Impro Comedy

Tonight I was playing the impro comedy group Boolia Goolia (apparently it's celtic for "chaotic fun") at the Wheatsheaf pub on Rathbone Place off Oxford Street. The guys did a really good show, and I look forward to playing with them again on Tuesday 3rd April again at the Whatsheaf at 8pm.

Still been keeping busy recently with various bits of admin-type stuff that is really not that interesting to talk about, but I have been composing too, including some new jazz songs that I hope to unleash later in the year....

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

I am booked to play at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival this year on Sunday May 6th. I will be in a piano/vocal duo with the impossibly talented Kate Brown, and we will probably mostly do original jazz songs by me. It should be a lot of fun, and I am really looking forward to it.

As is the way with the music profession, periods of intense activity are followed by periods of quietness, and I have been taking it easier recently, catching up with things at Southampton University, and doing a bit of my own composition (I am working on a Jazz Cantata of sorts, but not sure how it's going to turn out yet) and thinking about promoting my songwriting. I (or to be more accurate Jimbo) will be adding new links to the website soon of more examples of my music to listen to.

Abbey Road Session 3 and Greenwich Theatre Performance

Wednesday 28th February saw another performance of Face In The Crowd at the Greenwich Theatre alongside the five other musicals that were showcased that night. Tobey, Mike and myself were all really pleased with the result and thought that Tony Berkely and Mary Stockley were both fantastic. My thanks again goes to them, MD Mike Dixon (thoroughly decent chap), and especially to the wonderful Fiona Laird whom directed the show and very wittily emcee'd the evening.

Friday 2nd March saw the final session of Superstorm recording at Abbey Road, once again with the astonishing talent of London session players whom are simply breathtaking, and handled some tricky musical moments with ease. Mark Sayer-Wade's score once again fitted the pictures superbly well, and it was a pleasure to watch the fantastic Julian Kershaw at work. My thanks go particularly to Jon Paxman who has been a rock through this project, and it without doubt one of the most unflappable and phlegmatic characters I have the good fortune to know, and also to charming and good-natured Michelle Spoonly who oversaw how we ran to time with enviable composure. The whole experience has been a blast and I couldn't hope to work with a better group. I hope Superstorm 2 gets off the ground!