Jazz Nursery 27/04/17

Bud Powell’s solo on Celia, the pianist’s own composition named for his daughter, is one of the great bebop performances. A real one-chorus-wonder, it appears on the album Jazz Giant, which comprises two trio sessions: one recorded in 1949 with Ray Brown and Max Roach, and one from 1950 with Roach and Curley Russell.

Had a great time in Germany with the Jorge Rossy/Tilman Oberbeck Quintet the other week. We played at the Jazz Federation, Hamburg, then a few gigs around Karlsruhe. Photo credit: Hans-Ulrich Frank.

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…

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…

On 24th October, the John Warren Nonet is playing at the Vortex in Dalston. The evening is being presented by Jazz Nursery, which is a monthly night that I help run. JN normally puts on gigs on the last Thursday of the month in the Southbank area, but this is our first collaboration with the Vortex,…

I’m really looking forward to playing a set at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston this Tuesday 1st August, opening for incredible pianist and fellow Norfolk boy Kit Downes. Can’t wait to hear Kit’s set – he’ll be joined by Sam Lasserson on bass and Colin Stranahan, who’s over from New York, on drums. I’m playing with Conor Chaplin…