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Article: Live Review

Live From Birmingham: Jeff Beck, The Magic Band & Kid Congo Powers

by Martin Longley
May 29, 2014

Jeff Beck Symphony Hall May 20, 2014 When guitarist Jeff Beck's quartet took to the stage, they were sounding as brain-pulping as Nine Inch Nails, pushing out an edifice of industrial funk groove. With his freshly-dyed dark locks and black glam matador outfit, Beck didn't exactly look like he ...

News: Recording

Juliette Farrell Releases 'brand New" An Infectious New Single

April 26, 2013

Juliette Farrell is a neo soul/Nu Jazz singer/songwriter from Birmingham United Kingdom, Juliette has been compared to Neo soul greats such as Jill Scott and Erykah Badu. “Brand New” produced by Z-3, is the first single to be released on the 1 June 2013 fromher new album “Nine Fruits”. The album 9 fruits will also feature ...

News: Award / Grant

2013 British Jazz Awards Nominations Announced!

April 23, 2013

The nominations are in for the 2013 British Jazz Awards. An important feature of the British Jazz Calendar, the 27th edition of the awards will as always recognise some of the best talent that the jazz scene in this country has to offer. The only national awards to be decided by public vote, this year’s nominees ...

Album

Be My Guest/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You

By Walt Harper

Label: Birmingham
Released: 2003
Track listing: Be My Guest -- Nemwood; An Island Cliff; O?Morro (Once I Loved); Teach Me Tonight; I?ll Drink to That; On Your Toes; There?s No Easy Way; Rio de Janeiro Blues; Summertime; Just a Taste (42:49). Gee Baby -- Conversations; Gee Baby, Ain?t I Good to You; Parking Lot Blues; Wild Is Love; Taking a Chance on Love; Sting Ray; Until You Come Back to Me; Thou Swell; Almost Like Being in Love; The Theme (46:10).

Album

West Coast Online

By Walt Harper

Label: Birmingham
Released: 2003
Track listing: Blues Under the Influence; Walkin

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Article: Album Review

Walt Harper & All That Jazz: Be My Guest/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You

Read "Be My Guest/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

These albums by pianist/composer/singer Walt Harper aren"t new – Be My Guest was recorded in 1991, Gee Baby five years later – but they warrant an appraisal for at least two reasons: (1) good music, especially swinging jazz, is timeless; and (2) owing to the deplorable nature of the music business, Harper still has copies of ...

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Article: Album Review

Walt Harper: West Coast Online

by Jack Bowers
April 4, 2003

Pianist Walt Harper, who makes his home in Pittsburgh, PA, took Horace Greeley’s advice eight years ago and went west to record this splendid album with a group of all-star sidemen from Southern California. It was good advice. Those who appreciate big-band jazz that strives to blend Ellington’s unrivaled ingenuity with Basie’s elegantly swinging groove will ...