The passing of Charlie Watts has provoked many tributes in the UK. And yet his reputation and influence go way beyond these shores. T Bruce Wittet, a Canadian musician and writer, pays tribute to “the drummer who listened and allowed [...]
“Musician, sound engineer, record producer, author, painter.” and former club owner. The great British bassist Peter Ind passed away last night, 20 August 2021, at the age of 93. Bassist Peter Ind, who has died at the age of 93, [...]
Composer, pianist and educator William (Bill) Kinghorn died on 28 April 2021 at the age of 86. Bill was Senior Lecturer in Harmony and Composition at Leeds College of Music from the early 1970’s until his retirement in 1995. At [...]
We just heard the sad news that Stuart Brooks has died after a two-year fight with cancer. Stuart was one of the finest trumpet players around and the leader of choice for many bands. I was fortunate to work with [...]
Conrad Cork was an alto-saxophonist, bassist, and Director of Jazz Studies in the Performing Arts Department at De Montfort University, Leicester. He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1940 – during an air-raid, he said, and it was certainly at [...]
German trombonist Nils Wogram writes in tribute to Curtis Fuller: Why is Curtis Fuller one of my ultimate heroes, writes Nils Wogram? Because he represents a way of playing the trombone which is more or less unique to him. For [...]
“The trad era is now at a close as the last of the great bandleaders departs,” writes trombonist Ian Bateman (*). Ian has many personal memories of Chris Barber, not least through having been a member of the Acker Bilk [...]
