I first heard Bruce Forman on the 1981 Tokyo Madness CD with the extrovert Richie Cole quintet where he was featured at length on a barnstorming Lady Bird. He...
Vic Lewis’ showbiz team played against one of the more curious teams that emerged at that time - the Ravers C.C. Founded in 1954 in the Blue Posts pub,...
This piece was written for Jazz News, where it appeared in 1962. Times were different then, and I have let the original essay be. Thus, those who care about...
A crisp, swinging, well-executed programme of mainstream/modern, 'Cleopatra's Needle' is a splendid advertisement for British jazz. Ronnie Ross plays some of the most inventive baritone sax I have heard...
“The street has the beat; and the beat embodies the rhythm; and the rhythm embodies the culture.” Jazz drummer Herlin Riley’s insight into the connection between music and New...