Tony Andrews (contributing editor: Jazz) writes: If, like me you enjoy listening to a wide range of live music then it is not unusual to find that one venue can become very important in your life. During the many years I have been searching for that perfect venue, I never thought I would find it […]
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Tony Andrews (contributing editor – jazz) writes: Back in the 1980 and 90s if you were in to Hi-Fi there were some great shows around in the London area. I can remember many happy hours spent at various locations near Heathrow and also at The Novotel in Hammersmith. As venue costs soared and demand dropped […]
Howard Popeck writes …. Hello Linda and Mo and thank you both for agreeing to this interview. I’m going to dive right in here re your approach to recording technology, formats, domestic music reproduction and more. Our jazz columnist Tony Andrews in part #2 will be focusing more on the music, your influences and more. […]
Tony Andrews writes ….. Many people are convinced that The 60s were the most important era in British and American Music. I was around at the time and yes, I can honestly say that it was. Many exciting groups helped to structure quality jazz music. Many of the musicians continued to drive evolutionary music styles […]
Our jazz editor Tony Andrews writes …. Anyone who has read my previous ramblings must by now realise just how much I love Cadogan Hall as a venue and Out to Lunch as an event. I have been attending since the start and I have seen some sensational musicians; ones who have inspired my love […]
Our Jazz/Contemporary music editor Tony Andrews writes ….. I am very fortunate to live close enough to travel in to Central London whenever the whim takes me.One of the benefits of this luxury is that I can attend what appears to be an ever growing number of Free Concerts of Classical and Jazz music by […]
Out resident jazz expert Tony Andrews writes ….. The primary incentive for me to write these reviews for this magnificent website is to help redress the balance between those who achieve shear musical genius and the musical mediocrity currently hyped up by the craving for “Celebrity Status” We seem to be obsessed by being a […]
To continue my ramblings about past and present Jazz Singers that need more recognition my next featured artist was described as “The High Priestess of Hi-Fi” by the US Hi-fi Industry after the release of her CD Cafe Blue, have you guessed who she is? Patricia Barber is a very talented Pianist who has […]
From our archives: Jazz editor Tony Andrews writes: Around 12 years ago I got involved in sorting out a tour for a very talented female Jazz Singer from The US. The person who was in charge of the project had got it into such a mess that it was destined to failure and so […]
Welcome to Tony’s (Jazz) Treasure trove; a regular series of posts on a subject he knows well. He’s on a mission to shine a light on superb performers who are often unknown and shouldn’t be! Self-confessed jazz fanatic Tony Andrews writes … “I read your newsletter and I agree with the Play Bach. I […]
Welcome to Tony’s (Jazz) Treasure trove; a regular series of posts on a subject he knows well. He’s on a mission to shine a light on superb performers who are often unknown and shouldn’t be! Self-confessed jazz fanatic Tony Andrews writes … A lot of CD’s pass my way and one did recently that made […]
Our good friend Tony Andrews, a dedicated music lover, a deeply knowledgeable but completely unpretentious authority on certain types of Jazz, both live and recorded and an all-round decent bloke wrote this. Tony, we all thank you for this. Being as I am a devotee of real music one issue seems to get to me […]
From our archives We are assured that they aren’t from Moscow and they don’t ‘do’ drugs. Not that we are judgemental. Anyway Tony (great bloke) Andrews our jazz editor took these shots. Shortly there will be a write-up of the gig. They are truly a MUST-SEE band, and I’m not even a jazz devotee. HP
I read your comments about vintage Meridian equipment, very interesting. I have a 101 preamp and twin 105 power amps, and I’m amazed at how they still sound after 25 years. Such wallop – as close to live as I’ve come across. I recently heard Musical Fidelity’s much-praised A5 pre/power combination – very smooth and […]