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Born in Salford in 1962, Mike took fifteen years to realise, that his father's piano playing, his mother's singing, and his brother's guitar playing, might just have genetically predisposed him towards a love of corduroy. Realising, however, that careers in the King's cords were somewhat thin on the ground, Mike turned his attention to the chords of Kings. In his case, Mike's royalty comprised Wes, Joe, Pat, John, Larry, Tal et al. After long months of solitary woodshedding, Mike launched himself upon the Manchester scene with River People, a much loved fusion band comprising Mike on his trusted, and even then, rusted 335 guitar; Paul Allen on fretless bass; Tim Franks on drums, and the always astounding Paul Kilvington (a.k.a. Bob Session) on keyboards. Mike's playing drew the attention of Alan Butler, a vibraphone player of considerable, and deserved repute, who in the 1980's had a long running residency at the Malt Shovels, a well-known 'jazz' pub in Altrincham
Older And Wiser
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Frenchman Street Blues; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; Stop This Train; City Home; The Things
We've Handed Down; At Seventeen; Let it Be; Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight; Old And Wise.
Jeremy Sassoon: Older And Wiser
by Neil Duggan
UK singer and pianist Jeremy Sassoon has followed a remarkably unusual path. After qualifying from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in London and completing postgraduate training as a hospital psychiatrist in Manchester, he made the bold decision in 1995 to leave medicine behind and pursue a full-time career in music. He first established himself as an accompanist, ...
More From The Heart
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Down On My Knees; What You Got; After You; Human Kindness; He Said She Said; Scissors Paper Stone; Sleep My Darling; You Never Knew Me; Downtime; Finding Our Feet; Dear Betty; After All.
Ross Lorraine: More From The Heart
by Neil Duggan
A jazz pianist, arranger, theatre music composer and contributor to numerous other projects, Ross Lorraine now seems to have found his true calling as a songwriter. More From The Heart follows on from his songwriting debut on Heart of Mine (self produced, 2022) and follows a similar approach. After penning the lyrics and melody, Lorraine steps ...
Heart of Mine: songs of Ross Lorraine
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Play On; Body Language; The Waiting Game; Pull You Back; Like Love; I'm By Your Side; The Name of the
Game; Heart of Mine; We Will Sing Again; All Our Days; A Silent Cry; They're Playing Our Song.
Ross Lorraine: Heart of Mine: songs of Ross Lorraine
by Bruce Lindsay
Heart of Mine is well named, as composer and keyboardist Ross Lorraine's compositions are at the heart of this album. But Lorraine takes something of a back seat when it comes to performing, leaving instrumental duties to some of the British jazz scene's leading players, and vocal duties to six of the scene's most talented singers; ...
Andrew Bain: On Playing With(out) Boundaries
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Scottish drummer and educator Andrew Bain has performed in a wide variety of projects, from playing with Dave Liebman during his years with the Guildhall School of Music Jazz Orchestra, or collaborating with the late Kenny Wheeler to having taken part in joint efforts with the likes of late pianist John Taylor and other modern British ...
Ropes
By Mike Walker
Label: Madhouse
Released: 2019
Track listing: Still Slippy Underfoot; Ropes Movement 1 – Bound To Let Go; Ropes Movement 2 – Knots; Ropes
Movement 3 – Kiss The Hills For Me, Just Once; Devon Bean; Wallenda’s Last Stand; Madhouse And The
Whole Thing There; Slip Not…
Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival 2019
by Mike Collins
Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival Ambleside, UK August 29-September 1, 2019 'Music that requires a different kind of listening' were the words Derek Hook used, to describe the essence of the Ambleside Days Festival programme at the start of the third edition of this small but top quality festival.
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