviewed by Eddie Myer; PYJÆN – PYJÆN reviewed by George Richardson; Quentin Collins Sextet – Road Warrior reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Listings and Big Band Listings for November 2019
Subscriber Extra:
Competition – win the new Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft album, O’Higgins and Luft Play Monk and Trane.
Report – Women in Jazz at The Jazz Cafe, Camden with words and photos by Patricia Pascal.
Cover: Nadav Schneerson and George Richardson of Yadasofi
Features: Interview with Yadasofi’s Nadav Schneerson and George Richardson, Leroy Horns
Column: On the Corner by Sam Carelse
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Dave McKenna – Dave “Fingers” McKenna
Live Reviews: Brothers Testament at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Arun Luthra’s Konnakol Jazz Project reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley; Outside Broadcast reviewed by George Richardson, Jazz for Europe reviewed by Charlie Anderson with photos by Lisa Wormsley
Album Reviews: Leo Richardson – Move reviewed by Eddie Myer; Bob Sheppard – The Fine Line reviewed by George Richardson
Listings and Big Band Listings for October 2019
Subscriber Extra:
Competition – win the new Quentin Collins album, Road Warrior
Photos of Arun Luthra and Jazz for Europe by Lisa Wormsley; photos of Brothers Testament by Anya Arnold.
Cover: Imogen Ryall
Features: Interview with Imogen Ryall
Column: Old and New Dreams by Eddie Myer
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Don Benjamin
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Art Pepper – The Omega Sessions
Live Reviews: Bonsai at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict reviewed by Jim Burlong, with photos by Anya Arnold; Jazz Re:Fest reviewed by George Richardson, with photos by Anya Arnold; We Out Here Festival reviewed by Charlie Anderson, with photos by Lisa Wormsley
Listings and Big Band Listings for September 2019
Subscriber Extra: Competition – win the new Paul Booth album, Travel Sketches; photos of We Out Here Festival by Lisa Wormsley.
Cover: Xhosa Cole at Love Supreme Festival
Features: Interviews with Arun Luthra (Konnakol Jazz Project) and Noah Ball (We Out Here Festival)
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Abi Flynn
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet – Complete Studio Recordings
Live Reviews: Xhosa Cole at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict with photos by Anya Arnold; Love Supreme Festival with photos by Lisa Wormsley
Listings and Big Band Listings for August 2019
Subscriber Extra: Photos of Love Supreme Festival by Anya Arnold, Alex Bondonno, Patricia Pascal and Lisa Wormsley.
Cover: Theon Cross
Features: Interviews with Theon Cross, Christian Sands, Chiminyo, Julian Siegel, Cykada and Tenderlonious
Steve Aston RIP
Column: Sam Carelse – On the Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Love Supreme Festival Guide
Words…Hilary Burt
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Fats Navarro – The Fats Navarro Story
Live Reviews: Dave Storey Trio at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict; Photos of Kemptown Carnival by Lisa Wormsley and Anya Arnold
Album Reviews: Dave Drake – Live at Sussex University; Nérija – Blume
Listings and Big Band Listings for July 2019.
Subscriber Extra: Win a Bonsai CD in our subscribers’ competition.
Cover: Mark Cherrie
Features: Interviews with Mark Cherrie and Christian Brewer
Competition: Win a pair of tickets to We Out Here Festival
Column: Eddie Myer – The Quiet American
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Julian Nicholas
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Barry Harris – Chasin’ The Bird
Live Reviews: Ife Ogunjobi Quartet at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict; Anona Trio at All Saints Church
Album Reviews: Tom Cawley Trio – catenaccio; Andrew McCormack’s Graviton – The Calling; Bonsai – Bonsai Club
Listings and Big Band Listings for June 2019.
Subscriber Extra: Win a Miguel Gorodi Nonet CD in our subscribers’ competition.
Cover: Ahnansé
Features: Interviews with Ahnansé, Dave Storey and Tony Woods
Competition: Win a pair of tickets to We Out Here Festival
Column: Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Claire Martin
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Paul Bley – Basics
Live Reviews: Love Supreme at The Roundhouse, London; Duncan Eagles’ Citizen at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict
Album Reviews: Various Artists – Jazz New Blood Alive 2018; Claire Martin – Believin’ It; Dave Storey Trio – Bosco
Listings and Big Band Listings for May 2019.
Subscriber Extra: Win a Satori CD in our subscribers’ competition; Live review and photos of FoxiVox! at The Verdict.
Cover: Ife Ogunjobi
Features: Interviews with Ife Ogunjobi, Bex Burch of Vula Viel and Gabriel Latchin
Column: Eddie Myer – O tempora O Mores
Column: Peter Batten – A Welcome to Peter Ind
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Alex Hitchcock
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Maxine Sullivan with the Scott Hamilton Quintet – Uptown
Live Reviews: Nubya Garcia at Brighton Komedia; John Turville Quintet at The Verdict
Album Reviews: Gabriel Latchin Trio – The Moon and I; Steve Fishwick/Alex Garnett Quartet – Marshian Time Slip; Yuriy Galkin – For Its Beauty Alone; Snarky Puppy – Immigrance
Listings and Big Band Listings for April 2019.
