Jez Nelson finished his Jazz FM show yesterday with Misterioso... the peerless duet between Bobby Wellins and Stan Tracey from our recent release Spectrum: Tribute to Monk... hellorayo.co.uk/jazz-fm/show…

are there any moments of explosive intensity; rather, a technical, abstract world unfolds in a matter-of-fact manner. The sequence of tracks has also been carefully arranged. Shiro Matsuo

use of extended techniques. In the final track, a world which has perfected the expression of wabi-sabi, a piano solo solemnly plays ‘Every Time We Say Goodbye’ to bring the album to a close. The 4 tracks with Moholo (died in 2025) are club recordings from 2000. In none of them

from 1983 with Tippett (who passed away in 2020). The opening track, which runs for over 15 minutes, is a ferocious free improvisation. Stabbins’ tenor sax lets out a hysterical howl. The 4th track, depicting rain and birdsong, sees both their soprano sax and piano making full

had been friends with South African drummer Louis Moholo. He subsequently branched out into pop music, but the recordings that have now seen the light of day are duets with each of these two long-standing collaborators. 7 tracks in total. Tracks 1, 4 and 7 are studio recordings

& Louis Moholo-Moholo Jazz In Britain [UK] JIB95SCD Larry Stabbins is a saxophonist born in Bristol in 1949. He began his career in soul music and R&B, but at the age of 16 he performed alongside pianist Keith Tippett. Even before joining Brotherhood of Breath in the 1970s, he

Just in from Jazz In Britain’s correspondent in Hiroshima… Koro Ito… 'And the birds sang’ is featured in "Album Guide" section of November issue of Japanese monthly-zine ‘Record Collectors’… "Import Albums" LARRY STABBINS And The Birds Sang : Duets with Keith Tippett

· Any Keith Tippett listener should read Steve Williams 'more than just a' review of the duo album with Robert Ottaviano at UKVibe... ukvibe.org/album_reviews/kei…

Danny Thompson's Whatever "Minor Escapade" from On The Road at 1:03:20 on Bob Osborne's AAJ World of Jazz show here: allaboutjazz.com/new-music-f…

Track from our Danny Thompson's Whatever album played on last Sunday's show on Resonance FM: The Ambrosia Rasputin Show mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-a…

We've loaded up a new album on our friend Ben Crosland's Jazz Cat Records Bandcamp... his new album North York Skies which was launched a couple of weeks ago at the 606 Club. Download the album here: jazzcatrecords.bandcamp.com/…

Here are photos taken by Marsden’s official photographer (credit: Elizabeth Baker Photography - lizbakerphotos.co.uk) *nearly sold out PS a friend messaged us after the gig to say the total collective age of the musicians on stage was exactly 500 years! See less

Henry Lowther Tony Kofi Art Themen Iain Ballamy Gareth Williams Dave Green Clark Tracey They played the original album, plus more Monk tunes. Everyone played out of their skins… and the audience loved it.

previously vinyl only release, expanded with live performances, from the collective line-up of: Kenny Wheeler Henry Lowther Peter King Art Themen Bobby Wellins Tony Coe Bobby Wellins Stan Tracey Roy Babbington Clark Tracey On Friday night we tried to re-create that line-up with

Jazz In Britain had a total blast on Friday evening at Marsden Jazz. We sponsored the headline concert… Clark Tracey’s Spectrum playing a Tribute to Monk. And, on that same day, we released the album: Stan Tracey’s Spectrum – Tribute to Monk*. This is a 3 CD album comprising a

And treat is as an appetiser for the chapter on Trevor Tomkins in the forthcoming ‘They Also Serve’ book, by Duncan Heining, which we’re currently editing. jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/…

Chris Pyne - trombone Phil Lee - electric guitar John Horler - piano Paul Bridge - bass Trevor Tomkins – drums

Help clear space on the warehouse shelves, for incoming Jazz In Britain and Jazz Now albums, by snapping up one of the last six (6) remaining copies of Trevor Tomkins’ Sextant album ‘For Future Reference’… stellar playing from: Jimmy Hastings – soprano & tenor sax, flute

And remember: EU orders will be sent from our warehouse in Poland meaning no import customs surprises!

objects and toys alongside Ottaviano’s virtuoso soprano saxophone. Each disc contains a single, previously unreleased improvisation which has been newly remastered by Tommy Cavalieri at his studio in Bari, Puglia.