Results for "Jazz In Britain"

Mujician: Keith Tippett – The Authorised Biography by Martin Phillips

by Mark McKergow
June 13, 2026

Mujician: Keith Tippett--The Authorised Biography Martin Phillips 325 Pages ISBN: 978 1916320697 Jazz In Britain 2026 Pianist, composer, improviser, and educator Keith Tippett (1947--2020) was a truly original voice in jazz. Born in Bristol, England, to a policeman father and Irish mother, he remained closely connected to his roots in southwest England. He is ...

Awen Robbe

Born: April 29, 2008

Awen Robbe is a young trumpeter and ecletic composer from France. From an early age, he was immersed in music (especially in Jazz & Breton culture) thanks to his father Fabien Robbe, Jazz pianist & multi-instrumentalist. He began playing the trumpet at 7 at the "Maison of Arts" in Baud, with his first teacher, Guillaume St-Michel. He started young to perform on stage, playing his first concerts at the age of 12, between Fest-Noz and major Breton festivals.

Variation and Creation: The Story of PAZ

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2025
Track listing:
CD1: AC/DC, Libido Junction, Look Inside, Eyes For You, Laying Eggs, A Felicidade, Ever in Love, Dream Sequence, Turretime, L’ Harmonique, Solar Wind, Kandeen Love Song, Variation And Creation
CD2: Love Supreme, Hebridean Chant, Crotales, They Speak For Themselves, Iron Works, Brazilia, Yours Is The Light, Night Bird, Tem Dó de Mim, Mullenesque, Nobody’s Perfect, Lullaby, Moonchild, Disque Blues
CD3: In a Silent Way, The Bell Tree, Time Stood Still, The Buddha, Here and There, Cadenza, Lefthand Righthand, Be Natural, Pavane

PAZ: Variation and Creation: The Story of PAZ

by Tony Poole
January 5, 2025

Paz was a London-based British fusion collective formed in 1972 by vibraphonist Dick Crouch. Their sound was heavily influenced by Latin music, though not entirely. Crouch worked as a producer for the BBC Transcription Department in West London. He formed the group out of a growing dissatisfaction with the local jazz of the time, and a ...

What Was Happening

By Bobby Wellins

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD1: Jubiliation: Jubilation; Nomad; What's Happening; Spider. Bonus tracks: Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; You Don't Know What Love Is; Billie's Bounce. CD2: Dreams Are Free: Dreams Are Free; Love Dance; Aura; Conundrum; What Is The Truth; Ba-loos. Bonus tracks: Rhythm-a-ning; In A Sentimental Mood; Now's The Time; My Melancholy Baby.

Homage To Caledonia

By Bobby Wellins

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2024
Track listing: What Is The truth?; Conundrums; Aura Best; Piano solo; Introduction / Gathering; March; Battle; Aftermath; Dizzy's Blues (including St. Thomas).

Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star

by Duncan Heining
October 12, 2024

Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star Chris Searle (foreword by Mike Westbrook) 394 pages ISBN: #978-1-9163206-7-3 Jazz in Britain 2024 Talking the Groove collects Chris Searle's more recent reviews, articles and interviews from the British socialist daily paper, the Morning Star, acting as a follow-up to ...

Bobby Wellins Sextet: Homage To Caledonia

by Jack Kenny
October 2, 2024

Bobby Wellins said about the composition of “The Culloden Moor Suite:" “It was something that came to me after reading John Prebble's book about the Battle of Culloden and the way he described events leading up to it and the dreadful aftermath... I wanted to capture, not just the terrible sadness that must have resulted from ...

Bobby Wellins Quartet: What Was Happening

by Chris May
March 19, 2024

In 1965 tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins made an indelible mark on jazz history with his contribution to pianist Stan Tracey's Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood (Columbia). The exquisite “Starless And Bible Black" is the most frequently cited track (check the YouTube below) and is indicative of the album's overall beauty. For a ...

For Future Reference

By Trevor Tomkins

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Chapter One; GRS; Celeste; Ugetsu; ‘Smatter; Early Spring; Your Eyes Are Love; The Right Moment. CD2: Zemlja; Summer Night; Three Four Piece; Evansong; Your Dancing Toes; For Future Reference; Ballad No. 1.