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Roger Beaujolais, St. James Wine Vaults, Thursday 23rd July | mike collins
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. Roger Beaujolais, St. James Wine Vaults, Thursday 23rd July. July 26, 2015. I’m not sure how Tony Clark. Got away with it. As he led the whoops and cheers at the end of another great evening in the cellar beneath St. James, the resident DJ and compère for the Jazz at the Vaults sessions assayed a wisecrack about the guest soloist, suggesting he was improving with age like a vintage wine. Roger Beaujolais. Time and led the band through. St James Wine Vaults. You are co...
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Looking back at July: Plenty of listening and RIP John Taylor | mike collins
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. Looking back at July: Plenty of listening and RIP John Taylor. July 27, 2015. Early in the month my ears were wrapped around an intriguing Danish quartet led by Mads La Cour called Almuji. My review of their CD for London Jazz is here. And then some sad news. The shock waves of pianist John Taylor’s sudden death just ten days ago are still rippling through the jazz world. Much has been written of the admiration and awe with which he was regarded, frequently ...Written...
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Adrian Smith Bass Player: Groups
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Adrian Smith Bass Player. Double Bass and Electric Bass player. Based in Wells, Somerset. - Available for gigs, sessions and deps - Playing around Bristol, Bath, Taunton, Cheltenham, Frome, Weston and beyond. - Mainly jazz, good reader, improviser, good solid feel and sound - Modern jazz, Traditional Jazz, Salsa, Big Band Blues and Pop/Funk/Reggae. Here are some of the groups and musicians I play with, or have played with, over the years. Mark Three Trio / Hywel Davies Trio. Jo Sercombe - Jazz Singer.
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CD: Alex Hutton Trio, Magna Carta Suite | mike collins
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. CD: Alex Hutton Trio, Magna Carta Suite. July 27, 2015. Whatever the tag, history since the Magna Carta represented in music is both a connecting thread and an ambitious idea for this new album from pianist and composer Alex Hutton. On Baroque flute on some tracks for this album, Hutton’s core trio do the heavy musical lifting and what a trio. The virtuosic and ever versatile Yuri Goloubev. Is in the bass chair and percussive magician Asaf Sirkis. Self Made Man’s.
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CD: Bristolian Thoroughfare, Dominic Howles Septet | mike collins
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. CD: Bristolian Thoroughfare, Dominic Howles Septet. October 13, 2014. This lovingly crafted CD is telling a very personal story. It’s bass Player Dominic Howles. Elsewhere the Davis, Hancock, Shorter small bands of the 60s are evoked with more contemporary material pressed into service. Supergrass’. Becomes a surging swing tune with the pulse modulating back and forth hinting at Footprints. Prefab Sprout’s. When Love Breaks Down. That closes the set. Simon da Silva.
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Andy Nowak Trio, Fringe Jazz, Thursday 3rd July | mike collins
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. Andy Nowak Trio, Fringe Jazz, Thursday 3rd July. July 6, 2014. Anyone who pays attention to the wider Bristol music scene will know Andy Nowak. Nick Drake and Joey Caldarazzo as well the standards book and the leader’s own compositions, there was plenty of variety to keep us hooked. The rhythm team of Andy Tween. It Could Happen to You. With its rich harmony and that Brazilian groover stimulated lovely fluid solos. This is a very fine jazz piano trio and I for one...
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Musings on things jazzy and musical. Michelson Morley and Eyebrow, Wardrobe Theatre, Sunday 17th July. July 18, 2016. Michelson Morley are approaching the end of a tour playing music from the just released, tour de force. And played a home-town launch gig last night, before heading up to London for a launch at the Vortex tonight. What a treat is in store for that London audience. Whilst audibly from the same stable as the excellent. On bass and drummer Mark Whitlam. Nodded to its mis-spelt name in the ch...
