by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
It’s a measure of Alex Clarke’s remarkable progress that her recent CD, Only a Year, boasted a rhythm section beyond compare in 2023 Britain: Dave Newton, Dave Green and Clark Tracey, this only four years since she was voted Rising Star in the British Jazz Awards and...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Bruce Adams’ legendary richness of tone has recently been enhanced by his partnership with Eclipse trumpets, providing him with a trumpet, flugel and cornet. An album of duos with Craig Milverton, Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now, was released in the last few months to...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Having started out with K-Creative in the early 1990s, alto saxist Chris Bowden is now well established on the Birmingham scene, comfortable in all styles from acoustic to hip hop and drum and bass. His most recent album, Unlikely Being, dates from 2018. Catch him at...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
John Patrick has filled many roles in an almost uniquely distinguished career in Midlands jazz and popular music: at ATV/Central, with the Musicians’ Union, on the Jazz Festival Board. Now he is highly respected as an in-demand member of the trios accompanying the...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Sheila Waterfield burst on the scene with performances at the Festival of Song Cheltenham, Jazz Live Grimsby and the Big Band Festival in Aberdeenshire, resulting in two albums and widespread acclaim. Her vocal style draws on jazz, blues, soul, folk and Latin to...
