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Previous Gigs

Arun Ghosh's Spitalfields Suite: 7 Jun 2014
The Adventures of Prince Achmed - evening : 25 Oct 2012
The Adventures of Prince Achmed - matinee: 25 Oct 2012
BT River of Music: 22 Jul 2012
Gem Arts presents Arun Ghosh: 8 Oct 2011
Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival: 17 Sep 2011
Afrocoustics & Indo-vations: 14 Sep 2011

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Hello there. I'm currently going through all the recordings we got for the tour. I'm very happy with all of them. You can listen to one if you subscribe to the podcast, but there will be more coming in due course...

Other than that, things have been ticking along fine [well other than the coding hassles...]. Finally settling into the new place - my office is a mess already. I'll be off again next week, to rehearse Arun's score for a silent film. Then to thinking about more gigs for the three!

1st Jun 10

I'll be playing with Arun Ghosh tomorrow on the Barbican's FreeStage at 6.15p.m. - that's right, quarter-past six - supporting Toumani Diabaté. Come along if you can!

1st Jun 10

19th Oct 10

Richard Kaby and Helena Dornellas took some stunning photos of the Albany gig with Arun on Sunday.

19th Oct 10

I'll be playing with Arun Ghosh tomorrow on the Barbican's FreeStage at 6.15p.m. - that's right, quarter-past six - supporting Toumani Diabaté. Come along if you can!

19th Oct 10

A gentle day after the London excursion: currently in the process of uploading the latest trio recording for download, and writing out the maps for Arun and Ntshuks for Mulungushi which we'll play on Saturday. Might even head out into fresh air today!

26th Oct 10

Leicester was very quiet - but I think in a lot of ways the day went well. Liran Donin's new work [and band] were on fire! I was really pleased to be able to have that as a premiere.

My piece, Mulungushi was made all the more beautiful by Arun and Ntshuks. Although the piece isn't written out in a standard way, they really got to grips with it and lifted the work. This bodes well for my Heralds project, which seems to have grown exponentially since I decided to ask the guys about it a few months ago... we've got a mini-tour together now!

6th Feb 11

It's with regret that I've had to cancel the gig for the amazing Juliet Kelly - but with luck I'll be able to bring her to Derby another time!

I've changed the mapping service for the gigs from Yahoo to Google, as Google has better international address support. I'll be working on the code over the next few days so that the pages load faster too. There's a fair bit of redundant code to hack through - so there may be a few gremlins. Apologies in advance for any malfunctions.

Music-wise, I got mentioned in JazzUK twice in two months! First for the gig I did with Arun in Cambridge, and then Heralds got a mention in this month's, and the "blue lollipop rage" photo reared its head. Even though they're small, it's still nice to appear in the scene's most respected mag!

10th Mar 11

Hi! head to Heralds on Soundcloud and listen to the Newcastle recording! Off to London now for a gig with Lydia Towsey at the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane, then two weeks with Arun Ghosh's quintet around Germany and Austria.

12th Mar 11

Richard Kaby and Helena Dornellas took some stunning photos of the Albany gig with Arun on Sunday.

12th Mar 11

... Then yesterday listened to the fantastic Get The Blessing and had a great start with Arun for Germany!

18th Mar 11

19th Mar 11

Leicester was very quiet - but I think in a lot of ways the day went well. Liran Donin's new work [and band] were on fire! I was really pleased to be able to have that as a premiere.

23rd Mar 11

It's with regret that I've had to cancel the gig for the amazing Juliet Kelly - but with luck I'll be able to bring her to Derby another time!

23rd Mar 11

Apparently the club is very weird. I suspect Arun wants to be weirder. We will see who wins... but should be a laugh!

27th Apr 11

Had a good one on Saturday with Arun's Prince Achmed music - and there was a great jam afterwards!

27th Apr 11

... Then yesterday listened to the fantastic Get The Blessing and had a great start with Arun for Germany!

29th Apr 11

some more great photos of Arun's gig at the Alchemy Festival - this time from Richard Kaby.

29th Apr 11

Apparently the club is very weird. I suspect Arun wants to be weirder. We will see who wins... but should be a laugh!

19th Aug 11

It's nearly September, which means it's web-site overhaul time! You can see where I'm up to so far, and why I'm doing it AGAIN, on my testbed. I have some articles to post this week too, covering all the stuff I got up to from June: another long day at the laptop.

Incidentally, my mate Arun is on the front cover of Jazzwise magazine - pick up a copy!

19th Sep 11

Last week was epic... which perhaps explains why I'm feeling very run down and virus-infested now.