Cover: Sarah Tandy
Features: Interviews with Sarah Tandy, Duncan Eagles and John Turville
Column: Eddie Myer – Nominate to Dominate
Column: Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Imogen Ryall
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Clifford Brown – Jazz Immortal feat. Zoot Sims
Live Reviews: Alex Hitchcock Quintet at New Generation Jazz, The Verdict; Emute Lab 3: Bog Bodies X the Threnoscope at The Rose Hill, Brighton
Album Reviews: Duncan Eagles – Citizen; James Brandon Lewis – An Unruly Manifesto; John Turville – Head First; Patchwork Jazz Orchestra – The Adventures of Mr. Pottercakes; Sarah Tandy – Infection in the Sentence
Listings and Big Band Listings for March 2019.
Cover: Rosie Turton
Features: Interviews with Rosie Turton, Rod Youngs and Jason Yarde
Column: Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Roxanne Checkley
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Kenny Davern – Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men
Live Reviews: Tom Barford at New Generation Jazz; Jonny Mansfield’s Elftet at New Generation Jazz
Album Reviews: Helena Kay’s KIM Trio – Moon Palace; Lost Organ Unit – Playing the Organ for the People; Theon Cross – Fyah; Cassie Kinoshi’s SEED Ensemble – Driftglass; Rosie Turton – Rosie’s 5ive; Woody Shaw – Tokyo ’81 and Live in Bremen 1983
Listings for February 2019.
Online webpages only:
Cover: Helena Kay
Features: Interviews with Helena Kay, Jonny Mansfield and Hilary Burt
Columns: Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Wardell Gray – The Wardell Gray Story
Live Reviews: Binker Golding Band at New Generation Jazz at The Verdict, Sons of Kemet at Komedia, Lorraine Baker’s Eden at The Brunswick, GoGo Penguin at Concorde 2, Ezra Collective at Patterns
Album Reviews: Thelonious Monk – Monk (live in Copenhagen), Dexter Gordon Quartet – Tokyo 1975 and Espace Cardin 1977
Listings for December 2018.
Cover: Tom Barford
Features: Interviews with Tom Barford, Lorraine Baker and Paul Nieman of One World Orchestra
Columns: Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Sara Oschlag
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Dexter Gordon – Go
Live Reviews: Fraser and the Alibis at New Generation Jazz at The Verdict, Skinny Pelembe at Green Door Store, Yussef Dayes at The Haunt, Jazz In The Round Festival in Hastings, Jazz Jamaica All Stars at Brighton Dome, Eastbourne Splash Point Jazz Festival, Joe Armon-Jones at Patterns, Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival: Trevor Watts & Veryon Weston, Terry Riley, Adam Fairhall, David Birchall/Andrew Cheetham/Julie Kjaer/Hannah Marshall, Laura Jurd’sDinosaur, Ivo Perelman & MatthewShipp, Peter Brötzmann & Full Blast,Irreversible Entanglements
Album Reviews: Gabrielle Ducomble – Across the Bridge; Elliot Deutsch – Make Big Band Great Again; Lorraine Baker’s Eden – Spark!; Hexagonal – McCoy & Mseleku
Listings for November 2018.
Cover: Joe Armon-Jones
Features: Interviews with Joe Armon-Jones, Gary Crosby, Binker Golding and Skinny Pelembe
Columns: Eddie Myer – The Master of Our Domain; Sam Carelse – On The Corner
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Jennifer Left
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Art Pepper – Young Art
Preview: Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival + mini-interview with Matthew Shipp
Live Reviews: Peter Ind’s 90th Birthday Celebration at The Verdict; Pete Hill at New Generation Jazz at The Verdict
Album Reviews: Camilla George – The People Could Fly; Joel Lyssarides – Dreamer
Listings for October 2018.
Cover: Jean Toussaint
Features: Interviews with Jean Toussaint and Sue Richardson.
The Column: Eddie Myer – The Moving Finger Writes…
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five – Summit Ridge Drive
Live Reviews: Tim Whitehead Quartet at The Verdict; Ezra Collective, Amadou & Mariam & Yazz Ahmed’s Hafla Band at Womad Festival
Album Review: Floating Circles Quartet – Eleven Yesterdays Ago EP
Listings for September 2018.
Cover: Clare Teal
Features: Interviews with Clare Teal and Dan Sheppard.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…The Shape of Jazz To Come – Ornette Coleman
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Love Supreme Festival Roundup, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin at Love Supreme Festival, Brainchild Festival, Cassie Kinoshi’s SEED Ensemble at Jazz Re:Fest, Brighton, Mark Kavuma at The Verdict
Album Review: Dave Holdsworth’s New Brew – Wodgi
Listings for August 2018.
