Liam Byrne Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - May 12 Liam Byrne (tenor/soprano sax); Andy Hulme (guitar); Tom Kincaid (piano); Ed Harrison (bass)Although this was a drummer-less line up, it didn’t matter as all four musicians are well experienced at playing this sort of gig. When Ed Harrison is on board you know things will swing! I think it’s been quite a while since Tom Kincaid has played at this venue and he decided to use the house upright
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Album review: Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor - Sax Supreme. The Singles and Albums Collection. 1949 -1958 (Acrobat) The rise of
the blues-shoutin' saxists in the late 1940s through to the early 1960s offered
much to jazz fans who preferred a more ‘vocal’ and guttural message. Ergo,
stylists like Louis Jordan, Earl Bostic, Sam Butera and of course, Sam ‘The
Man’ Taylor along with many others. All of whom prospered during the post-war period
of muted austerity hallmarked by a desire for quality jumping blues
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The Fergus McCreadie Trio @ the Glasshouse - May 12 Fergus McCreadie (piano); David Bowden (bass); Stephen Henderson (drums)In my early childhood my parents would take (drag?) me along to concerts by, amongst others, the Hallé Orchestra at the City Hall in Newcastle. To my mother the Hallé were the equivalent of the Beatles and Sir John Barbirolli her 'Elvis'. I was perhaps less enamoured although I did eventually come to appreciate the changes of
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Mothers In Jazz (92): Maci Miller American vocalist and songwriter Maci Miller has released five independent CDs and has had notable collaborations and licensing/publishing deals with Disney, as well as international jazz releases in Asia. She has worked […]
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Melissa Aldana – ‘Echoes of the Inner Prophet’ Melissa Aldana – Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note Records, 602458277470. Album review by Mike Collins) The steady, resonant, metallic tick of a cymbal; ghostly ripples from a guitar; a distant […]
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