Category Archives: concerts

Thanks to Robert (Bob) Gib­son for invit­ing 3 of his jazz-loving acquaint­ance onto his Brad­ford Com­munity Radio Jazz pro­gramme last week.  We each chose 3 favour­ite tracks, which res­ul­ted in an inter­est­ing mix.    My choices ten­ded towards the sax­o­phone, … Con­tinue read­ing →

To the Sage at Gateshead for some fiddle con­certs.  Note 1. The Sage’s sand­wiches have improved, though not tre­mend­ously. Note 2. The pro­gramme implied fairly con­stant enter­tain­ment in the foyer — in fact extremely sporadic dur­ing the time we were … Con­tinue read­ing →

ECM is the Munich-based record label which puts out many of the jazz artists I like best — Gab­arek for a start, and Try­gve Seim and Arild Ander­son.  Ser­i­ous Music had arranged a little fest­ival at Kings Place to cel­eb­rate … Con­tinue read­ing →

Fib­bers is very less than per­fect, the Duch­ess nearly as lack­ing.  Admit­tedly there are more seats at the Duch­ess, though as some of them used to be church pews the com­fort level must be low.  There are also some more … Con­tinue read­ing →