Cover: Yazz Ahmed
Features: Interviews with Yazz Ahmed, Tal Gamlieli and Jack Stephenson-Oliver.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Tenor Madness
Love Supreme Preview with stage times and recommendations
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Art Tatum, Red Callender & Jo Jones
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Field Day Festival 2018, Rosie Turton at The Verdict
Album Review: Mark Kavuma – Kavuma
Listings for July 2018.
Cover: Charlotte Glasson
Features: Interviews with Charlotte Glasson, Orphy Robinson and Leo Richardson.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Hot Fun in the Summertime
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Three Albums – Milt Jackson
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Brighton Festival – John Surman, Last Poets, A Change Is Gonna Come; Oli Howe Trio at The Verdict; Joe Armon-Jones at The Eagle; The Great Escape Festival: Ashley Henry, Yussef Dayes, Sons of Kemet; Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love at The Green Door Store; The Mark Travers Project presents Thelonious Monk at The Ropetackle.
Listings for June 2018.
Cover: Carleen Anderson
Features: Interviews with Carleen Anderson and Nikki Yeoh, Jon Newey, and Vigleik Storaas.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Not a Dry Seat in the House
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Haunted Heart – Charlie Haden Quartet West
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: J-Sonics at The Ropetackle; Rob Luft at The Verdict; Martin Speake Quartet at The Verdict; Photos of 10 Years of Jazz at The Hand in Hand, Brighton
Listings for May 2018.
Cover: Rob Luft
Features: Interviews with Rob Luft, Loz Speyer, Rachel Musson and Mike Flynn of J-Sonics.
Feature: Spike Wells Remember…Philly Joe Jones
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Chris Carrington Remembered
Pete Recommends…Intimate Ella – Ella Fitzgerald
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone at The Verdict, Portrait of Cannonball at The Verdict, The Cloggz at St. Nicholas Church reviewed by Charlie Anderson; Zara McFarlane at Komedia reviewed by Eddie Myer
Album Reviews: Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone – Criss Cross, Cloudmakers Five – Traveling Pulse, Jeff Williams – Lifelike, Martin Speake Quartet – Intention reviewed by Eddie Myer
Listings for April 2018.
Cover: Tori Freestone
Features: Interviews with Tori Freestone, Andrew McCormack, Clare Hirst and Misha Mullov-Abbado.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Forward to Victory
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Black Coffee – Peggy Lee
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Hitchock/Barford Quartet at The Verdict; Ivo Neame Quartet at The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson; Photographs of Tina May at The Hawth by Brian O’Connor
Listings for March 2018.
Cover: Zara McFarlane
Features: Interviews with Zara McFarlane, Alison Rayner and Alex Hitchcock
The Column: Eddie Myer – Variety is the Spice of Life
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Poinciana – Ahmad Jamal
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Cloudmakers 5 at The Verdict; Charlie Stacey at The Verdict; The 2018 South Coast Jazz Festival reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Listings for February 2018.
Cover: Elliot Galvin
Features: Interviews with Elliot Galvin, Claude Deppa, Ian Shaw, Alex Ridout, Pee Wee Ellis and Georgina Jackson who all appear at the 2018 South Coast Jazz Festival.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Minority Report
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Blues For Two – Zoot Sims and Joe Pass
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Abi Flynn Benefit Concert at The Walrus, Brighton; Three Little Birds at The Friends’ Meeting House, Brighton; Sam Barnett at The Verdict
Listings for January 2018.
Cover: Dave O’Higgins
Features: Interviews with Dave O’Higgins, Buster Birch and Sam Barnett
The Column: Eddie Myer – Hat and Beard
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Mating Call – John Coltrane & Tadd Dameron
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Nicole Henry at The Ropetackle reviewed by Brian O’Connor; Dan Cartwright at The Verdict reviewed by Eddie Myer; Vitor Pereira at The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Album Reviews: Terry Pack’s Trees – Heart of Oak reviewed by Lou Beckerman
Listings for December 2017.
Cover: Mark Lockheart
Features: Interviews with Mark Lockheart, Simon Wallace & Sarah Moule interviewed by Lou Beckerman, Gilad Atzmon, Sara Dowling
The Column: Eddie Myer – Autumn Leaves
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Tommy Flanagan – Thelonica
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Cloggz at The Under Ground Theatre, Eastbourne; Portrait of the MJQ at All Saints Church, Hove; Oli Rockberger at The Ropetackle, Shoreham; Julian Nicholas at All Saints Church reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Album Reviews: Gregory Porter – Nat “King” Cole & Me; Gilad Atzmon – The Spirit of Trane reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Listings for November 2017.
