» Alan Barnes with the Pete Rosser Trio.  12 April 2024:
15/04/24 13:07 from The Whitman Review
Alan Barnes , alto and baritone saxophones; clarinet. Pete Rosser, piano. Sam Jackson, bass. Steve Hanley, drums. How do they do it? How is it that four musicians of scant acquaintance and no shared performance history can come together ...

» Pigfoot.  22nd March 2024
23/03/24 21:25 from The Whitman Review
Chris Batchelor, trumpet. James Allsopp, baritone sax and bass clarinet. Liam Noble, piano and keyboards. Paul Clarvis, drums. What might someone unfamiliar with the music of Pigfoot have expected from the combined forces of such exempla...

» The Paul Dunmall Quartet. 8th March 2024
09/03/24 16:13 from The Whitman Review
Paul Dunmall, saxophones. Liam Noble, piano. John Edwards, bass. Mark Sanders, drums. In every genre of music, it is pleasing to observe how creative breakthroughs emerging from established traditions gradually become accepted. What star...

» Philip Clouts Quartet, 18th  November 2023. 
20/11/23 12:24 from The Whitman Review
Philip Clouts, piano. Lewis Sallows, alto sax. Tim Fairhall, bass. Marek Dorcik, drums. Some jazz listeners complain that contemporary musicians can’t compose, as once they did in a supposed golden age—most often expressed as, ‘They can’...

» 10th October 2023: Double bill: Moore, Rosser, Morley, Haller
13/11/23 11:13 from The Whitman Review
Olivia Moore, violin. Pete Rosser, accordion. Meg Morley, piano. Petra Haller, tap. This double bill was an utter delight, the duets combining charm and experimentation in equal measure. The evening began with our own Pete Rosser, the pr...

» Jonny Mansfield Quintet. 27th October 2023
31/10/23 11:39 from The Whitman Review
Jonny Mansfield, vibraphone. Dominic Ingham, violin. Emma Rawicz, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. Will  Sach, bass. Francesca Remigi, drums. There’s a certain magic about music played on the vibraphone. It’s not just in th...

» Charanga del Norte. 20th October 2023 
23/10/23 10:22 from The Whitman Review
Sue Miller, flute and coro. Guilermo Monroy, lead singer. Helen Curtis, coro and piano. Kim Burton, piano. Jose Canha, bass. Nick Williams, violin. Maria Teresa Lusson, violin. Sally Nunn, violin. John Lindh, violin. Andy Wardale, cello....

» The Big Easy.  10th June 2023
12/06/23 11:11 from The Whitman Review
The last word should go to the audience member who was overheard at intermission saying, ‘This music is good for my soul.’

» The Oxley-Meier Guitar project.  19th May 2023.
22/05/23 10:44 from The Whitman Review
On their own, Pete and Nicolas have stage-filling talent, so the addition of their remarkable musical companions gave us something that could fairly be said to be an embarrassment of riches.

» Jasmine Myra Septet.  5th May 2023.
09/05/23 21:09 from The Whitman Review
If this band needed a sub-title, I’d suggest, ‘Further adventures in Jazz,’ because it was indeed adventurous—and great fun to hear.