bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Video of Zoe Gilby and Andy Champion Duo at Blaydon Jazz Club this Autumn. Click here. (For part one.) It's terrific! Lance. (Video by courtesy of http://www.musicfilmbroth.com/ .)
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... from the Side and the Highfield so look for some jazz funk grooves. ACV was formed by Bassist Andy Champion as a vehicle to showcase his compositions. The music draws from his main influences - Jazz, Progressive Rock and Metal with a healthy amount of free-improvisation thrown in for good measure.. 2:15 blast off. An hour later, Mark Williams - in my humble op, definitely the North-east's,...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Zoe - vocals ; Andy Champion - double bass ; Noel Dennis - trumpet & flugel horn ; Richard Brown - drums ; Mark Williams - guitar. As Mark Williams and I arrived in Saltburn tonight, darkness rained heavily on the small seaside town yet, lucky for some, the Community Centre was bathed in a welcoming ecclesiastical light with a large banner proudly announcing : JAZZ CONCERT TONIGHT...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Jason Yarde (composer, conductor, alto & sop. sax), John Warren (composer & conductor), Paul Edis (piano), Andy Champion (double bass), Adrian Tilbrook (drums), Graham Hardy (trumpet), Sean Hollis (trumpet & flugel), Shaun Eland (trumpet & flugel), Noel Dennis (trumpet & flugel), Matt Ball (trombone), Alex Leathard (trombone), Keith Norris (trombone), Chris Hibbard...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jon Taylor (ten/flt/harm/vcl), Jim Birkett (gtr), Jeremy McMurray (pno), Andy Champion (bs), Bill Shield (dms). Good, honest, straight down the middle swing from Leeds based Jon Taylor. From the opening "Zing Went The Strings of my Heart" to the penultimate "Cheek to Cheek" Jon Taylor dug in and swung out on tenor, flute. and blues harp. His sax playing relates to...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... of myself as Alister. Williamson on bass had some clever tricks with the bow which I've seen Andy Champion do better but when he did get around to a semblance of normality he was okay. Drummer Buck played with both bands - more... BML&B were a different teapot of turbot. When Bevan tuned up I was impressed - some bands forget although I suspect that, with this outfit it doesn't...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Ruth Lambert (vcl), Mark Williams (gtr), Paul Edis (pno), Andy Champion (bs,), Tim Johnstone (dms), Graham Hardy (tpt), Graeme Wilson (ten). The girl was nervous, this was a big one for her. Ruth and the team had put a lot of time and effort into launching this, her second CD, in a blaze of local publicity. If she fell flat on her face she'd be doing it in front of a lot of fans and friends...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
This Friday sees the eagerly awaited launch of Ruth Lambert's new CD at the Saville Exchange, North Shields. So far everyone who has heard the disc has raved over it and this is the chance to hear it live and to meet the star herself. The accompanying sextet ccomprises Graeme Wilson (ten), Graham Hardy (tpt), Paul Edis (pno), Andy Champion (bs), Mark Williams (gtr), Tim Johnstone (dms)...