Cover: Paul Booth
Features: Interviews with Paul Booth, Damon Brown and The Verdict’s Laura Baker
The Column: Eddie Myer – It’s My Party and I’ll Play Dominant Subs If I Want To
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Stephane Grappelli – Parisian Thoroughfare
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Ian Price Charity Celebration @ Hare & Hounds; Sam Braysher/Michael Kanan Quartet @ The Verdict; Jazz For Labour at The Walrus reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Album Reviews: Lizz Wright – Grace; Geoff Simkins Trio – In A Quiet Way reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Listings for October 2017.
Cover: Gabriel Latchin
Features: Interviews with Gabriel Latchin, Sam Braysher and James Osler
The Column: Eddie Myer – The Silver Screen
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Lennie Tristano – The Lennie Tristano Quintet Live at Birdland 1949 + Lennie Tristano Solos 1945
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Summer Festival Roundup and Philip Clemo’s Dream Maps Live reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Listings for September 2017.
Cover: The Cloggz
Features: Interviews with The Cloggz and Nat Steele.
The Column: Eddie Myer – De Profundis
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Stan Getz – Tempus Fugit
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Review of Love Supreme Festival
Listings for August 2017.
Cover: Charenee Wade
Features: Interviews with Charenee Wade & Camilla George
Love Supreme Festival Guide
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Oscar Peterson – My Favourite Instrument
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Review of Geoff Simkins
Review of Geoffrey Keezer & Gillian Margot masterclass and concert
Listings for July 2017.
Cover: Jon Shenoy
Features: Interviews with Jon Shenoy, Geoff Simkins, Geoffrey Keezer and Sam Leak
Love Supreme Preview
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Clark Terry – Out of Nowhere
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Review of ENEMY at The Verdict
Listings for June 2017.
Cover: Oli Howe
Features: Interviews with Oli Howe, Kit Downes and Pete Wareham.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Satisfaction, Finally
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Buddy de Franco & Sonny Clark
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews of MAISHA at The Verdict, Christian Brewer/Leon Greening at The Verdict, Jamie Brownfield & Liam Byrne at Smalls, Rick Simpson’s Klammer at The Verdict and Sari Schorr and the Engine Room at The Hawth.
Listings for May 2017.
Cover: John Altman
Features: Interviews with John Altman, Liam Byrne and Jake Long.
The Column: Eddie Myer – It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Challenging Patriarchal Norms
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Bud Powell – Bud Powell Trio Plays
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews of Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers at The Hawth, Frank Holder Trio at The Hawth, Sara Oschlag at The Snowdrop and Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet at The Verdict.
Listings for April 2017.
Cover: Steve Thompson
Features: Interviews with Steve Thompson and Antony Durrant.
The Column: Eddie Myer – United We Stand
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Tubby Hayes – Mexican Green
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Listings for March 2017
Cover: Amy Roberts
Features: Interviews with Amy Roberts, Al Scott and Julian Marc Stringle.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Comrade Swing
In Memory of Dave Gravett
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Chick Corea – Expressions
Jazz Education Section: Wayne McConnell – Jazz Theory Sells, Tony Durham reviews the BJS Jazz Education Conference, Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Album Review: Remi Harris – In On The 2 reviewed by Eddie Myer
Live Reviews: Geoff Simkins at The Snowdrop; South Coast Jazz Festival reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Cover: Dave Drake/South Coast Jazz Festival
Features: Interviews with Dave Drake, Dennis Rollins and Kevin Le Gendre.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Forward to Victory
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Stan Kenton – Cuban Fire!
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Album Review: Eddie Myer’s Finders Keepers reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Cover: Alex Hitchcock
Features: Interviews with Alex Hitchcock, Annie Lightly and Mike Outram.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Larkin About
Julian Nicholas pays tribute to the late Bobby Wellins
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Charles Mingus – East Coasting
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Review: Court & Spark @ The Verdict reviewed by Lou Beckerman
Album Review: Annie Lightly – Lightly Does It/Now and Again reviewed by Charlie Anderson
Listings for December 2016.
Cover: Andrew Bain
Features: Interviews with Andrew Bain, Julie Sassoon and Silje Nergaard.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Jazzmatazz
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Bobby Wellins/Colin Purbrook – The Satin Album
Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Review: The Impossible Gentlemen @ The Old Market
Album Review: Nigel Price Organ Trio – Heads & Tales Volume 2
Book Review: Brian O’Connor – Images of Jazz
Listings for November 2016
Cover: Lucy Pickering
Features: Interviews with Lucy Pickering and Nigel Price.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Autumn Leaves
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Coleman Hawkins – The Bebop Years
Improv: Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Gareth Lockrane @ The Verdict, Splash Point Jazz Eastbourne
Listings for October 2016
Cover: Ingrid Laubrock
Features: Interviews with Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Green and Philip Clemo.
