Celebrating Jazz with Art
Don't miss The New Orleans Z'hulus in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Immensely popular at European jazz clubs and festivals, the Belgian band will be starring at a Fraser McCombe "Evening of Jazz" on Sunday, 15 April, 2012. An annual event, the five last years have been a great success and a sell out! For advanced information and bookings email: … [Read more...]
Burt Butler and His Jazz Pilgrims hail from Kent where they play a variety of venues throughout the county. For Burt's upcoming events take a look at his Gig List. During recent trips to New Orleans, Burtie has played with Steamboat Willie and his New Orleans Jazz Band at Cafe Beignet on Bourbon Street. When I visited New Orleans for The … [Read more...]
Trefor "Fingers" Williams is as passionate about "Bertha", his double bass, as he is about trad jazz, and to cap it all, he is brilliantly versatile with the bow, slap-bass playing and great on vocals too. He tours the UK annually with Sammy Rimington's International Jazz Band (http://www.sammyrimington.com), has set up his own group, Trefor … [Read more...]
How could I not be inspired to paint my jazz painting of Trefor ‘Fingers’ Williams' intensely passionate performances on Bertha, his double bass, at the 2008 Ken Colyer Trust Jazz Parade? Trefor is a driving and inventive player who adds sympathetic support and superlative solo work to the dynamics of jazz. Versatile on vocals and with the … [Read more...]
JazzandJazz.com features portraits by jazz artist, Peter Mark Butler. These portraits and his enthusiasm for and growing involvement with jazz inspired him to launch the website, using his portraits and photographs as a catalyst in raising the profile of jazz. So over to Peter, and where better to begin than with a band whose leader is himself … [Read more...]
It bears repeating what an ardent fan recently said to me at a Fallen Heroes session: “Who said jazz musicians are all oldies, this band is full of youngsters!”. Nevertheless, jazz oldies by far outnumber the youngsters and if trad jazz is to make that long awaited comeback onto the big stage we need to applaud it's rising stars. So for … [Read more...]