Tony Andrews (Jazz and contemporary music editor) writes …. I am not sure if I have mentioned it before but apart from attending as many Jazz Concerts as possible I am regularly found at BBC Radio Recordings. One BBC Recording I never miss is Open Ear – the Flagship for Contemporary Music on Radio 3. […]
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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 […]
I received this from our guest Jazz writer Tony Andrews (aka Dr. Jazz) who quite correctly puts the music first and the equipment second, and has a knowledge of jazz performers, recordings and performances that is excellent. And he’s a good bloke too! Anyway …….. “I read your newsletter and I agree with the Play […]
Contributing editor Tony Andrews writes ….. “For jazz lovers who marginalise streaming and downloads, this place is somewhere between a shrine and a temple” When Howard Popeck asked me if I would write a series of articles about Hidden Treasures in Music or possibly related subjects I thought he was very brave as I’m very […]
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 … One of the pleasures I still manage in my senior years is […]
First published in 2017 Jazz editor Tony Andrews writes: The London Jazz Festival is nearly upon us once again and the vast range of concerts available is quite mind-blowing. With a Jazz Festival of this size and importance there will obviously be overlapping concerts which is going to cause many a headache. I gave up […]
Tony Andrews writes: With Out To Lunch at Cadogan Hall 2017 thrilling the regulars earlier this year and hopefully lots of newcomers too, it seems appropriate to allow you all to meet Rebecca Stewart the brains behind the series of Free Concerts. Rebecca, Thank you for taking the time out from your busy schedule to […]
Tony Andrews, our contributing editor (jazz) writes: I firmly believe that UK jazz fans are getting more and more paranoid about musicians from anywhere other than the UK; that in some way, they are better musically or more inventive. This is especially so with musicians from The US where Jazz is thought to have been […]
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 […]
Jazz editor Tony Andrews writes: I woke very early this morning with a purpose in mind. I normally get woken most mornings by my pussy cat DeeLee howling for attention but this morning I was up before she could start the howling process. My reason for the early start was to listen to Stories […]
Our Jazz editor Tony Andrews writes … The ‘experts’ in Jazz have for many years argued about the difference between what is a Jazz Singer and a Lounge Singer. This has caused much controversy as to which performers fit in to which category. One example being Julie London who was said to be strictly lounge […]
Out resident jazz expert Tony Andrews writes ….. It was a typical winters day on the 11th February, the type of day where wanting to leave the comfort of home could have been a real effort. Fortunately I had been invited to attend a double event at The National Jazz Archive in Loughton, Essex which […]
Our Jazz & contemporary music editor Tony Andrews writes: As anyone who knows me will confirm, I have an obsession with the music of female jazz singers. My biggest problem these days is finding any originality among the newcomers who keep popping up – and that’s even with many established favourites. When a singer […]
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 […]
Contributing editor (jazz) Tony Andrews writes ….. When I was first asked to write occasional Music Review by Howard Popeck one of my first attempts was to feature The CD Hidden Colours by the amazing David Rees Williams Trio. Although the Trio had been together since 1988 with David on piano, Neil Francis on electric […]
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 […]
Tony Andrews writes … If you read my ramblings about Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday then you will know I promised to write a series to highlight singers past and present who in my opinion have immense talent and did get acclaim but not in the bundles thrown at Ella and Billie etc. I am […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 am […]
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 I […]
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 a […]
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 […]
Tony Andrews, our Jazz Editor writes: When I reviewed The Concert by Shirley Smart and Robert Mitchell at City University back in 2018 I hope my enthusiasm came through as intended because they not only stunned me but everyone within my group of friends who also attended. Within the review I mentioned the forthcoming new […]