Jamaica

Jamaican Jazz

Coleridge Goode

Joseph Paice June 24, 2020

Bassist Coleridge Goode (1914-2015) had a rich, varied and very long career after moving to the UK in 1934, where...

Joe Harriott

Joseph Paice June 3, 2020

Joe Harriott (1928-1973) died tragically young at 44 but, like his idol Charlie Parker, he was an influential force, helping...

Dizzy Reece

Joseph Paice May 7, 2020

Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece (born 1931) had a short UK career before moving to New York in 1959, but this...

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.

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Dizzy Reece

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