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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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