Back Issues

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December 2021

Front Cover: Terry Pack (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interview with Terry Pack by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Jaump by Myra Melford Trio
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Album Reviews: Forever Presence by Jelly Cleaver; Wallpaper Music by Kevin Figes; That’s The Way To Live by Harvey /O’Higgins Project; Dream Band by Alex Hitchcock; Legacy by Kinetica Bloco
Listings for December

 

November 2021

Front Cover: Sheila Maurice-Grey (photo by Toby Coulson)
Column: Pat Pascal – Woolwich Works, the new venue in town
Column: Gina Southgate – interviews with Sheila Maurice-Grey and Charlotte Keeffe 
Interview with Mark Lewandowski by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Listings for November

 

October 2021

Front Cover: Olivia Murphy (photo by Ellie Koepke)
Features on NYJO: Interviews with Olivia Murphy, Winston Rollins and Mark Armstrong
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Listings for October

 

 

September 2021

Front Cover: Mark Kavuma (photo by Joe Hart)
Interview with Mark Kavuma
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Cannonball Adderley – Know What I Mean?
Pete Recommends…More From The 1940s
Album Reviews: Sean Gibbs – When Can I See You Again? (Eddie Myer); Kavuma & The Banger Factory – Arashi No Ato (George Richardson); Adam Kovacs’ AK37 – James Bond (Eddie Myer)
Listings for September

 

August 2021

Front Cover: Samara Joy (photo by Shervin Lainez)
Features: Interviews with Rod Pooley and Samara Joy
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Ella Fitzgerald – The Songbooks
Pete Recommends…The 1940s
Album Reviews: Benjamin Croft – Far and Distant Things (Eddie Myer); Dave Holland Trio – Far and Distant Land (Eddie Myer); Alex Western-King – Sideslip (Eddie Myer)
Listings for August

 

July 2021

Front Cover: Ruth Goller (photo by Paula Rae Gibson)
Features: Ruth Goller interviewed by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Errol Garner – Concert by the Sea
Pete Recommends…Lennie Tristano
Live Review: Emergence Festival (reviewed by Charlie Anderson, photos by Lisa Wormsley)
Album Reviews: Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley – Joy in Bewilderment (Eddie Myer); Jenny Green – Always and Forever (Jim Burlong); Samara Joy – Samara Joy (Eddie Myer); Carla Marciano Quartet – Psychosis (Jim Burlong); Mehmet Ali Sanikol – An Elegant Ritual (George Richardson); Julian Siegel Orchestra – Tales from the Jacquard (Eddie Myer)
Listings for July

 

 

June 2021

Front Cover: Julia Biel (photo by Jenna Foxton)
Features: Julia Biel interviewed by Charlie Anderson; Veronica Swift: an appreciation by Jim Burlong
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Charles Mingus – Live at Antibes
Pete Recommends…Lee Konitz
Album Q&As: Isobella Burnham – Dancin’ Garuda; Ferg Ireland Trio – Ferg Ireland Trio.
Album Reviews: Daniel Casimir – Safe (Part One); Larry Coryell – Last Swing with Ireland; Esinam – New Dawn; Tom Ollendorff – A Song for You; Nigel Price Organ Trio – Wes Reimagined
Listings for June

 

May 2021

Front Cover: Ahnansé (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interviews: Chelsea Carmichael interviewed by Gina Southgate; Dave Wybrow interviewed by Charlie Anderson; Jason Yarde interviewed by Gina Southgate; Ill Considered interviewed by Lisa Wormsley; Ahnansé of Steam Down interviewed by Charlie Anderson; Rosie Frater-Taylor interviewed by Pat Pascal.
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Words…Nadav Schneerson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Oscar Peterson Trio – Night Train
Live Stream Review: The Verdict Lockdown Revival Sessions: Darren Beckett Trio, Triptych, Josephine Davies Trio, Quinto reviewed by Eddie Myer.
Album Reviews: Arbenz/Mehari/Veras – Conversation #1: Condensed; Nik Bärtsch – Entendre; Gary Bartz – Jazz Is Dead No. 6; Roy Mor – After the Real Thing.
Listings for May

 

 

April 2021

Front Cover: Georgia Mancio (photo by Lara Leigh)
Interviews: Georgia Mancio interviewed by Charlie Anderson, Benet McLean interviewed by Charlie Anderson
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams: Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Pete Recommends…Thelonious Monk In Other Hands
Album Reviews: Sam Braysher – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man; Avishai Cohen – Two Roses; Marcus Joseph – Beyond the Dome; Robert Kessler Trio – Bloodline; Yoko Miwa – Songs of Joy; Patrick Naylor – Winter Dream; Shez Raja – Tales from the Punjab; Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe; Stefanos Tsourelis – The Wanderer; Amanda Whiting – After Dark
Listings for April.