The Column: Eddie Myer – The Recording Angel
A Tribute to Jo Hunter
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Serge Chaloff: Blue Serge
Improv: Jazz Education Guide and Jam Sessions
Live Reviews: Ashley Henry Trio @ The Verdict
Album Reviews: Eddie Myer reviews The Bopped and The Bopless by Benet McLean and Dream Maps by Philip Clemo
Listings for September 2016
Cover: Matt Wates
Features: Interview with Matt Wates.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Best of…
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Stephane Grappelli & Oscar Peterson: Jazz In Paris
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Learning Standards
Live Reviews: Love Supreme Festival, Victor Wooten @ The Komedia
Album Reviews: Eddie Myer reviews Facts & Figures by Peter Fraize and El Barranco by Tori Freestone
Cover: Neal Richardson
Features: Interviews with Neal Richardson and Avery*Sunshine.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Festivals of Britain
Love Supreme Festival Preview & Stage Times
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Claire Martin & Kenny Barron
Preview of The Snowdrop in Lewes
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 27 – Upper Structures
Live Reviews: Neal Richardson @ Ronnie Scott’s, Kevin Flanagan @ The Verdict
Album Review: Eddie Myer reviews Hidden by Nigel Thomas
Cover: Peter Fraize
Features: Interviews with Peter Fraize, Paul Richards and Donna Lewis.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Hot Fun In The Summertime
Bitches Brew Discussion
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Preview of The Snowdrop in Lewes
Improv: Wayne McConnell on Out Playing
Album Review: Eddie Myer reviews Peter Edwards Trio – A Matter of Instinct, Paul Richards Trio – Episodes, Jeff Williams – Outlier
Cover: Jeff Williams
Features: Interviews with drummer Jeff Williams and Andy Panayi.
The Column: Eddie Myer – Dark Magus
Jazz News
Confessions of a Jazz Promoter by Annette Keen
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Kenny Davern – The Hot Three
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes and The Nightingale Room
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip of the Month No. 26 – Creating a Jazz Piano Accompaniment
Album Review: Eddie Myer reviews Alex Merritt’s Anatta.
Cover: Darius Brubeck
Features: Interviews with Darius Brubeck, Chris Coull, Roger Beaujolais and David Preston of Preston Glasgow Lowe.
The Column: Eddie Myer – It Might As Well Be…
Jazz News
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Kenny Barron & Charlie Haden – Night And The City
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes and The Nightingale Room
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Starting Out In Jazz
Film Review: Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead
Live Reviews: Soft Machine Legacy by Jasmine Sharif; John Lake Band, Tim Garland’s Electric Quartet by Charlie Anderson
Cover: Norma Winstone
Features: Interview with vocalist Norma Winstone by Lou Beckerman, and an interview with saxophonist Tim Garland.
Guest Column: Jasmine Sharif – Laurie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Stan Tracey – Solo:Trio
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes and The Nightingale Room
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 25 – Creating a Jazz Piano Arrangement
Album Review: Sam Crockatt’s Mells Bells reviewed by Eddie Myer
Live Reviews: Neal Richardson Trio reviewed by Brian O’Connor
Plus photos of The 2016 South Coast Jazz Festival by Brian O’Connor
Cover: Vitor Pereira
Features: Interviews with guitarist Vitor Pereira, violinist Emma Fisk and New Generation Jazz artists Shirley Tetteh and Moses Boyd
Column: Eddie Myer – Emperor’s New Clothes
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham + Big Band Listings
Pete Recommends…Art Tatum Meets Ben Webster
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes and The Nightingale Room
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Flying with Lieb + review of the Dave Liebman Masterclass
Live Reviews: The South Coast Jazz Festival by Eddie Myer and Charlie Anderson
Cover: Arun Ghosh & The South Coast Jazz Festival
Features: Interviews with Arun Ghosh, Brian O’Connor and Alex Garnett
Column: Eddie Myer – New Grass
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham: Roundup + Big Band Listings
*New* Pete Recommends…Clifford Brown at Birdland
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes, The Nightingale Room, New Generation Jazz and the South Coast Jazz Festival
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 25 – Shortcuts for Scales & Modes
Live Review: Amy Roberts/Richard Exall reviewed by Brian O’Connor
Album Review: Paul Kimber & Phil Merriman reviewed by Eddie Myer
Cover: John Law
Features: Interviews with pianist John Law and saxophonist/arranger Robin Blakeman
Column: Eddie Myer – The New Thing
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham: The Seaford Rock & Jazz Orchestra, Saxshop + Big Band Listings
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes, The Nightingale Room and the South Coast Jazz Festival
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Jazz Theory?
Live Reviews: Tina May reviewed by Brian O’Connor, Dave Green/Steve Brown @ Smalls, Alan Barnes/Steve Waterman, Nikki Iles/Karen Sharp reviewed by John Edwards, Terry Pack’s Trees reviewed by Patrick Billingham.
