runs until April 2014, and includes a programme of events, performances and talks. An intimate insight into the life and work of a true UK jazz institution… www.ram.ac.uk/kenny-wheeler
Anthony Strong: Still desperately searching for that fabled bootleg Tubby Hayes 12” with the misprint on the cover? Chances are you’re not alone, and crate diggers from across the UK will be out in force to celebrate Record Store Day on 20th April. Celebrating the independent record shop scene worldwide, this is the sixth annual your nearest participating store via special events and promotions, and support your local jazz shop! www.recordstoreday.co.uk
Kenny Wheeler exhibition: On 16th April, the Royal Academy of Music will open a new exhibition entitled Kenny Wheeler: Master of Melancholy Chaos. Telling the 83year old trumpeter’s story through seven milestone recordings, the exhibition features a wealth of hitherto unseen articles and artefacts, from original scores, personal notes and sketches and memorabilia, accompanied by a series of recordings of recent interviews. The exhibition
alike, Anthony Strong releases Stepping Out on French label Naïve on 8th April. He follows in the footsteps of the crooner legends as well as more modern singers like Harry Connick Jr. and Jamie Cullum, with a classy mixture of modern band that, while undoubtedly slick, largely avoids the charges of excessive ‘smoothness’ that can often be levelled at such music. Strong’s arrangements are fresh and punchy, and his vocals and piano playing are well suited to the material on offer. Hippodrome Casino on 18th April – perhaps not quite Sinatra at the Sands, but Strong has a promising future that could lead anywhere…
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