 

March 2021

Front Cover: Tom Remon (photo by Pat Pascal)
Interviews: Tom Remon interviewed by Pat Pascal, Olie Brice interviewed by Charlie Anderson
Article: 4 The Perceived Effect of Brexit on UK Musicians and the Industry by Emre Ramazanoglu
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Milt Jackson Meets…
Album Reviews: Greg Osby & Florian Arbenz – Reflections of the Eternal Line; Olie Brice/Binker Golding/Henry Kaiser/N.O. Moore/Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger, Vol. 1; Elina Duni & Rob Luft – Lost Ships; Kendon/Ryall Sextet – There Will Be Time; Little North – Finding Seagulls; Fergus McCreadie – Cairns; Logan Richardson – Afrofuturism; Tommaso Starace – The Power of Three; Dave Stryker – Baker’s Circle; Various Artists – Spiritual Jazz 13 Now! Part One.
Listings for March.

 

February 2021

Front Cover: Spike Wells (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interview: Spike Wells
Column: Simon Spillett – In Praise of Spike Wells
Tribute: Dave Trigwell – A Personal Reflection by Mark Edwards
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Gerry Mulligan Meets…
Album Reviews: QOW Trio – QOW Trio; Greg Osby & Florian Arbenz – Reflections of the Eternal Line; Jim Rattigan – When; Various Artists – Blue Note Re:imagined.
Live Stream Listings for February.

 

 

January 2021

Front Cover: Jay Phelps at Jazz In The Round (painting by Gina Southgate)
Interview: Josephine Davies
Column: Pat Pascal – JAZZNEWBLOOD Alive 2020
Column: Gina Southgate – A Glimpse at Jazz In The Round January 2012 to January 2021
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Kenny Burrell
Live Stream Reviews: Emma -Jean Thackray at EFG London Jazz Festival (via YouTube); Rosie Turton at EFG London Jazz Festival (via YouTube)
Album Reviews: Will Glaser – Climbing in Circles; Tara Minton – Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid; Peirani – Parisien; Michael Wollny – Mondenkind.
Listings and Live Streams for January.

 

 

December 2020

Front Cover: Chris Potter (photo by Dave Stapleton)
Interview: Chris Potter
Column: Gina Southgate – Solo Double Bass
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Tommy Flanagan
Live Review: Nigel Price Quartet at The Verdict
Album Reviews: Chet Baker – Salt Peanuts; Bancroft & Lyne – Monday Nights; Joshua Jaswon Octet – Silent Sea; Raquel Martins – Real; Judith & Dave O’Higgins – His ‘n’ Hers; Oaagaada – Oag-ada/Swimming Trip.
Live Listings and Live Streams for December.

 

November 2020

Front Cover: Tanya Perry (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interviews: Tanya Perry, Lou Beckerman, Agnes Keplinger
Columns: Gina Southgate – Practice; Pat Pascal – JazznewbloodTAPES
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Bob Brookmeyer
Livestream Review: New Generation Jazz Octoberfest (part 1); Nubya Garcia – Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Album Reviews: Artemis – Artemis; Alonzo Demetrius – Live from the Prison Nation; 
Live Listings and Live Streams for November.

 

October 2020

Front Cover: Rick Simpson
Interview: Rick Simpson
Report: A Seat at the Table – Women in Music by Women in CTRL
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…George Shearing
Livestream Review: New Generation Jazz Weekender
Album Q&A + Review: Rachel Musson – I Went This Way
Album Reviews: Maria Chiara Argirò and Jamie Leeming – Flow; Rob Barron Trio – From This Moment On; Ferdinando Romano feat. Ralph Alessi – Totem; Immanuel Wilkins – Omega
Live Listings and Live Streams for October.

 

September 2020

Front Cover: Sultan Stevenson (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interview: Sultan Stevenson
Simon Spillett: Tribute to Peter King
Mick Hamer: A Tribute to Gerry Higgins
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Lucky Thompson
Livestream Reviews: Yadasofi + The Scientists at Jazz In The Round; Jackson Mathod at New Generation Jazz
Album Reviews: David Beebee – Planet B; James Beckwith – Long Distance; Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’; Kutiman – Wachanga; Jonny Mansfield – Portrait; Allison Neale – Quietly There; Tomoko Omura – Branches, Vol. 1; Maria Schneider Orchestra – Data Lords; Tim Thornton – Little One; Weather Report – Live in London.
September Listings: live performances and live streams

 

 

