I reviewed the Maciek Pysz trio’s gig at Charlie Wrights. Maciek’s wonderful new trio features the Asaf Sirkis and Mao Yamada I was delighted to hear Maciek Pysz’s new trio at Charlie Wright’s last night. Polish born Maciek composes the beautiful, melodic music that the band plays and leads on acoustic guitar. The new line-up […]
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I miss him so: Joe, who passed away in September 2007 soon after his beloved wife. He has been suffering from a rare form of skin cancer. He was 75 when he died. I used to think that was old, but the energy he put into the gig he saw him perform earlier that same […]
I started writing record reviews for the No Treble website in October. Why? Well I love music and though I never saw myself as a writer, several paths led me to an increased confidence in writing and led me to feel it was worth having a go. I owe most of it to the web. […]
I have uploaded a few tunes from a fabulous gig we did in May 2009. The audio is not fantastic: I recorded straight to mp3 from my beloved Zoom H4 recorder. I played by Wal fretless electric bass and Maciek Pysz is on electric guitar. Kate Hayes is singing and Pierre Hellio is on drums […]
And why not! Steve Coleman has bravely made a large amount of his music available as free mp3s on his website. Not individual tracks or samples but whole CDs. He’s also including notes and personnel lists. You can also download Steve’s essays on music at the site and will be able to download scores of […]
Coming up so far in November Friday 6th November with LV Project featuring Pepa Niebla and guest guitarist Matt Smith at Jazz After Dark, Greek Street, Soho, London playing jazz, fusion, samba and soul. 10:30pm – 2:30am Saturday 21st November with Luna Kalamata at a time and venue to be confirmed in Hackney, London. Luna […]
Coming up so far in October Friday 9th October with “Rock ‘n’ Rollers” at The Underwriter, EC3, London – playing rock and roll, blues and reggae covers. 9pm Friday 16th October with LV Project featuring Pepa Niebla at Jazz After Dark, Greek Street, Soho, London playing jazz, fusion, samba and soul. 10:30pm – 2:30am Friday […]
OK! This month, so far we have: Friday 4th September with LV Project at Jazz After Dark 10:30pm – 2:30am – jazz, funky jazz, groovy jazz, reggae jazz, latin jazz, bossa nova, samba and soul featuring a great quartet with a fine singer. Greek St, Soho, London Sunday 13th September at Gillespie Park Festival in […]
It’s a busy old time with musical friends returning to London from all over the world. For some reason the drummers are last to return so I have the opportunity to play with some new drummers. Upcoming: Friday 28th August: LV Project featuring Susana Lang Lenton, Jazz After Dark, Greek Street, Soho, London. 10:30pm – […]
Over the time of playing I’ve fallen in love with manipulating the shape of notes. Aspiring musicians are often impressed with the speed and athleticism of flash playing but that’s never really moved me. Sure, I dig the sheer joy in the playing of Fats Navarro, Charlie Parker and others but it’s shaping notes that […]
Phil Wain 