Jorge Rossy/Tilman Oberbeck Quintet in Germany

I recently got back from a great trip from New York. As well as seeing lots of inspiring music and eating some lovely food, one of my main reasons for making the journey to the city was to make a duo recording with the pianist Michael Kanan.

Looking forward to what should be a very fun tour with my good friend, the great guitarist Linus Eppinger. After a quick pit-stop in Hamburg, we’ll be off to the Netherlands for gigs in Breda (at the Jazz Festival), Amsterdam, The Hague and Leiden. See the tour poster below. We’ll be playing with a few…

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 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…

I recently read two great books about jazz that paint vivid pictures of important and fascinating times and places in the history of the music. A.B. Spellman’s Four Lives in the Bebop Business is divided into four sections, each one portraying a key figure in the 1960s jazz avant garde: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie…

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…