August 2020

Front Cover: Mark Kavuma and Ruben Fox (photo by Lisa Wormsley)
Interview: Mike Potter of Harry’s Tricks
Gina Southgate: Black Musicians Matter
Jim Burlong: Cécile McLorin Salvant, an appreciation
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Feature: New Generation Jazz TV by Charlie Anderson, photos by Lisa Wormsley
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Charlie Parker with Strings
Album Reviews: Louis Armstrong – Live in Europe (vinyl); Nubya Garcia – Pace (single release); David Gilmore – From Here to Here; Ant Law – The Sleeper Awakes; Madre Vaca – Winterreise; Zara McFarlane – Songs of an Unknown Tongue; Meraki – Meraki; Patchwork Jazz Orchestra – The Light That Shines; Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext? – The Rise Up; TRYPL – TRYPL
August Listings: live performances and live streams

 

 

July 2020

Cover: Isobella Burnham photographed by Pat Pascal
Pat Pascal: The Purpose of Jazz
Simon Spillett: Birth of a Collector (book extract)
Gina Southgate: Five Questions with John Russell
Interview with trumpeter James Copus
Lockdown Diaries: Tim Lea Young (M3ON)
Lockdown Diaries: Abiola Otusanya (GiwHa)
Jazz News by Charlie Anderson
Jazz Essentials by Simon Adams
Big Band Scene by Patrick Billingham
Pete Recommends…Billy Strayhorn by Peter Batten
Live Stream Review by Eddie Myer of Renell Shaw’s The Windrush Suite
Album Q&A with Omer Kringel
Album Reviews: Omer Kringel & Okan Project; David Beebee Quartet; Benn Clatworthy – The Pursuit; James Copus – Dusk; Niels Lan Doky – River of Time; John Law Congregation – Configuration; Andrew McCormack – Solo; Verneri Pohjola – The Dead Don’t Dream.
Live Stream Listings for July 2020.

 

 

June 2020

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.

 

SJM May 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.

 

April 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).

 

March 2020

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.

 

February 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.

 

 

 

January 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.

 

 

December 2019

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.

 

 

 

 

November 2019

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.

 

 

October 2019

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.

 

 

September 2019

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.

 

 

August 2019

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.

 

 

July 2019

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.

 

 

June 2019

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.

 

 

May 2019

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.

 

 

April 2019

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.

 

 

March 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.

 

 

February 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.

 

 

January 2019

Online webpages only:

Jazz News

Big Band Scene

 

 

December 2018

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.

 

 

November 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.

 

 

October 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.

 

 

September 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.

 

 

August 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.

 

 

July 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.

 

 

June 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.

 

 

May 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.

 

 

April 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.

 

 

March 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.

 

 

February 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.

 

 

January 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.

 

 

December 2017

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.

 

 

November 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.

 

 

October 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.

 

 

September 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.

 

 

August 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.

 

 

July 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.

 

 

June 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.

 

 

May 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.

 

 

April 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.

 

 

March 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

 

 

February 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

 

 

January 2017

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

 

 

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December 2016

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.

 

 

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November 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

 

 

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October 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

 

 

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September 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

 

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August 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

 

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July 2016

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

 

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June 2016

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

 

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May 2016

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.

 

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April 2016

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

 

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March 2016

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

 

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February 2016

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

 

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January 2016

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

 

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December 2015

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.

 

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November 2015

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.

 

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October 2015

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.

 

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September 2015

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.

 

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August 2015

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.

 

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July 2015

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

 

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June 2015

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

 

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May 2015

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

 

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April 2015

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

 

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March 2015

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.

 

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February 2015

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.

 

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January 2015

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)

 

 

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Issue 35

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

 

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Issue 34

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

 

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Issue 33

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

 

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Issue 32

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

 

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Issue 31

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

 

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Issue 30

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

 

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Issue 29

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

 

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Issue 28

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

 

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Issue 27

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

 

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Issue 26

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

 

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Issue 25

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

 

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Issue 24

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

 

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Issue 23

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

 

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Issue 22

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

 

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Issue 21

Bill Laurance

Features: Interview with Bill Laurance

Column: Eddie Myer – Radio Waves

Improv: Wayne McConnell – The Blues

Monday 9th – Sunday 22nd June 2014

 

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Issue 20

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

 

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Issue 19

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

 

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Issue 18

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

 

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Issue 17

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

 

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Issue 16

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

 

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Issue 15

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

 

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Issue 14

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

 

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Issue 13

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

 

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Issue 12

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

 

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Issue 11

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

 

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Issue 10

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

 

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Issue 9

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

 

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Issue 8

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

 

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Issue 7

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

 

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Issue 6

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

 

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Issue 5

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

 

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Issue 4

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

 

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Issue 3

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

 

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Issue 2

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

 

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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