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CD Review | Elliot Galvin Trio, Punch

Elliot Galvin was compared to Django Bates in The Guardian – with a sense of English humour, great improv chops and strong character as player and composer. I disagree. On this...

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CD Review | Magnus Thuelund “First Song”

It would seem a trend at the moment for horn players to produce trio albums without a chordal instrument (piano or guitar etc) and Magnus Thuelund’s new trio release...

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CD Review | Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics

Mac Gollehon was born in North Carolina and played blues guitar until around aged 10 his father, the trumpet player Joe Gollehon , got him playing a trumpet. At 13, Mac met...

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CD Review | Simona Parrinello – Con Alma

This life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good. Simona Parrinello’s début release “Con Alma (Dot Time Records DT9049) falls into the first category....

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Cd Review | Avishai Cohen – ‘Into the Silence

European tour of trumpeter Avishai Cohen Beautiful tribute to late father on cd ‘Into the Silence’ Tragedy and drama are often a good breeding ground for artistic top...

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EP Review | Skylark – Kitty La roar (Featuring Nick Shankland)

This EP of 4 songs from Kitty La Roar and Nick Shankland opens with ‘Skylark’, the 1941 song with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael. Considering the...

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Live Review | Ola Onabule at the Mundus Festival in Italy – July 16th 2015

In the hottest July ever in Italy, in a beautiful Villa in Casalgrande, Reggio Emilia, where each year a three day jazz festival (The Mundus Festival) is hosted, I found my chance...

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Gig Review | The Blockheads Ipswich 24th July 2015

To say The Blockheads have still got it is a bit of an understatement and tonight, on a rainy, cool July Friday night, the Music Room in the backwaters of Ipswich was the venue at...

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