Cover: Julian Argüelles
Features: Interviews with saxophonists Julian Argüelles and Dan Cartwright
Column: Eddie Myer – Making The Connection
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham: Paul Busby Big Band, The Johnny Spice Swing Orchestra + Big Band Listings
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes and the South Coast Jazz Festival
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 23 – Two Against Three
Live Reviews: Richard Exall/Ben Cummings @ Smalls reviewed by John Edwards, Geoff Simkins/Sheryl Bailey @ The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson, Robert Fowler Quartet reviewed by Brian O’Connor, Oxjam Brighton Takeover photos and Gary Crosby’s Groundation @ The Verdict reviewed by Charlie Anderson.
Cover: Matthew Halsall
Features: Interviews with Matthew Halsall and Michael Janisch
Column: Eddie Myer – Alive and Kicking
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham: Terry Pack’s Trees + Big Band Listings
Previews of The Oxjam Brighton Takeover, New Generation Jazz, The Snowdrop in Lewes, The Nightingale Room, and the South Coast Jazz Festival
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Just Improvise!
Live Reviews: Allison Neale @ All Saints Church and the Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival reviewed by Charlie Anderson.
Cover: Allison Neale
Features: Interviews with Allison Neale, Daniel Spicer and Corey Mwamba, plus advice from Corey Mwamba on making funding applications.
Column: Eddie Myer – United We Stand
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Previews of The Snowdrop in Lewes, The Nightingale Room, Oxjam and the South Coast Jazz Festival
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 22 – Turnarounds and Substitutions (part 1)
Live Reviews: Terry Pack’s Trees and Sam Eagles Quartet reviewed by Charlie Anderson.
Cover: Tina May
Features: Tina May interviewed by Lou Beckerman
Column: Eddie Myer – The Goldberg Variations
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Preview of The Snowdrop in Lewes
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Musical Interplay: Miles Davis’s Four and More album. Tina May’s Vocal Workshop reviewed by Lou Beckerman
Live Reviews: Love Supreme Festival and Ronnie Scott’s All Stars reviewed by Jasmine Sharif. Mark Bassey Trio reviewed by Charlie Anderson.
Cover: Christine Tobin
Cover: Christine Tobin
Features: Interviews with Christine Tobin, Asaf Sirkis and Ant Law
Column: Eddie Myer – In Conversation with Barney Dufton of Love Supreme Festival
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Previews of the 2015 Love Supreme Festival, The Snowdrop in Lewes and The Nightingale Room in Brighton
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 21 – Phrasing in Improvisation
Live Reviews: Dave Williams Swing Band, Studio 9 @ KineoJazz and Darius Brubeck
Cover: Duncan Eagles/Partikel
Features: Interviews with Duncan Eagles, Dave Williams, Terry Pack and John Harris
Column: Eddie Myer – Smalls Is Beautiful
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Pentatonics
Album Reviews: Ken Peplowski/Alan Barnes – At the Watermill; Partikel – String Theory
Live Reviews: John Taylor Trio, Marius Neset, Bruce Adams/Alan Barnes, Benjamin Clementine
Cover: GoGo Penguin
Features: Interviews with Chris Illingworth of GoGo Penguin, vocalist Edana Minghella and Andy Pickett of Mingus Underground.
Column: Eddie Myer – The Eye of the Tiger
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Improv: Terry Seabrook: Jazz Tip No. 20 – Make sure you listen (and interact)
Album Reviews: Ashley Slater’s Bone Idol, Jenny Green’s Caught A Touch of Your Love
Live Review: Buster Plays Buster at The Birley Centre, Eastbourne
Cover: Marius Neset
Features: Interviews with Marius Neset, Jenny Green, Soweto Kinch and Eric Ford.
New Big Band Scene column by Patrick Billingham
Tubby in Brighton (newspaper clippings of Tubby Hayes’ performances in Brighton)
Column: Eddie Myer – Courting Controversy
Improv: Wayne McConnell on Memorising Tunes
Reviews: Courtney Pine/Zoe Rahman @ St. George’s Church, Brighton
Album Review: Steve Thompson’s Evidence Bag
Cover: Zoe Rahman
Features: Interviews with Zoe Rahman, John Taylor and Andrew McCormack, Anniversaries of Hare & Hounds in Worthing, Lion & Lobster in Brighton and The Verdict in Brighton, Preview of Brighton Festival 2015.
Column: Eddie Myer – Space Is The Place
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 19 – Watch the Volume
Reviews: Mike Outram at The Snowdrop, Anita Wardell at The Verdict, The Impossible Gentlemen at The Old Market, Elaine Delmar at The Hawth.
Cover: Mike Walker
Features: Interviews with Mike Walker, Simon Spillett and The Garricks: Chris & Gabriel Garrick.
Column: Eddie Myer – Storm In A Snare Drum
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Creative Flow & Melodic Development
Reviews: Whiplash reviewed by Terry Seabrook plus a full review of the South Coast Jazz Festival.
South Coast Jazz Festival Issue
Features: Interviews with Julian Nicholas and Mark Edwards. Guide to the South Coast Jazz Festival.
