Tina May sings ACJ St. John’s Church, Brighton Saturday 8th November 2014 This was the third in a series of concerts featuring the music of Antônio Carlos Jobim arranged, with one exception, by multi-instrumentalist Robin Blakeman for the nine piece Luis Bonfá Society together with vocalist Tina May. The evening opened with […]
Neil Cowley Trio Brighton Dome Corn Exchange Thursday 9th October 2014 The lights go down and three figures emerge on to the stage, one of them tripping over something and swearing. There’s just enough light to see them in front of their instruments. Then the light show commences. Top marks to the lighting […]
Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Village Hall, Rottingdean Monday 25th August 2014 The shouts and cheers that greet the final act of the final night, headliners from a longstanding British jazz institution come as close to deafening as Rottingdean gets. The show was amongst one of the first of the Festival to sell out. […]
Editor Charlie Anderson reviews the iBone, a smartphone and tablet app aimed at trombone students. When I first downloaded this app, the first thing that struck me was how dark it was. Where are the notes? Then I went to the settings and turned up the brightness in the ‘Notes Display’ menu. The notes show […]
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 […]
Bassist Steve Cook reviews Artistworks’ Online Jazz Bass School. My first impression of the artistworks.com website is that 'I can't believe that he's really doing this!' But John Patitucci really is! The artistworks.com website (bass campus) currently offers online tuition by three top class (legendary even) bass players. John Patitucci, Nathan East and Missy […]