Birmingham Jazz

There are a lot of lists of ‘albums of the year’ around at the moment and, although I find them very interesting and useful reminders of albums I would like to catch up with, I always feel that in jazz we should be looking for ‘gigs of the year’ to reflect the fact that the music is very much ab...

I should like to add my personal tribute to Pete King, manager of Ronnie Scott’s Club in London for many years until he retired a few years ago and was, with Ronnie Scott himself, a person that made a major contribution to the development of jazz in UK. ...

Have a look at Peter Bacon’s comments about last Friday’s gig with The Sub Ensemble on his Jazz Breakfast site here with a wonderful photograph taken by Garry Corbett.
It was indeed an excellent gig and an appropriate end to our autumn season.
Tony