I’m looking forward to playing some trio dates on a mini tour of South-Western England in February 2025. I’ll be joined by the award-winning Scottish double bassist Andrew Robb and first-call drummer Steve Brown (Scott Hamilton, Barry Harris) on drums and we’ll be playing my arrangements of songs by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kurt Weill and others.It’s my first time playing as a band leader in that part of the world, so if anyone reading this has friends in that part of the world, please help spread the word! The dates are:17…

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 cancelled due to the pandemic. This will be our first time playing together since then.To publicise that 2020 tour, I conducted an interview via email with Michael. It didn’t see the light of day at the time, so…

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), and we’ll be playing music from my new album of music by Kurt Weill, plus swinging arrangements of songs by composers including Gershwin, Michel Legrand, Cole Porter, Harry Warren and Antonio Carlos Jobim. We’re playing in some…

I’m pleased to say that my new album is out now on all platforms. Thanks a lot to those who’ve already bought a copy or had a listen. It’s on BandCamp here (CD or musician-friendly digital/streaming). Or all of the usual streaming services here. Or send me a message if you’d like me to send you a CD copy! Just to give a quick bit of background: I’d wanted to do an album around the theme of a single composer for a while. Kurt Weill (1900-1950) seemed like an interesting subject because of the variety of music he wrote: he…

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.

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 Glass. More info on my gigs page.