How did you first get into singing and jazz? “As a British Asian child growing up in a typical but open-minded Asian household, my parents saw music, drama and sports as being the safe alternative to me and my siblings drinking and smoking at the park with our school peers. It was honestly one […]
Tell us a bit about how you got into jazz and why you chose the saxophone. “I got into jazz in my late teens when I was 18 years old, so quite late. I have always been into the arts and before starting off music I had done 5 years of acting. I'm a big […]
Hilary Burt's album, North Beach, is released this month. It's an eclectic flute-led fusion of jazz, funk, african and latin with some electronica thrown in for good measure! Here she talks about juggling work and music. How did you start out? “I come from a musical family – both brothers are guitarists, both […]
Pascuala Ilabaca was born in Valparaíso, Chile in 1985. From an early age she was interested in music and studied music at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Valparaíso, located in the central part of Chile, north of Santiago, is famous as a sea port as well as the ‘cultural capital’ of Chile. It […]
You’ve recorded more than thirty albums under your own name. Which recordings are your favourite? “I didn't realise there were so many! Hard to choose a favourite – I like bits and pieces from all of them I suppose – certainly the most popular in terms of sales has been "Private City" – but I […]
You’re performing at Jazz Hastings on Tuesday 11th November, performing the music of the late Bheki Mseleku. What memories do you have of playing with him? “I have many great memories of our gigs together and long, intensive duo rehearsals. He would arrive at my house sometimes having ‘dreamt a new tune’ and this […]
You grew up in South Africa. Tell us a bit about your childhood experiences with music and how you got into jazz. “My father, the composer Stanley Glasser, worked a lot with South African jazz musicians in the late 50s and early 60s – he was musical director of the legendary musical King Kong. […]
You do a lot of touring and travelling. What have been your favourite places so far? “I don't know if I have a favourite place, I love to tour the world. In this last year, we’ve been to 30 countries so far on The Changing Lights tour, including some places we’ve never been to […]
An Introduction to Tim Garland Tim Garland was born in Ilford, Essex on 19th October 1966, the same year as Julian Siegel, Julian Argüelles and Julian Joseph. He was raised in Canterbury, Kent in a musical family. His father was a cellist and music lover, his older brother played the drums and his older […]
Tell us about your latest album ‘Touch and Flee’ that was released in June. “It’s what we’re calling our concert hall record. Having experienced as a band more and more the inviting acoustics of concert hall venues we felt we were destined to make a record that leant itself to being played in […]