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Musicosity @ Bull and Gate feat. Queen Orlenes, ALASKA + The Standards

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Review
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Venue: 
Bull And Gate
Artist: 
A L A S K A
Event Date: 
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Musicosity is partnering with the Bull and Gate on our second night at the famous Kentish Town venue. 7th March is again featuring new and interesting talent in the form of Queen Orlenes, ALASKA from Leeds, and The Standards from London/Portsmouth. Check out their profile pages on Musicosity to see their latest videos and get an idea of what they're about and see you at the show.

NEW JAZZ CLUB OPENING STAMFORD ST WATERLOO THE BLUE TRAIN

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A brand new jazz club, Blue Train, opens at Waterloo station on Friday 2nd December.
The venue will feature top UK and international jazz, blues and soul artists every night of the week. There will also be food and drink served in the upstairs restaurant and in the jazz lounge.

Natalie Williams
An impressive lineup has already been announced – singer and MOBO nominee Natalie Williams opens the club. On Saturday 3rd December, acclaimed vocalist Jacqui Dankworth appears and South African-born vocalist Esther Miller teams up with the fine pianist Steve Melling on Sunday 4th December.

Jazz for Rockers - The Anthologists

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Artist: 
The Anthologists
Event Date: 
Friday, October 14, 2011

Eclectic? More like Perfect! This is instrumental music with everything - jazz, rock, groove, dub, cinematic themes, great musicianship and damn good fun! The Anthologists themselves are all experienced rock players, interested in exploring a range of genres, and have created a repertoire of original and semi-original pieces designed to appeal to audiences who a looking for a little more - but like to rock out occasionally!

Charlie Haden @ Barbican

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Review
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Venue: 
Barbican Centre
Event Date: 
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Well....... Some of it was great - I really like the chord progressions in Charlie's tunes - but that's the music. As a performance, the pianist Alan Broadbent was awesome, soloing in 2 handed style as if composing a Bach 2-part invention on the fly. Classical meets Jazz improv with verve! Saxophonist Ernie Watts and drummer Rodney Green played admirably, both inspired soloist and very entertaining to watch.

Start an Audience

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General

Anyone can start an Audience - Artists, fans, promoters, venues, labels - anyone who wants to get together with like-minded people to talk about music they're into, upcoming events etc
It's better than having to log onto 50 different websites and read countless emails to share opions and find out everyone's hot tips.

Herbie Hancock @ Southbank

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Review
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Artist: 
Herbie Hancock
Event Date: 
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Well, my first time to see the Herb - has to be done - gotta see the legend. I had heard that most of his gigs in the last few years have been straight ahead jazz - don't know whether that's true or not but this one had the old fusion tunes! So Chameleon, Watermelon Man - could not believe my ears when those tunes started up. That made the night.

Rudder @ Charlie Wrights

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Artist: 
Rudder
Event Date: 
Friday, November 12, 2010

Fast, furious - this is as rock as jazz gets - not even sure that jazz is the right word, but given they were presented as part of the London Jazz festival, well who am I to argue...

There should be another category for this middle ground of people who don't want their jazz to be square and for beret wearing afficionados, sipping a glass of red at the front row of Ronnies. Nothing wrong with that, quite like a night a Ronnie's myself, but I mean there's a 'jazz crowd' who like jazz to defined just so... and I don't think they were at the Rudder gig.

Robert Plant @ Roundhouse

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Review
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Venue: 
The Roundhouse
Event Date: 
Friday, October 29, 2010

It was great to see Bob - ole Planty - doing his thang, struttin' his stuff, as only he do...
I quite like the bluegarssy thing he does these days, and smart to play a style befitting of a veritable gent of the stage. He even did a few Zep songs in the style, like Gallows Pole...

That's right - I was on TV once...

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General

Sometime I forget what I've done - a good mate Jason Kain recently sent me a video of an early 90's performance by The Jackson Code with me on keyboards. Ah those were the days...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, HMV Forum Kentish Town, 23 April 2010

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Review
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Event Date: 
Friday, April 23, 2010

Slick, stylish, moody rockers with a mix of some bluesy retro cool, and UK 80's post punk influence. Went to the show expecting a full rock fix, but have to say while I enjoyed the general vibe, it lacked something for me in the music department.

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