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John Parry

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Lifelong listener and occasional commentator- further adventures can be found on instagram, tumblr and sound selection/mixtapes on: mixcloud.com/HouseAtTheFootOfTheMountain/
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Track: Benjamin Lazar Davis releases new track ‘What if I’

  • December 14, 2020
  • John Parry
You may have picked up on Benjamin Lazar Davis from his 2018 debut ‘Nothing Matters’, an impressively carefree collection of contemporary song-writing, rhythmic heartbeats and lush musical landscapes. Or maybe…
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Salami Rose Joe Louis – new track ‘We’re Dumb’ and album ‘Chapters of Zdenka’

  • December 13, 2020
  • John Parry
It fits that Lindsay Olsen, aka. Salami Rose Joe Louis, used to be a scientist. Her music commits to questions and experiments, probing the possibilities of out-there pop with a…
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Live Review: Gwilym Simcock, London Jazz Festival – 606 Club live stream 19.11.20

  • December 1, 2020
  • John Parry
One of the quirky things about reviewing live streams for BSM during the London Jazz Festival week is that it has actually begun to feel that I’ve been going to…
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Album Review: Tori Handsley – ‘As We Stand’

  • December 1, 2020
  • John Parry
FOREVER associated with folklore whimsy, celestial mystery and the delicate songstress, maybe the harp will always have an image problem? Of course in jazz there have inevitably been those who…
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Live Review: Tenderlonious, London Jazz Festival: Shoreditch Town Hall, November 22nd

  • November 28, 2020
  • John Parry
So the last night of the London Jazz festival and you can imagine what might have been in the unrestricted freedom of pre-COVID times. Tenderlonious and chums playing a selection…
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Live Review: Binker Golding, London Jazz Festival, King’s Place – 21.11.20

  • November 24, 2020
  • John Parry
Even before saxophonist Binker Golding’s streamed show at King’s Place on Saturday night, we knew we were in for something a little bit out – there. The pre-show blurb had…
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Live Review: Dinosaur – London Jazz Festival, Kings Place 15.11.20

  • November 20, 2020
  • John Parry
It’s amazing when you realise that trumpet player and composer Laura Jurd and her Dinosaur buddies, Elliott Galvin (keys), Corrie Dick (drums) and Conor Chaplin (bass) have been making music…
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Live Review: SEED Ensemble & Guests- Celebrating Pharoah Sanders 14 /11/20 London Barbican

  • November 16, 2020
  • John Parry
‘Jazz is cool’ must have been the mantra that the London Jazz Festival organisers offered up many times over the past few turbulent months as they tried maintain calm and…
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Track: James Yorkston- Upcoming album ‘The Wide,Wide River’ + preview track ‘Struggle’

  • November 16, 2020
  • John Parry
Warm, natural, humorous, gentle, empathic ….all words that justifiably get bandied about in the scrabble to describe James Yorkston’s music. What is often overlooked is his calm navigation of different…
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NEWS: London Jazz Festival moves online – schedule updates

  • November 10, 2020
  • John Parry
LIKE the music itself, the London Jazz Festival, which runs from November 13th to 22nd, just refuses to be silent. A month ago we brought you news of the ambitious…
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