APRIL Thursday 9th, 19:30: Whistle Down the Wind, The Atkinson, Southport, PR8 1DB Thursday 16th, 19:00: The Witches of Eastwick, Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, CH65 0AZ Saturday 25th: The Jelly Roll Jazz Band (Private event), Ealing Wednesday 29th: The Jelly Roll Jazz Band (Private event), Pickering Thursday 30th, 12:00: Solo (Private event), Didsbury Thursday 30th, …
MARCH Saturday 14th, 19:30: City of Stoke Symphony Orchestra, Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1JH Sunday 15th, 17:00: Salford Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul’s Church, Salford, M7 3WX Tuesday 17th, 19:30: Sister Act, The Evans Theatre, Wilmslow, SK9 1BU Thursday 19th, 19:30: Sister Act, The Evans Theatre, Wilmslow, SK9 1BU Saturday 28th, 19:00: Sandside Orchestra, Westborough Methodist …
It occurred to me recently that those of you who keep a close eye on my blog might actually like to come and watch some of the performances I’m involved in. So it’s not much use me posting after-the-fact about a gig I did months ago that you can’t possibly attend! Therefore I am taking …
If you are reading this, I can only assume that as a dedicated follower of my blog you also have an unhealthy obsession with MY FACE and videos thereof. In which case you are in luck, because throughout 2025 I collected a vast collection of videos of my various performances on all sorts of instruments, …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW… REVIEW! “When it was 2024 It was a very good year It was a very good year for playing TRAD. JAZZ CLARIONET And bassoon and flute and other things I’d write long blog posts about it And make silly graphs When it was 2024.” – quoth (ish) …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Oh, it’s a long, long while From May to December, But the days grow short When you reach September.” – quoth Maxwell Anderson, ‘September Song’ November is dead! Long live December! The final month of the year is often quite a predictable one for most people, …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Thirty days has September, April, June, and November.” – quoth Anon. (and no it’s not cheating!) Remember remember the 5th of November, clarinets piccolos and flutes… And you might as well remember all the other days of the month while you’re at it, because it’s time …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance, With the stars up above in your eyes, A fantabulous night to make romance, ‘Neath the cover of October skies.” – quoth Van Morrison, ‘Moondance’ As the days continue to shorten and the nights to lengthen, we yet …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “The leaves of brown came tumblin’ down, remember, In September in the rain.” – quoth Al Dubin, ‘September in the Rain’ As we progress into the ninth month of the year it always feels to me as though things begin to slow down a bit. The …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great, big, greedy nincompoop!” – quoth The Oompa Loompas, ‘Augustus Gloop’ Sure as eggs is eggs, August follows July, and thus it was no surprise for me to awake on the day after 31st July to find that I was yet …
