Orphy Robinson Tag Archive

Orphy Robinson’s “Astral Weeks”

Back in 1968 producer Lewis Merenstein’s love of jazz meant that bassist Richard Davis (who worked with Eric Dolphy), guitarist Jay Berliner and drummer Connie Kay (the last two...

Music, Art and dreamy landscapes in colourful unison

I recently found out after a heritage DNA test that I am 10% Sardinian. This came as a total surprise and soon after having been to Alghero, the beautiful port town on the north...

Orphy Robinson All Stars presents: The music of Bobby Hutcherson

31st January  – Ronnie Scott’s – London.  One word: outstanding! Orphy Robinson and his All Stars band “start their journey” with “Knucklebean”, the 1977...

Monk Misterioso – a journey into the silence of Thelonious Monk

Magical gig by Filomena Campus et al – the perfect conclusion to the EFG London Jazz Festival Another busy and packed EFG London Jazz Festival has concluded. One of the sold...

London Calling | Saturday 18 November at the London Jazz Festival.

Saturday 18 November 2017 Tonight’s “top tip” for the London Jazz Festival is a performance of the production MONK MISTERIOSO – a journey into the silence of...

Filomena Campus – Expect the Unexpected!

“Jazz is jazz because it is multi-faceted; it hurts, it stuns, it amazes. Filomena Campus’s music does all these things: always expect the unexpected!” I wrote the above...