Column: Eddie Myer – Best of 2014
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 18 – Chord Extensions (Nomenclature)
Xmas Issue
Features: Xmas Quiz of 2014
Column: Eddie Myer – Christmas Wish List
Improv: Wayne McConnell – endings
Monday 22nd December 2014 – Sunday 4th January 2015
Nikki Iles and Karen Sharp
Features: Interviews with Karen Sharp and Nikki Iles
Column: Eddie Myer – Indelible Blue
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 17 – Musical Circles
Monday 8th – Sunday 21st December 2014
Alex Garnett
Features: Interviews with Alex Garnett, Aneesa Chaudhry, Tommaso Starace and Hilary Burt
Column: Eddie Myer – Festival Season
Improv: Wayne McConnell – introductions
Monday 24th November – Sunday 7th December 2014
John Surman
Features: Interviews with John Surman, Adam Glasser and Gareth Lockrane. Lou Beckerman – Launching Into the Blue part 3
Column: Julian Nicholas – Creativity and all that stuff…
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 15 – More on Contrafacts
Monday 10th – Sunday 23rd November 2014
Stacey Kent
Features: An Introduction to Stacey Kent (interview available on the website). Lou Beckerman – Launching Into the Blue part 2
Column: Eddie Myer – High Times
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Gut Instinct
Monday 27th October – Sunday 9th November 2014
Tim Garland
Features: Introduction, Discography & Interview with Tim Garland. Lou Beckerman – Launching Into the Blue part 1
Column: Eddie Myer – It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That 15/16 Beat Displacement
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 15 – Contrafacts
Monday 13th – Sunday 26th October 2014
Neil Cowley Trio
Features: Introduction, Discography & Interview with Neil Cowley
Column: Eddie Myer – Jazz on Mars
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Swinging into the 21st Century/Wynton Marsalis
Monday 29th September – Sunday 12th October 2014
Claire Martin
Features: Interview with Claire Martin, by Elaine Crouch. Interview with Dylan Howe.
Column: Eddie Myer – Mercury Rising
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 14 – Practice Makes Perfect (Inspiration from Ian Price)
Monday 15th – Sunday 28th September 2014
Food (Iain Ballamy & Thomas Strønen)
Features: Interview with Thomas Strønen. Tributes to Ian Price.
Column: Eddie Myer – Ian Price
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Inspirational Practicing
Monday 1st – Sunday 14th September 2014
Jazz Club…nice
Features: Jazz Clubs in Sussex – interviews with Tim Haillay, Reg Hendrickse and Andy Lavender
Column: Eddie Myer – Digital Anorak
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 13 – Transcribe, Transcribe, Transcribe
Monday 18th – Sunday 31st August 2014
Summer Album Reviews
Features: Album reviews of Jonny Hepbir: Get Rich or Die Swingin’, Paul Richards: Empatia and Jason Henson: Jason Henson Plays Wes and Benson.
Column: Eddie Myer is on holiday
Improv: Wayne McConnell is on holiday
Monday 4th – Sunday 17th August 2014
Love Supreme Review Special
Features: Review of the 2014 Love Supreme Festival
Column: Eddie Myer – Charlie Haden RIP
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 12 – Swinging the Quavers part 2
Monday 21st July – Sunday 3rd August 2014
Gwilym Simcock and Yuri Goloubev
Features: Interview with Yuri Goloubev
Column: Eddie Myer – What’s In A Name?
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Ear Training: The Jazz Kitchen
Monday 7th – Sunday 20th July 2014
Love Supreme Preview Special: Dave Holland & John Scofield
Features: Interviews with Dave Holland & John Scofield
Column: Julian Nicholas – Diary of a Loose Tube, second instalment
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 11 – Horace Silver: Perseverance & Endurance
Monday 23rd June – Sunday 6th July 2014
Bill Laurance
Features: Interview with Bill Laurance
Column: Eddie Myer – Radio Waves
Improv: Wayne McConnell – The Blues
Monday 9th – Sunday 22nd June 2014
Simon D’souza
Features: Tribute to Simon D’souza by Wayne McConnell, Interviews with Cecilia Stalin and Jason Henson.
Column: Eddie Myer – Playing on the Barricades
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 10 – Swinging the Quavers part 1
Monday 26th May – Sunday 8th June 2014
Bjorn McAteer Dahlberg
Features: Interviews with Bjorn McAteer Dahlberg and Jim Whyte
Column: Dan Sheppard – Depping
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Rhythm Changes
Monday 12th – Sunday 25th May 2014
Charlotte Glasson
Features: Interview with Charlotte Glasson, Julian Nicholas: Diary of a Loose Tube part 1
Column: Eddie Myer – Paying Dues
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 9 – So What Is A Tritone?
