Last one from Dingwalls the other weekend - @galliano.band bending the laws of time and space, stretching time from the distant past to beyond the here and now. Ancient to future ! @gillespeterson@patrickforge & DJ Sylvester @latinrave giving out the energy for the best dancers around. It’s a beautiful thing to behold. The Dingwalls red glow. See you next time
#gallianoband #gillespeterson #patrickforge #jazzdance #dingwalls
Another Sunday Afternoon At Dingwalls @ NEON 194, Piccadilly and @galliano.band making the world feel normal for a few hours. That was some afternoon 🙏
@janinedingwalls Sylvester, @patrickforge@gillespeterson and big thanks to @kush1969 & @plewsy_photography for documenting the day so beautifully.. pulled in some reference images for this one 🙏
#galliano #dingwalls #gillespeterson #patrickforge #jazzdance
Live drawing down at Dingwalls.. I haven’t been down for years.. shameful amount of years, but @janinedingwalls … thanks for the beautiful welcome back 😊 so first drawing is red red red & Dingwalls Janine, the creator of this incredible thing. Nice talking with @patrickforge@galliano.band too. Music, music music ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
#dingwalls #patrickforge #gillespeterson #galliano
Another Saturday night with @herbiehancock a couple of years ago @barbicancentre . Still pushing new ideas and still searching for new sounds… he’s 83 here.
@jaylenpetinaud on drums bringing the force!
#herbiehancock #postbop #jazzfusion #jazzfunk #masterclass #barbicancentre #doinit
One from the archives - Herbie Hancock’s ‘The Prisoner’ album cover which was part of the show ‘version excursion’ @intoxica_records ‘ portobello road store almost 25 years ago.
I think this was also part of a spread for @straightnochaser_mag around that time too..
Beautiful album made in celebration of Martin Luther King.
#herbiehancock #ihaveadream #bluenoterecords #albumart #albumartarchive #albumcover #musicartwork #intoxica #portobelloroad #portobelloshop #2000sera
Saturday night with Herbie Hancock & band @barbicancentre . Still pushing new ways of exploring his sound & a top tier band just scratching the surface of one of the most important back catalogues in music. The OG himself. Double H.
#herbiehancock #barbican #barbicanjazz #terenceblanchard #jamesgenus #lionelloueke #jaylenpetinaud #headhunters #bluenoterecords #columbiarecords #ververecords
The original man in black - Mr @ianhendricksonsmith just before going on with @theroots at Love Supreme. Mr Smokey Robinson came by and in a random moment just after this drawing I was dropped together with Smokey and the Roots crew for a photo. 🙏 🙏
Love Supreme was a blast. Weather was just plain rude, but the crowd was amazing and the line up was MONSTER
#lovesupreme #mytake #smokeyrobinson #unclecheef #rootscrew #daveguy #rayangry #questlove
Mr Booker T Jones in action at Ronnie Scotts last month. He was 80 the other weekend and we got to sing him Happy Birthday. His timing is still tight. His son Ted on guitar, they played a stripped down rendition of Purple Rain .. check that one on the you tubes.
Felt blessed to catch this one 🙏
#bookertjones #bookertandthemgs #memphis #staxrecords #greenonions #ronniescotts #hammondorgan #rhythmandblues #bornunderabadsign #teddyjonesmusic
Rest In Power Poppa Lou, Mr Alligator Bogaloo.
My first hook into the soul/jazz groove that was enjoying a renaissance in 1991/92 was Alligator Bogaloo lent to me on vinyl as intro to Blue Note by @leilalikesnoise
Leila had just recorded something with @galliano.band for their Joyful Noise lp and was playing it alongside this Blue Note stuff and the floodgates opened. I found my music.
Poppa Lou - thank you. @leilalikesnoise thanks as always for the musical education.
☝️ illo is Mr Lou Donaldson & Dr Lonnie Smith @thejazzcafe
. Lou commanded the night with the authority of an elder statesman and the right to play just what he fancied and have fun with it. Doc was on fire too…crowd was mad for it… great night. Doc went round and shook everyone’s hand in the front row after the set.. class.
#loudonaldson #lonniesmith #bluenoterecords #jazzcafe #souljazz
Andy Wards' illustration of Ronnie Foster playing Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club back in October.. with a few enthralled audiences members very subtlety included 😊
