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.
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Re-post: Early Bird
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…
Rodgers and Hart
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.
More album release tour dates
Looking forward to some more tour dates, starting with a visit to Norwich, near where I grew up in Norfolk, on 16 April. More info for all of these on my gigs page.
New single – Heart and Soul
The first single from my new album is out now! It’s an arrangement of “Heart and Soul” by Hoagy Carmichael. It features Tom Farmer on double bass and Jorge Rossy on drums, and you can listen to it or watch the video here. The artwork is by Mariano Gil and the video is by Maximiliano…
January tour with Michael Kanan
Michael Kanan is coming over from New York this January for another tour! Can’t wait to play with him again. We’re playing together in Europe for the first time too – as well as the UK we have gigs in Switzerland and Holland. We’ll be doing a mixture of duo, trio and quartet performances so…
Gig with Michael Kanan at the 606 Club
Looking forward to reuniting with the incredible pianist and magical accompanist Michael Kanan at the 606 Club in Chelsea on Weds 6 November. Michael and I recorded together, releasing an album in 2017. I was fortunate to tour with Michael a couple of times subsequently, and we had a planned tour in 2020 that was…