It all started on Tuesday at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit in Leicester with the biblio-therapy project for Everybody's Reading [want an explanation? Ah, well I gave one on the mailing list - do it, you know you want to!] and then moved into Wednesday with Arun's Afro-coustics and Indo-vations project at the Decibel showcase in Manchester. It was a long rehearsal; but a great gig, and new drummer Eddie Hick laid it down.

I then had to prepare Lydia's show: and the CD burner would not play ball. Luckily we had some great technicians in Fiona, Oz, and Bill. My brother-in-music Dave Kane was down for that, and we performed an effective extract of the full show... and I got some very good news... that I will talk about soon...

But anyway. The next day I spent my time waiting for four o'clock: that was when I was going to get into Matt and Phred's to rehearse bassist Gavin Barras' new quintet tunes. As some of you may know I can't actually read music, but I made the effort this time. Tenor sax giant Ed Jones was on the gig - He was sounding immense! The music was also blessed by Dave Walsh on drums and Steve Plews on piano. Gavin had written the music inspired by the Blue Note "avant garde" sound, with powerful statements and great harmonies. Although I think the primary influence was Andrew Hill, some of the tunes reminded me of Tony Williams' Spring [worth checking that album out, if you can get it]. Everyone in the band "got it" and we blew up a veritable storm by the second half. Steve Berry came down to listen, and the audience loved it. Must do that again!

While all of that was happening, I began [and have now finished] my response to what some of us are calling the Group. It's a long story that has been helpfully summarised by Peter Hum.

There are lots of issues surrounding the question of the profile and status of black jazz musicians in this country; it isn't a new question by any means and in fact is something I have been talking about in many ways since 2003, from Nature's Glory, Fancy's Child, through my blog on MyOpera, and the two albums Popular Delusions and Songs for the New Folk. This is in no way a new problem.

But the ways in which we are talking about the problem possibly have remained as stagnant as the problem itself. The fact remains that the profile and status of any jazz musician in this country is not perhaps as we would like. For a small island - and let's face it, it is a small island - the lack of understanding of the national scene is shocking. The conversations are still centred inevitably around London. There's also a sense of polarisation in this discussion, and some very war-like stances that are actually creating more divisions. It's saddening.

It's an emotional issue. It should be: it's important. But the thing about emotional issues in relationships is that they require sensitive talking as well as plain speaking: an awareness of the whole picture. I think everybody is struggling through this now. Some voices are [perhaps unduly] louder than others. We are being treated as a homogeneous mass. There has always been too much shouting and over-simplification, through all the decades that this has gone on.

So I am trying, in my own way, to balance this. My view is that we have a complex situation: and it is a situation that will require some generosity of spirit, some love and care. I love my family in music. There are long yet reasonable conversations that need to be had: and, as When Daniel Barenboim said in his Reith Lecture "peace requires dialogue, a dialogue which consists of sensitive talking and often painful listening".

So I have created a space, here, where I am hoping this dialogue can occur. When there's some content, I'll announce it. It is not the solution: it's just an approach. I hope it helps.

10th Oct 11

Gateshead with Arun was really good; and had another magical time with Joshua Blackmore and Dave Kane in Nottingham. Thanks to all who came out and supported a great cause!

7th Feb 12

What a jam-packed weekend! The gig with @[Nat Birchall] at Pizza Express was great - @[Arun Ghosh] played on a tune, and there were some really magical moments from all in the band. Lovely. My mood was slightly soured by the staff constantly switching off the lights as I tried to pack away: and then I topped it all off by an always eventful night at Ronnie Scott's, and losing my hat. The snow didn't impede my progress that much; it just made everything very much slower...

I'm still preparing things for One Note Sunday and of course the trio album; so no real rest. But I've also been adding things to cognizance which has kept me really busy - take a look!!

15th Mar 12

Not long until the album recording for @[the trio]: very exciting! This is a bit last minute - but I'm in London tomorrow at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, playing with @[Arun Ghosh], Neil Charles and Cerys Mathews. Maybe see you there?

19th Mar 12

Just a short one - a couple of tracks with Arun Ghosh and Neil Charles on the lovely Cerys Matthews' show, which I had not listened to before but - given the range of music - I think I certainly will now!

19th Mar 12

Had a good one on Saturday with Arun's Prince Achmed music - and there was a great jam afterwards!

15th Jul 12

The Nottingham gig was lovely, just lovely, even though there was a stage [hate stages]. Really needed it - and thanks for coming if you did!

But this week coming is lots of work with Arun Ghosh in Shipley and London; and then a gig in Newcastle with Ntshuks Bonga and Andy Champion! In that time I\'ll be working on letters for that there petition, which reached 4000 signatures last night; and perhaps doing some music writing too...

24th Oct 12