Monday 28th April – Sunday 11th May 2014
Tony Kofi
Features: Interviews with Tony Kofi, Ian Price and members of Sax Shop
Column: Eddie Myer – Branding Issues
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Jazz and Community + Brighton Jazz Education Conference Highlights
Monday 14th – 27th April 2014
Frank Harrison
Features: Interviews with Frank Harrison, Elaine Crouch and Helen MacDougall
Column: Eddie Myer – A Tale of Two Cities
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 8 – Expanding the II-V-I Progression
Monday 31st March – 13th April 2014
Ivo Neame
Features: Interviews with members of the Ivo Neame Quintet (Ivo Neame, Tori Freestone, Jim Hart) and Mattia Bourgis
Column: Julian Nicholas – Country Diary of a Nobody
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Phineas Newborn Jr.
Monday 17th – Sunday 30th March 2014
Mark Edwards
Features: Interviews with Mark Edwards and Peter Adam Hill. The Residency: The Bristol Bar
Column: Eddie Myer – Paco de Lucia
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 7 – A Beginner’s Guide to Bass Lines
Monday 3rd – Sunday 16th March 2014
Heather Cairncross
Features: Interviews with Heather Cairncross and Alan Barnes
Column: Eddie Myer – What’s In A Name?
Improv: Wayne McConnell – The Modern Jazz Piano Trio
Monday 17th February – Sunday 2nd March 2014
Empirical
Features: Interview with Tom Farmer of Empirical. Studio 9 Orchestra (Philippe Guard & Simon D’souza), The Residency: The Snowdrop. Empirical Competition.
Column: Embracing the Mediocre
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 6 – Encoding the Chord Changes with some Colour
Monday 3rd – Sunday 16th February 2014
Ben Castle
Features: Interviews with Ben Castle and members of Mingus Underground Octet
Column: Eddie Myer – New Electric Slide
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Is Jazz Worth My While? + Review of Coursera
Monday 20th January – Sunday 2nd February 2014
Jim Mullen
Features: Interview with Jim Mullen
Column: Eddie Myer – A New Year
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 5 – The Harmonic Major Scale in Jazz
Monday 6th – Sunday 19th January 2014
Xmas Special
Features: Interview with Adrian Kendon. Review of 2013.
Column: Eddie Myer – Swinging Season
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Composing
Monday 23rd December 2013 – Sunday 5th January 2014
Joss Peach/Piano Special part 2
Features: Interviews with pianists Joss Peach, John Lake and Jenny Wilcox
Column: Terry Pack – The View from the Bottom
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 4 – The Minor II-V-I in Jazz
Monday 9th – Sunday 22nd December 2013
Wayne McConnell/Piano Special part 1
Features: Interviews with pianists Wayne McConnell, Katy O’Neill and Sophie Mason
Column: Eddie Myer – The Best of
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Keith Jarrett: Melody, Song and Beyond
Monday 25th November – Sunday 8th December 2013
Paul Busby Big Band/Big Band Special
Features: Interview with Paul Busby. Brief Guide to Sussex Big Bands
Column: Eddie Myer – Jazz and Plumbing
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 3 – Creativity and Improvisation
Monday 11th – Sunday 24th November 2013
Liane Carroll/Jazz Vocals Special
Features: Interview with Liane Carroll by Lou Beckerman. Interview with Imogen Ryall. Sara Oschlag’s Letter from America.
Column: Eddie Myer – The Wisdom of Phronesis
Improv: Wayne McConnell – The Pseudo Jazz Singer
Monday 28th October – Sunday 10th November 2013
Mark Bassey & Jack Kendon/Brass Special
Features: A Tribute to Andy Mackintosh by Dan Sheppard. Interviews with Mark Bassey and Jack Kendon. Guide to Brass Instruments in Jazz.
Column: Eddie Myer – Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 2 – Improvisation: playing it like you mean it
Monday 14th – Sunday 27th October 2013
John Easterby/Jazz Photography Special
Features: Interview with John Easterby. Introduction to Jazz Photography. Profiles of jazz photographers.
Column: Eddie Myer – Free Admission
Improv: Wayne McConnell – Why TV is Bad for Jazz. Mike Guest on photographing jazz musicians. The Verdict Jam Session (Wayne McConnell).
Monday 30th September – Sunday 13th October 2013
Steve Aston/Gypsy Jazz Special
Features: Interview with Steve Aston. An Introduction to Gypsy Jazz. Messages from Readers.
Column: Eddie Myer – Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow
Improv: Terry Seabrook’s Jazz Tip No. 1 – Jazz and Improvisation. The Brunswick Jam Session (Paul Richards). Learning Gypsy Jazz.
Monday 16th – Sunday 29th September 2013
Terry Pack/Bass Special
Features: Interview with Terry Pack, George Trebar, Agnes Keplinger and Dave Hill
Column: Eddie Myer – Can You Hear the Jazz Boom?
Improv: Terry Pack – Starting Out. Steve Cook – Artistworks with John Patitucci.
Monday 2nd – Sunday 15th September 2013