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Rob Garratt
Since: 2018 | Position: Contributor | Location: Hong Kong | Page Views: 39,904 
About Me
UK-born, HK-based jazz fan and writer
Rob has been writing about jazz for more than a 15 years, for publications ranging from stuffy newspapers to mainstream entertainment magazines and forgotten blogs. He’s always found it both the most difficult, and most rewarding subject to write about – despite the fact music is the one thing he can't stop talking about. Career highs to date include meeting and/or interviewing personal heroes Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, John McLaughlin, Ron Carter, and at least 10 other people who have once shared a stage with Miles Davis. After working as a music journalist in both London and Dubai, Rob is now a freelance writer-for-hire based in Hong Kong.
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My Jazz Story
I love jazz because it moves me and mystifies me like nothing else on earth.
I was first exposed to jazz in my mid-teens when I realised I was only listening to rock n’ roll for the solos.
I met Herbie Hancock, and I still get goosebumps thinking about it.
The best show I ever attended was Wayne Shorter at Barbican Centre in 2016 ... it was later released as two-third of Emanon
The first jazz record I bought was Kind of Blue–sorry, but, no… not sorry at all
My advice to new listeners... Just. Keep. Listening.. Find a sound you like and try focusing on just a single instrument at a time.
I’ve always felt the beauty of jazz is its peerless ability to thrill both the intellect and the instinct simultaneously–all the passion, fire and spontaneity of the rawest,
most primal music forms, coupled with as much (or as little!) complexity and virtuosity of any symphony… it is the most ideal form of musical expression–creatively,
technically and emotionally.
My House Concert Story
Favorite Places to See Jazz
Polls
Contests
Win a chance at International Anthem Recording Company Releases
VMP's Miles Davis: The Electric Years including 7 albums and 11 LPs
Sam First Records Album Giveaway
The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse Studio Sessions
Mosaic Records Louis Armstrong / Joe Henderson Box Set Giveaway
VMP Anthology: The Story of Herbie Hancock
Theme Song
Playlist
This page was last updated on 2026-01-08.
