Love Supreme Festival have announced another selection of artists who will be appearing at the festival this July. They include Kamasi Washington, and Camilla George Quartet whose highly-acclaimed debut album Isang was followed by a successful tour of the UK. Also announced were Corinne Bailey Rae, Kansas Smitty’s House Band, D’Influence and Mica […]
Tell us about how you first got into playing music. “Initially as a young lad, I was influenced by many guitarists such as Hendrix, Angus Young, John Williams and more which got me interested in both rock and classical guitar. I played a bit in my early years but was into the 90's Rave […]
The Paul Richards Trio Episodes Paul Richards – guitar Steve Thompson – bass Tony Shepherd – drums cdbaby.com/cd/thepaulrichardstrio2 www.paulrichardsguitar.com Just as Philadelphia produced great saxophonists and New Orleans incubated any number of wonderful trumpeters, so Wrexham seems to have something going on for guitarists; gypsy jazz supremo Gary Potter is a […]
Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 Now in its 3rd year, the Rye Jazz Festival once again featured a number of great outdoor events around the beautiful streets of Rye. Turn a corner and you might find Terry Seabrook performing with Kjell Berglund or the group Cocktail Safari attracting a large […]
Paul Richards Trio: Empatia This album features a number of compositions by Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell as well as ones by João Pernambuco, one of the originators of the Brazilian chorro style, popular in Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s. There are also compositions from other South American guitarists/composers such as Argentinian Jorge […]
Paul Richards Latin Trio The Verdict, Brighton Saturday 21st June Launching his new album, Empatia, guitarist Paul Richards displayed his deep love of South American music performing a mixture of Brazilian choros, bossa novas and sambas, along with other South American compositions such as Milongo by Argentinian guitarist Jorge Cardoso and La […]
We asked musicians and jazz fans across Sussex for their highlights from 2013. Charlie Anderson Drummer and vibes player Charlie Anderson is the editor-in-chief of Sussex Jazz Magazine. What was your highlight of 2013? The biggest highlight for me, other than starting up Sussex Jazz Magazine, was the Love Supreme Festival in July. Seeing […]
Guitarist Paul Richards has been running the jazz jam session at The Brunswick in Hove since July 2010 and says “It’s good that Phil [the owner] agreed to put it on and a lot of the time he is at the back listening and doing the sound”. I asked Paul about the wide variety […]