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Andy Hague's Double Standards: Release
by Chris May
English musicians pay a price for living outside London—the country is too small to support more than one major metropolitan music hub, even in the digital age. The old adage out of sight, out of mind still applies. Trumpeter and record label director Matthew Halsall's Manchester-based Gondwana operation, and the vibrant spiritual jazz scene which is clustered around it, is the exception that proves the rule. Fellow trumpeter Andy Hague lives in Bristol. It is in the ...
read moreAndy Hague: Coming Of Age
by Bruce Lindsay
Almost seven years after the release of his excellent debut album, Cross My Palm (Ooh-Err Records), Bristol-based composer and trumpeter Andy Hague has released his second, equally-fine album, Coming Of Age. Hague, who has been performing for around 25 years, is joined by an experienced and sensitive quartet, saxophonist Ben Waghorn, pianist Jim Blomfield and drummer Mark Whitlam who all appeared on Cross My Palm, while bassist Chris Jones is new to the lineup. The five players form ...
read moreAndy Hague: Cross My Palm
by Bruce Lindsay
England's West Country isn't quite as glamorous as America's West Coast, but an innovative music scene has emerged there, especially around the city of Bristol: Massive Attack, Get The Blessing, saxophonist Andy Sheppard, for a start (and singer/songwriter Robert Wyatt was also born in Bristol). Now add Andy Hague to the list. Cross My Palm is a straight-ahead jazz album that bristles with energy, fun and great grooves--and swings like a very swinging thing too.Hague wrote all of ...
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