Month: July 2020

Shake Keane

Joseph Paice July 3, 2020

Born in St Vincent, Ellsworth Keane (1927-1997) was taught music from an early age by his father. He played trumpet...

Ian Carr

Joseph Paice July 2, 2020

Trumpeter Ian Carr (1933-2005) was one of the most influential bandleaders of the 1960s and 70s. He was born in...

Jazz in Pakistan

Joseph Paice July 1, 2020

Modern Pakistan became formally independent on 14th August 1947, and jazz was there literally from the beginning, with Bombay-based Anglo-Indian...

About Me

So why me? I have worked in jazz for more than 10 years, organising international projects and programming one of the world’s leading jazz clubs. As a result, I have become convinced that there is a wealth of exciting jazz talent to be found in every corner of the world from London to Lusaka, Shanghai to Sidney. I hope to prove that here, before I run out of steam…

You can find out more about me at my ‘professional’ website here, or on my blog here. You might also like my other lockdown project – the Art of Song website.

Month: July 2020

Shake Keane

Ian Carr

Jazz in Pakistan

Dudu Pukwana

Graham Collier

Ken Colyer

Jazz in Thailand

Joe Zawinul

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