Review in The Observer by Dave Gelly

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…

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 was kindly invited to be interviewed on Radio 3’s Jazz Now programme a few weeks back. Emma Smith asked me some questions about influences, my album with Michael Kanan and our forthcoming tour, as well as playing a few tracks. You can listen to the whole show, which also features a broadcast of a…

Happy to have some nice trio dates coming up this March and April. Check the flyers above for more info (click twice for full size), and click on the links in the list below for venue details/tickets. And here’s an interview/preview with London Jazz News. Hope to see you at one of them! 7 March…

I had an amazing time playing with Michael Kanan over the last few weeks. It was brilliant to play with someone of that calibre night after night, and it was special for me to play my first gigs as a bandleader outside of the UK. Thanks to Matt Pannell for the pic, taken in Cambridge!…

Some more press has appeared, as the release date for Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man approaches. The album is out on all platforms from this Thursday 22nd April. You can also order CD copies via the shop on this website. Dan Paton wrote a detailed interview/feature piece for London Jazz News, which covers the…