We made this little video with some of us chatting about the album and the band in general, hope you enjoy…
If you like whats on the video, you can hear the rest of the album (and purchase the CD or mp3 download) here.
Posted by on 15/05/2012 at 16:09 in misc, news and tagged big ideas, video, youtube. Leave comments here.
Further to the amazing response that we had from the Big Ideas launch gig at Ronnie Scott’s a couple of weeks ago, here’s a video filmed on the night of our new mystery cover that was suggested by you guys! Serious are now offering you the chance to win a signed CD if you can guess what it is – all the details are here, closing date is tomorrow though (Tuesday 6th) so get cracking.
I also had a little chat with Serious before the gig which you can see below, talking about the genesis of the band, our relationship with Ronnie Scott’s, and the new album – see if you can spot the deliberate mistake in the interview…
Posted by on 05/03/2012 at 20:09 in misc and tagged competition, ronnie scott's, serious, youtube. Leave comments here.
Ahead of the first of the launch shows for Big Ideas in Manchester next week, I did a short interview with the guys from the RNCM about our influences and our beginnings in Manchester – check it out below. Should also say that I had a cold at the time hence the slightly snotty quality to my voice, sorry…
Posted by on 09/02/2012 at 13:42 in gigs, misc and tagged big ideas, interview, manchester, rncm, youtube. Leave comments here.
Our new live EP recorded at the legendary Band on the Wall venue in Manchester is available to download NOW! Head on over to our shop to take a listen or check it out below… You also get a pdf photo album included with the download with 10 great shots by Martin Wilson of us during the soundcheck and the gig back in June.
Don’t forget that the EP launch is Thursday 20th October back at Band on the Wall (where else!) and it’ll be an amazing night – get your tickets in now, they’re cheaper in advance. Also if you’re coming down, say hello on our facebook event!
You’ll also have seen that we’re releasing an extremely limited edition DVD alongside the download which will initially be available exclusively at gigs – you’ve seen pictures of the box, now its time for a preview of the video! Check out queen spark below…
See you on Thursday! We start at 8pm sharp, don’t be late…
Posted by on 17/10/2011 at 11:03 in gigs, news and tagged band on the wall, dvd, live ep, party, youtube. Leave comments here.
Part of our prize as winners of the European Young Artists’ Jazz Award was the opportunity to give the opening concert of the Burghausen International Jazz Festival playing before Chick Corea & Gary Burton in a gig that was filmed for German TV station BR-alpha. Some of the tracks from that gig are now up on youtube! Take a look below…
Posted by on 22/05/2011 at 20:13 in news and tagged bake, burghausen, european young artists' jazz award, everything in its right place, just, radiohead, video, yafw, youtube. Leave comments here.
Following the round up over the past few days of photos from our recent prize winning trip to Germany, I thought I’d post a round up with full size versions of a few of the best ones…
This first one was taken by Robert Piffer, a photographer from Burghausen. Think its great how he’s managed to fit the entire band into one shot, and especially with me being mid air at the time!
This one I like for the posing going on – all very boy band…
I think this one captures how we were all feeling whilst watching the other bands in the competition after we’d played our set – pretty nervous to say the least
…whilst this one captures how we were feeling after it was announced that we’d won! (photo again by Robert Piffer)
And I like this one as you get a feel for how beautiful a place Burghausen is – sun was shining, by the river, castle at the top of the hill… Nick and Owen just look like they’re taking it all in!
Finally wanted to put up this video of us walking down the main street in Burghausen, which has plaques of all the jazz greats that have played at their festival over its 42 years – its incredible the names that are there. Playing over the video is some audio recorded when we played before Chick Corea and Gary Burton, recorded by Bayern2 radio.
Thanks again to everyone at B-Jazz for treating us so well, and thanks to everyone we met in and around Burghausen! Hopefully be back soon…
Posted by on 08/04/2011 at 21:18 in misc and tagged burghausen, germany, photos, video, youtube. Leave comments here.
Whilst exploring some other jazz blogs I thought it might be nice for me to try to blog about things other than shamelessly plugging Beats & Pieces related stuff all the time – on that note I thought I’d mention some of the things that I’ve been listening to recently, and this list features three big bands that you should definitely check out…
Some of you may know that my Efpi Records co-founder Sam Andreae is studying across Scandinavia at the moment, currently in Aarhus. He sent me back a CD of an amazing Danish band called the Blood, Sweat, Drum n Bass Big Band and I’ve been listening to it quite a lot… Check them out on myspace (Redrum/Asa Nisi Masa is particularly cool) or there’s a taster video of their live show below.
One of my biggest musical heroes is Django Bates, and I was really excited when I heard that he was releasing a live recording of Loose Tubes, the band that bred a whole generation of British jazz musicians including Julian Arguelles, Steve Berry, Mark Lockheart and Iain Ballamy, whose music up til now has only been available on second hand vinyl (I got mine on eBay…). That CD, called ‘Dancing on Frith Street‘ is now out (as of today in fact) and I’ve been playing it constantly since it arrived with me on Saturday due to the eagerness of HMV to deliver – cheers!
Also while browsing the London Jazz Festival programme it was a nice surprise to see that Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society are coming over from New York. I first heard about Darcy and his band about 18 months ago and their debut CD ‘Infernal Machines’ is great – you can also download full recordings of their live gigs from their website. Secret Society are playing at Cafe Oto on Thursday 18th November, see you there…
P.S. I couldn’t mention the London Jazz Festival without pointing out that we’ll also be playing… Sunday 21st November, 7pm, Spice of Life in Soho!
Posted by on 27/09/2010 at 23:28 in misc and tagged blood sweat drum n bass, darcy james argue, django bates, london jazz festival, loose tubes, secret society, youtube. Leave comments here.
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