Month: July 2014

21 July 2014

The Column: Eddie Myer – Charlie Haden RIP

    This week saw the passing of one of the colossi of jazz, Charlie Haden. All the major papers carried glowing obituaries, paying their respects to the man and his music. Bass players are seldom so eulogised; jazz bass players even less so, and despite having earned the universal respect and admiration justly accorded to […]

21 July 2014

Live Review: Love Supreme Festival 2014 (Charlie Anderson)

Sussex Jazz Magazine editor Charlie Anderson reviews the 2014 Love Supreme Jazz Festival. N.B. This was originally a picture-based review published in issue 24 of SJM.   Friday 4th July On the first day of the festival, The Sussex Jazz Magazine set out its stall, giving away a free conga shaker to all new subscribers. […]

21 July 2014

Live Review: Love Supreme Festival 2014 (Terry Pack)

Bassist Terry Pack gives his view of the 2014 Love Supreme Festival.       For the second year running, I had the great pleasure of attending and playing at the Love Supreme Festival, this time as part of Andy Pickett’s Mingus Underground Octet and the Wayne McConnell Trio. Thanks once again to Jack Kendon, Eddie […]

21 July 2014

Live Review: Wayne McConnell Trio at All Saints Church

Wayne McConnell/Steve Thompson/Piers Clark All Saints Church, Hove Wednesday 9th July, 2014          This was another enjoyable concert in the lovely setting of All Saints Church in Hove, this time with ace rhythm guitarist Piers Clark and multi-talented bassist Steve Thompson backing pianist Wayne McConnell.     Although this was an all-acoustic group, the […]

21 July 2014

Live Review: Geoff Simkins Quartet at The Verdict

Geoff Simkins Quartet The Verdict, Brighton Friday 11th July, 2014          Firstly, it was fantastic to see pianist Nikki Iles back in Brighton. Secondly, it was great to see her performing with local legend (and newly ‘acclaimed’) Geoff Simkins.     Bassist Simon Woolf continues to impress with some fine arco soloing and a […]

7 July 2014

The Column: Eddie Myer – What’s In A Name?

    Love Supreme returned to Glynde Place this weekend for it’s second attempt at presenting a high-production greenfield festival programmed entirely with jazz-and -related-musics. One can only admire their courage. Glastonbury Festival introduced a Jazz Stage once upon a time, but that was long long ago in the distant 80s, when jazz and world music […]

7 July 2014

Yuri Goloubev Interview

Russian virtuoso bassist Yuri Goloubev speaks to editor Charlie Anderson about his love of jazz.   Tell me a bit about how you started in music.     “Well, I grew up in it. My mum had graduated as a pianist even though she didn’t work much in that realm. She was a music journalist for […]

7 July 2014

Improv Column: Wayne McConnell – The Jazz Kitchen

Ear Training: The Jazz Kitchen    If one was to compare ear-training to say, cooking, ear training would represent the preliminary stages of putting together a meal.  It would be before choosing the ingredients, it would be before choosing what utensils to use and it would even be before designing your menu.  Ear training is […]

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