A visit to a rare concert at the club where Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner started the Electric Blues Boom in 1962 and Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones got their first chance to perform.
PT Gazell’s new CD “Pace Yourself”
PT Gazell has a new CD, “Pace Yourself”, and from now on all his CDs with the exception of “Pace Yourself” will now be offered as Mix Minuses. This means you can purchase a CD of the same music from “Swingin’ Easy…Hittin Hard,” “Back To Back” and “2 Days Out” except that there will be no harmonica on the tracks. There is special pricing if you buy both the full production CD and the corresponding Backing Tracks as a combo. These choices are exclusive to his website per CD.
Sväng London Concert 25 June 2011
The inaugural Songlines Encounters Festival, presenting some of the hottest new acts on the world music scene, is taking place in Kings Place, London, from 23-25 June 2011. We are hosting the début London performance of Sväng a brilliant and ferociously virtuosic Finnish harmonica quartet, at 18:30 on 25th June.
Joe Powers UK Tango Tour
Joe Powers has a long European Tour which starts in the UK
May 20 - Southport, UK - Scorch Festival
May 21 - Southport, UK - Scorch Festival
http://www.ceroc.com/scorch
May 22 - Manchester, UK - Tango Manchester
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/joel.daou/tango
May 28 - West Sussex, UK - Tango Boot Camp’s May Ball
with Oscar Acebras (guitar)
http://www.tangobootcamp.co.uk
Adam Glasser Township Jazz 9 June 2011 London
Adam Glasser Trio plays South African Township Jazz on Thurs 9 June 2011, 8pm, at the Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Rd, Teddington, TW11 9NN, 020 8977 7558, doors 7.15pm, £12 advance/£13 on door.
Main Contents - April/May 2011
- Ray Jackson - harp player with Linisfarne
- Harpin’ by the Sea - report
- Memories of Morton Frazer
- Health, Therapy and the Harmonica
- Rob Paparozzi - Felix Cabrera
- Steve Shaw - Playing in an Irish session - Two jigs
- Tony Eyers - Accordions and Harmonicas
- Cheng Jang Ming - Improving the Chromatic Slide Action
- Reviews - Trio Globo, Carlos del Junco, Toots Thielemans, Paul Lamb, Harry Pitch, David Naiditch
Adam Glasser Quartet - Harmonica Jazz Concert and Workshop
Adam Glasser Quartet - Harmonica Jazz SA!
8.30pm Thursday 7th April 2011
7.30pm Pre-gig Harmonica Masterclass/Q&A session with special guest appearance from East Dulwich’s finest; ‘The Puff Daddies’
VENUE: Oolyakoo Music Room in The Tattershall Castle ( SHIP!) Victoria Embankment, Whitehall SW1A 2HR, Nearest tube: Embankment, www.thetattershallcastle.co.uk
Adam Glasser - harmonica
Barry Green - piano
Mick Hutton - bass
Mark Fletcher - drums
Admission £10/£7 - NB £5.00 - if you are attending the masterclass.
Email <harmonica01@me.com> for concessions password!
Wednesday 23 March, 2011 - CYRIL DAVIES TRIBUTE
Wednesday 23 March, 2011 - CYRIL DAVIES TRIBUTE with the ALAN GLEN/JOHN O’LEARY ALL-STARS.
Cyril Davies web site - Following the success the All-Star tribute night last year, the Alan Glen/John O’Leary All-Stars will once again celebrate the music of Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner - and the release in 1963 of ‘Country Line Special / Chicago Calling’.
Spring Festival - Sat 7 May 2011- National Harmonica League
NHL Spring Festival: Sat 7 May 2011
The Stables Theatre in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU,
10am to 5pm, with a Jam Session from 8.45 to 11pm
Ticket £26 but NHL members £16
Philip Achille’s Final Recital
Many of you will have known Philip Achille through his attendance at NHL events since the age of 10 in Ely in 1999. He is just completing his degree course at the Royal College of Music, London. The first one ever on chromatic harmonica.
Here is the official announcement of one of the final parts of his course. The final, public recital on 1st April, 2011 at the college. Would you please spread the word. There are some videos on YouTube of his appearance at the BBC Proms and the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year
Blues Instrumental Songwriting Contest
Dave Barrett is running a Shuffle King harmonica instrumental songwriting contest on his web site, BluesHarmonica.com, starting in April. Rules, advice and guidance can be found here - http://bit.ly/fukrNL
Carlos del Junco - Mongrel Mash
Another CD for the review pile. Carlos has produced a great CD which give all the key and harp detail you need to play along. You can get more info and hear some music extracts here
Paul Lamb’s new CD - Mind Games
Check out Mind Games on Paul’s web site . A review will be included in the April issue of Harmonica World
