Scott Yanow review

I have recently been listening to and reading about the work of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, one of the great writing partnerships of the American Songbook.

I was flattered to have my album included in a few jazz journalists’ ‘Best of 2017’ end of year lists recently, including these two really nice ones from Simon Adams and Dave Gelly in Jazz Journal: I was also very happy to be included in Nick Lea’s list for Jazz Views and Tim Stenhouse’s list for…

My album – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man, with Jorge Rossy and Tom Farmer – is out on all platforms now! You can listen to it on your streaming platform of choice here. Or if you’d like to purchase a CD copy, you can do that here. Hope you enjoy! Here’s a photo, by…

I’m looking forward to playing some trio dates in Scotland and the north of England at the start of October. Please tell your friends if you know anyone in these parts! I’ll be joined by award-winning Scottish double bassist Andrew Robb and three great drummers along the way (Alyn Cosker, Steve Hanley and Will Blackstone),…

I wrote this on my old website a while ago, but thought I would repost here. I’ve been learning this Charlie Parker solo recently (transcription here). It was recorded in 1943, towards the start of Bird’s career and, although his style is plainly not yet fully formed, it is one of my favourite examples of his…

The May issue of Jazz Journal features an interview I did last summer with David West. It’s mostly about my duo album with Michael Kanan, which was released shortly after David and I had this conversation. Hoping to have some more concerts scheduled with Michael soon!