Part 1: Lou Beckerman reflects on wearing an independent recording artist/promoter’s hat to launch her new album. The lorry arrives with a dauntingly high stack of boxes packed with CDs. They’re looking and sounding good – no major glitches. A certain sense of accomplishment prevails. The band has had a listening session and […]
How did the album come about? “It’s been ten years since I wrote and produced my first album – before I started studying and singing jazz. This was successful in its genre, but after some years on my jazz journey (and with vocal adjustments, including taming the vib!) it seemed timely to produce a […]
We asked musicians and jazz fans across Sussex for their highlights from 2013. Charlie Anderson Drummer and vibes player Charlie Anderson is the editor-in-chief of Sussex Jazz Magazine. What was your highlight of 2013? The biggest highlight for me, other than starting up Sussex Jazz Magazine, was the Love Supreme Festival in July. Seeing […]
LOU BECKERMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH LIANE CARROLL World-class jazz vocalist, pianist and composer Liane Carroll has been interviewed at length in the media and yet I received a characteristically warm response (‘Yes, yes and thrice yes, darling’) to my request for this interview from a singer’s perspective. I went to meet her in […]