Hmmmm…the time of year for favourites…I’ve chosen a dozen, plus a few. It’s been a great year; not so many records sent for me to review so more what I’ve discovered myself through recommendations – the lifeblood of music discovery – hence this top twelve list! Donny McCaslin – Casting for Shadows First on […]
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Thundercat – The Golden Age of Apocalypse Mind blowing debut from Stephen Bruner alias Thundercat. Part of the incredible scene around guys like Flying Lotus and Miguel Atwood Ferguson in LA at the cutting edge of jazz, hip-hop, electronic music, dance music and the avant-garde, The Golden Age of the Apocalypse features layers of melodic […]
Put this up on my Posterous but it probably deserves a home here too! I am the least likely person to promote Facebook and I took some convincing from the guys in the band to adopt this tool but I have to say it’s been a huge success. We opened a group in the band […]
On December 2nd we were fortunate to play a double header with the great Matt Stevens. Great gig it was too! Thanks for those who showed up despite snow, ice and rumours of zombie hamsters. I was ecstatic hearing Matt play and then got to play with Furniture my new jazz trio with Rob Grundel […]
(Photography by Adam Rhoades) Notes, Music and Coffee Wow! Could have been named after me! This is a fabulous new coffee shop just off Trafalgar Square and close to Leicester Square – practically opposite the National Portrait Gallery. It’s on 31 St Martins Lane and I was delighted to get down to visit today. Get […]
I was devastated when my Acoustic Image bass amp blew just over a week ago. I was just about to start a bass lesson and hadn’t gigged with the amp for a year due to a combination of Carpal Tunnel and house rigs. Having had the amp about five years, I figured that was that […]
Hmmmmmm! Any ideas? I’m currently trying to get together with a pianist/keyboardist and drummer who are looking for a bassist to complete their jazz trio. I can jam with a keyboard player in a living room but having a drum kit usually necessitates a rehearsal space outside a private house …although I wonder if actually […]
It all started pretty early. My uncle lent me a bunch of LPs in my mid-teens which included a couple of Osibisa records. My burgeoning rock/reggae/funk mindset was blown by their sound; they blended West African sounds with rock and soul in a similar manner to Santana’s Latin infused rock. And the band featured London […]
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. […]
In no particular order: Lawson/Dodds/Woods – Numbers improv-looping- sensitive- musical-open-beautiful sounds Melvin Gibbs’ Elevated Entity – Ancients Speak making hip-hop vital again-pete cosey playing his head off-melvin laying down the bass-Yoruba chants-intense music Seth Horan – Clang and Chime coming of age music for Seth-lyrical-melodic-grooveladen-beautiful bass Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity exciting-unique-contemporary jazz-Fibonacci and hip-hop […]
Phil Wain 