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Brian Payne
Brian Payne was born in Manchester and raised in Cheshire. He graduated in English and American Literature at the University of East Anglia and was employed for a while as a technical editor for a publishing company. He then changed direction and after obtaining applied social science qualifications at LSE and Birmingham University he worked in social services and later managed local authority provision in London for 20 years. He was later employed in the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate and write decisions concerning the withholding of public information. Perhaps the most edifying of these was ordering the release and publication of MPs’ expense claims that had been withheld by the House of Commons. Over the years Brian has written about and photographed live jazz performance in a variety of settings. Some of his work can be seen at brianpaynephotography.com.
Shelly Berg: Alegría
The pianist's eighth leader album is a virtuosic, mostly trio set featuring originals and one tune apiece from the Beatles and Bernstein
Bria Skonberg: What It Means
Canadian trumpeter Skonberg plays standards and pops in New Orleans style with Herlin Riley, Don Vappie, Ben Jaffe and others
Sweet Megg: Bluer Than Blue
Supple-voiced and expressive Nashville-based singer is joined by skilled soloists in a set mixing western swing, country, jazz and blues
Jazz At The Ballroom: Flying High
Swing and GAS preservationists JATB present Champian Fulton, Jane Monheit and others singing and swinging songbook classics
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Eric Hollaway: Jazzish
Florida-born singer brings his distinctive basso profundo voice to jazz and soul repertoire ranging from Barry White to Billy Strayhorn
Dave Brubeck: Gone With The Wind + Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia
Brubeck's sedative precursor to the forthcoming metric experiments of Time Out is paired with Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia
Nick Finzer: Legacy
NY trombonist Finzer pays tribute to JJ Johnson with former Johnson sidepersons Renee Rosnes, Rufus Reid and Lewis Nash
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Remembrance
Fleck emerged as a bluegrass banjoist but he soon adopted jazz and with the eclectic Corea travels there and many places elsewhere
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John Crawford: Room For Dancing
London-born pianist leads cello, guitar, bass, vocals and percussion in a set of sophisticated Latin-flavoured jazz
Monika Ryan: Alive
Fifteenth album from NY-based singer formerly with Al Grey and Charlie Persip mixes often Latin-based music with philosophical observation
Judith Owen: Comes Alive
The Welsh, now NO-resident singer returns with a sparking live set recalling the 'badass' female vocalists of the 1940s and 50s
Cannonball Adderley – Burnin’ In Bordeaux: Live In France 1969
The first complete release of Adderley's 1969 Bordeaux concert has the band branching into the then modernistic areas of funk and free jazz
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