Jazz fan and photographer Joe McCarty documents the gigs at the White Horse in Bedford, which drummer Mark Hale presents to a faithful crowd each Monday. Here’s one Joe took of me. Check the rest of his photos here.
Jazz fan and photographer Joe McCarty documents the gigs at the White Horse in Bedford, which drummer Mark Hale presents to a faithful crowd each Monday. Here’s one Joe took of me. Check the rest of his photos here.
I’m playing a few concerts in Spain next week with my good friend, bassist Dario Di Lecce. On 12 and 13 February we’ll be in Madrid at Cafe Central with very swinging Spanish drummer Esteve Pi. Then on 16 Feb we’ll be playing as a trio with the great Valencian pianist Albert Sanz at Jimmy…
Looking forward to playing some UK dates with my friend Linus Eppinger next week. Linus is a fantastic German guitarist who lives in Amsterdam. I had the pleasure of playing some dates in Germany and the Netherlands with him last year, so it’s great to be able to fix up some gigs with him over…
Very much looking forward to playing some gigs this month with an international quintet put together by young London drummer Phelan Burgoyne and featuring the great Jorge Rossy on vibraphone. Best known as a drummer (and particularly for his role in Brad Mehldau’s trio from the mid ’90s to the mid ’00s), Jorge has, in more…
Chris Searle, the Morning Star’s jazz critic, has kindly written a couple of articles recently featuring yours truly: A feature/interview, where I talk about playing with Michael Kanan and the repertoire I like to play. And a review of a Barry Green Sextet gig at the Vortex.
I played live on BBC Radio 3 a few weeks ago with Alex Mendham & His Orchestra, which plays authentic 1920s/30s jazz and dance music and is resident at the Savoy Hotel in London. You can see footage from one of the tunes we played here, or listen to the audio from the whole show (In…
My new single is out now on all platforms. ”One Note Samba” or “Samba de uma Nota So”, to give it its Brazilian title, is an amazing composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim. You can watch our take on it here: Filmed in one long shot by Maximiliano Martinez. You can also listen on Spotify here….