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Sheffield for music in round at lunchtime, Crucible Studio

Ensemble 360 were fantastic. Fritz Kreisler. Praeludium and Allegro beautifully played by Benjamin Nabarro violin and Viv McLean guest pianist. A musical hoax. Kreisler pretending that the music had been written by the far more famous 18 th century Pugnani … Continue reading

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Chris Potter’s Underground. Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho. Tuesday July 18th 2006.

The billing in the Pizza Express programme asserts that Chris Potter is America’s most thrilling saxophonist and composer. That’s a hard act to live up to but “Underground” did not disappoint. Potter started with a “Wayne Shorteresque” number led by … Continue reading

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