Albums that influenced me: Salisbury Suite by the Stan Tracey Octet

The second in this series of albums that influenced me. I spent my late teens and early twenties completely immersing myself in jazz. My friends thought I had lost my mind! My guide to navigating this new musical landscape was found in the local public library - my oasis of calm, and a place of …

New album by Get The Blessing may be best yet…

My short review of OCDC published online in One Hundred Words Magazine:- Bristol-based jazz-rockers Get The Blessing are back with an addictively rousing album, OCDC. It's perhaps their best yet. The front line are Pete Judge (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Jake McMurchie (saxes) playing music which is part-inspired by Ornette Coleman but with a contemporary …