I enjoyed a great gig at  L'attitude bar in Greenwich on Sunday with Gordon Mark Webber (Pictured left) on vocals and Geoff Castle on Piano. The bar is part of the very stylish new Novotel hotel. Greenwich's surrounding areas have certainly changed since I lived there whilst at Goldsmiths in the 90's.  Gordon is a busy man working as a full time singer and running a pub!  His pub is called The Greenwich Inn which has a jazz jukebox inside (Only plays jazz!) If your in the area check out the live Jazz at this venue from 1.30pm to 4pm every Sunday.

I've been writing and recording  new material for my second album for about a year. I'm trying a different approach with this album, writing mainly for duos and small groups. However, over the last few months I've found it really difficult to compose anything I'm happy with. I started making my own albums because I was tired of playing other people's music only. I think it's important to keep pushing forward as a musician.

After promoting the first album with live gigs it's become very clear to me that I must not write music with the banality of trying to fit into any genre whether it be smooth, swing, avand garde, funk etc. The only way to go in life (be it music or not) is to be yourself. However when you can't please yourself with your own ideas your in trouble! I hope I start to enjoy the process of writing soon because at the moment it's hell grrrrrr!

 My next gig is this Sunday 10th of June at Boaters . The music starts at 8.30pm until 10.30pm. 

              The picture you can see here is from a recent gig at the 606 . I had the pleasure of playing Sax and Flute for the fab Vanessa Haynes . Vanessa writes and performs her own material which I think has an 'Anita Baker' influence, which can never be a bad thing!

                 I'd like to thank Alain, who is a regular down at the club. He's a surgeon by trade working for our NHS. He therfore does not get a lot of free time but one of his passions is photography and I think he's amazing! Check the gallery for more of his work.

 Here are some pictures from an out door gig I performed at on Tuesday. This a fantastic idea to have free jazz for people in the city. The park and stage are next to Charing Cross station and the jazz is performed between 12.30pm and 2.00pm. The jazz is on Tuesday's and Thursday's although not every week so do check their website !The band line up was Paul Carmichael on Bass, Martin Johnson on Drums, Tim Cansfield on Guitar and Sam Edwards - Keyboards

 I had a good night at my local club jazz club last Wednesday.  I chose to play an evening of swing jazz with Giorgio Serci on Guitar, Brent Keefe of drums and Henrick Jnsen  on double bass. All the guys played with exceptional taste. The band were really listening to each other. Click here to check out the clubs website.