This celebration of heritage British jazz marks the talents of Mike Gibbs and John Scofield, harnessed to Gibbs’s 12-piece band, recorded at Birmingham Symphony Hall in October 1991 during a twelve-date UK tour promoted by the Contemporary Music Network, a branch of the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Originally released in 1983, this follow-up to Johnny Warman’s ‘Walking into Mirrors’ – with single “Screaming Jets” a chart hit in Australia – follows in its predecessor’s path, albeit musically more complex.
With live dates firming up again for his band and a Singsong reissue programme underway of his solo recorded catalogue, Rod Clements’ interview with Jason Barnard at The Strange Brew is more than timely.
Unreleased session tracks recorded in London between 1978 and 1998 by the late troubadour, “The London Sessions (1978-1998)” showcases what a talent US-born, by now London-based Tim Rose was.
‘Going Large’ is Ray Fenwick’s new release on Singsong and he's doing just that on air ...
In 1979, following his early career with Timebox, Patto, Tempest and Boxer, guitarist Ollie Halsall produced a solo album of his own compositions comprised in the remarkable multi-track recordings that make up ‘Lovers Leaping’.
Skewing trademark lyrical humour to a diversity of music stylings spanning prog to rock ‘n’ roll, ‘The Crop Circlers' Guide To Abstract Expressionism’ marks a return to the structures of Deckchair Poets’ first two albums, ‘Who Needs Pyjamas?’ and ‘Searchin' for a Lemon Squeezer’ bringing along the exceptional talents of the band’s firecracker line-up.
Originally released in 2005, ‘Cosmic Surfer’ was the first release by the refreshed progressive/psych rock band Quintessence.
“Camden '70” by Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra bears testament to the potency of period modern British jazz talent in this live recording of a mid-tour concert at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre during London’s 1970 Camden Jazz Festival.
Now reissued by Singsong Music, 1971's ‘A Symphony of Amaranths’ is the most romantic and harmonically dense piece of music that the late Modern British Jazz giant, Neil Ardley ever composed.
