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Pete Churchill

Edition Records: A Guide To The First Fifteen Years

by Ian Patterson
April 25, 2023

Edition Records celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2023. The label founded in Cardiff in 2008 by keyboardist Dave Stapleton has come a long way in that time. Initially conceived of as a means to release his own music and that of his friends, Edition Records went from being a cottage industry to a position as one ...

Bray Jazz Festival 2015

by Ian Patterson
May 11, 2015

Bray Jazz Festival 2015 Various Venues Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2015 Sunshine and squall. The sun and the clouds chased each other's tails throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend of the Bray Jazz Festival. In a way the weather mirrored the music--a pleasingly eclectic, bracing mixture--and the fortunes of the ...

Ambrose Akinmusire Headlines Bray Jazz 2015

April 23, 2015

Bray Jazz returns for its 16th edition this coming Bank Holiday weekend from 1-3 May. The highly popular festival, set in the picturesque seaside town of Bray nestled at the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, has built a reputation over the years for hosting world class international and local acts. Bray Jazz 2015 is no exception. ...

David Sanborn And Van Morrison Headline Limerick Jazz Festival September 25-28

September 19, 2014

The Limerick Jazz Festival returns for another eagerly anticipated edition between September 25th and 28th. For its third edition the LJF has upped the stakes by bringing in some big names, not the least of which are Belfast’s legendary Van Morrison, American saxophonist David Sanborn and English saxophonist Julian Siegel. The festival opens at 8pm on ...

The Art Of The Song

by Bruce Lindsay
August 8, 2012

Singing is possibly the most universal of the arts, certainly of the musical arts. The human voice is the most portable of instruments, always there, always available. It's also the most expressive of instruments: almost every instrument invented in history has at some time or other been used to mimic the voice; none have truly succeeded.

Nikki Iles: Meditation and Collaboration

by Bruce Lindsay
April 2, 2012

Pianist and composer Nikki Iles describes herself as one of the “not- so-young-anymore generation" of British jazz musicians--a fair comment, in chronological terms, from a musician born in the mid-'60s. But more importantly, she's a musician of experience, expertise and talent, viewed with great respect by players across the world. Iles' self-description does seem to be ...

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival: Cork, Ireland October 28-31, 2011

by Ian McLaren
November 12, 2011

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2011Cork, IrelandOctober 28-31, 2011One of the few nice things about October is the pleasure of returning to Cork, the perfect city for a jazz festival, and being met by that great Irish hospitality. Arriving at the airport, all shiny and modern, and wondering how to get into town, suddenly ...

The Bad And The Beautiful

By Pete Churchill

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Nancy With The Laughing Face; Spring Will be A Little Late This Year; Nice 'n' Easy; I've Made Up My Mind; I Keep Going Back to Joe's - Learning The Blues; The Morning After; Lucky So And So; I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Let's Get Lost; Ocean; Theme From The Bad And The Beautiful.

Pete Churchill Trio featuring Bobby Wellins: The Bad And The Beautiful

by Chris May
December 16, 2004

Vocalists get a mixed press reaction in the jazz world. Most of us probably enjoy Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway's well-charged, hipster encoded genius, and Billie Holiday's survivor vibe pulls in almost as big a crowd. But from there on in there are two, seemingly irreconcilable tribes: one which loves vocalists, another which loathes and despises ...