Charlie Anderson met up with guitarist Steve Aston to discuss gypsy jazz and some of the reasons why some people love it and some people hate it. I met up with Steve Aston at The Paris House, a beautiful French café-bar in Brighton, and I asked him what he liked most about gypsy jazz […]
Dick Pearce started the evening off with a set of British bop, beginning with Stella by Starlight played on flugelhorn. The original composition Airships In A Cloud was a Coltrane-style waltz which suited the powerful drumming style of Mark Fletcher. The standard It’s You Or No One was a fantastic vehicle for some really cooking […]
Andy Williams/Terry Pack Quartet The Verdict, Brighton Saturday 7th September The audience at The Verdict were expecting an evening of good humoured banter and some excellent, relaxing jazz. Beginning with a pensive and dreamy version of Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, the group quickly established a unique sound, creating a soundscape awash with colours […]
In this column I’ll be contributing a monthly tip or thought for readers of the Sussex Jazz magazine. This is something I actually started doing way back in 2006 when I started the Jazz in Brighton newsletter. The tips section faded out after a while as I wasn’t sure who was benefiting from it. […]
Guitarist Paul Richards has been running the jazz jam session at The Brunswick in Hove since July 2010 and says “It’s good that Phil [the owner] agreed to put it on and a lot of the time he is at the back listening and doing the sound”. I asked Paul about the wide variety […]
As we mentioned last issue, Brighton has been seeing the green shoots of a slowly emerging jazz boom for the last couple of years, partly driven by the establishment of some successful jam sessions across town. The jam session is a venerable jazz institution, loved and berated in equal measure and capable of delivering […]
Charlie Anderson surveys resources for musicians wanting to learn more about playing gypsy jazz Online Learning www.gypsyjazzacademy.com These in-depth online lessons are taught by two prominent gypsy jazz guitarists, Lollo Meier and Fapy Lafertin. £50 for 3 months. Free sample lessons available. www.gypsyjazzschool.com A more basic site set up by Israeli […]
The Column: Can You Hear The Jazz Boom? Anyone lucky enough to receive the Performing Rights Society’s regular magazine will no doubt have been intrigued to see an article headed “What’s going on in British Jazz?”, and even more intrigued by the following introductory quote from saxophonist Pete Wareham: “Jazz? I don’t know […]
Bassist Terry Pack has been making music for more than forty years. He met up with Sussex Jazz Mag editor Charlie Anderson to talk about his love of jazz and teaching. I arrived at Terry Pack’s home in Hove just as he had kittens, two white ones to be precise. We were soon […]
On a warm sunny day, editor Charlie Anderson wandered down to a bowling club in Hove to have a chat with bassist George Trebar. I caught up with bassist George Trebar at a busy time. As well as studying for a postgraduate degree at Trinity under the guidance of Simon Purcell and bassist Steve […]