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Blue Summers

Blue started life as a blues guitarist but by his late teens had moved on to jazz, and switched to alto sax and bass clarinet.

Like most British jazz musician he relied on daytime jobs to support his music, and when that took him off around the world (especially the Far East) the wind synth became his main instrument for performing live.

Blue’s exposure to Chinese, Indian and Indonesian music began to influence his composing style.

Synthesisers became his main medium for composing and recording, using a mixture of sampled real instruments and synthesised sounds.

Recent albums have been an eclectic mix of jazz, world, classical and electro styles which make them hard to categorise, yet appreciated by a wide audience.

Mathias Ruppnig: FOAM (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel)

by Blue Summers
June 7, 2026

There is a long tradition of excellent European jazz composers, and a more recent addition to that list is Austrian drummer and composer Mathias Ruppnig. Ruppnig has a strong academic background in drumming and composing, and this is evident in the sophistication of the compositions and arrangements. But the presence of American guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel adds a bit of ...

Shmeisani Jazz Massive: Shmeisani Jazz Massive

by Blue Summers
April 25, 2026

Jazz is alive and living in Jordan. Shmeisani Jazz Massive is an Amman-based band, but do not expect much in the way of local musical influences (not that that would be a bad thing). These guys would sound at home in any American jazz club.  The core band consists of Motassem Azar ("Azar") on drums, John McKay ("John") on ...

Colonel Strawberry’s Milky Mindblast

By Blue Summers

Label: Grandmaster Bean Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Colonel Strawberry’s Milky Mindblast; The Colonel Rises; The Colonel’s Astral Journey; Pillars Of Light; On The Way Down; The Colonel Dreams He Is Dreaming; One Door Ripens; Artificial Stupidity; Baboons For Henry; Whispering Knees; Runaway Trousers

DIGALIG

By Blue Summers

Label: Grandmaster Bean Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: All The Flavours Of The Rainbow: Out Of Sight; River To Forever; That’s What I Heard; Year Of The Dragon; DIGALIG; Around My Bend; The Thing That Thang; Furniture On Holiday; A Journey To A Journey; In A Different Time; Further Questions; Orchestral Man Hoovers In The Ark

Pillars Of Creation

By Blue Summers

Label: Grandmaster Bean Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Elephants; Forbidden City; The Most Beautiful Thing; Garden Of Delights; The Final Word: Ears Wide Open; Driving Through Houston; Too Daze; To The Temple; Ascending The Temple Steps; Event Horizon; Pigs With Altitude; Abovely; What Will Be Was; Inside Story; 7th Upon A Time; Moksha; Outside Of The Box;