Visiting London?

[Serial_Apologist]

Just throught I'd draw attention to the free exhibition mentioned on the BBC jazz website, now on at the Royal Academy of Music in Marylebone Road.

Titled Kenny Wheeler: Master of Melancholy Chaos, it is on now and until 5 April 2014. Opening times are 11.30 to 17.30 hrs weekdays; 13.00 to 16.00 hrs Saturdays.

http://www.ram.ac.uk/kenny-wheeler

[Serial_Apologist]

For anyone who might be in The Smoke tomorrow evening, "Friends of Kenny Wheeler" (sic) are in conversation with Alyn Shipton in the Concert Room at the Royal Academy of Music at 6 pm. Nearest Tube Regents Park, and it's about 5 minutes' walk west along the northern side of Marylebone Road.

[vinteuil]

For anyone who might be in The Smoke tomorrow evening, "Friends of Kenny Wheeler" (sic) are in conversation with Alyn Shipton in the Concert Room at the Royal Academy of Music at 6 pm. Nearest Tube Regents Park, and it's about 5 minutes' walk west along the northern side of Marylebone Road.

... an equally near Tube Station might be Baker Street, which is usually more useful than Regent's Park...

[Serial_Apologist]

... an equally near Tube Station might be Baker Street, which is usually more useful than Regent's Park...

Better connections too, so thanks, vints, useful for me for the Jubbly line too.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

not only Kenny W but also Joe Locke at 730

[Serial_Apologist]

not only Kenny W but also Joe Locke at 730

PMs received, thanks calum!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

looks like we are both going, so look out for the escaped inmates if you manage to get there

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

great evening - who would have thought it back in the day?

a very well attended session hosted by JRR's Alyn Shipton with Henry Lowther [tpt] Chris Laurence [bass] and Norma Winstone [vocals] three quarters of an hour of warm and funny reminiscences ... it would be unfair to tell the stories here [in case they go in the life stories] but if you had gained an impression of Kenny Wheeler as a Zen Gnome you would be close

Joe Locke was joined by Neil Percy [RAM H of Percussion] and students in small ensembles for mesmerising vibes playing; then the RAM Big Band run by Nick Smart and with Stan Sulzman joining Locke in the solo spotlight - Joe Locke is a warm human being and the respect he showed the students was most impressive ... everyone had a ball, played out f their skins and wowed the audience

the key issue for me after the sheer fun was this; thirty something young student musicians playing their collective socks off at the Royal Academy in a Jazz Concert ... never in a million years back in the 50s 60s 70s eh? and who would have thought back then, watching Dankworth's Big Band at the RFH, that a session of chat on that skinny guy in the trumpets would fill a room at the RAM? the BBC does not get jazz seems to me .... thanks to S_A for pointing it out, an ace evening

[Alyn_Shipton]

Calum, good to see you there and S-A too. An excellent evening, and I was only sad that I had to leave to catch my train home before the end of the big band bit. I learned a lot from the chat with Henry, Norma and Chris, and we should not forget that JLU did actually do a feature on the Kenny W exhibition at the RAM. Shame, though, that they weren't there to record this excellent concert for R!

[Serial_Apologist]

Calum, good to see you there and S-A too. An excellent evening, and I was only sad that I had to leave to catch my train home before the end of the big band bit. I learned a lot from the chat with Henry, Norma and Chris, and we should not forget that JLU did actually do a feature on the Kenny W exhibition at the RAM. Shame, though, that they weren't there to record this excellent concert for R!

Good to have met you too, Alyn; great to have met up once more with Calum, and to hear that the following concert with Joe Locke went so swimmingly. What wonderful anecdotes we heard about Kenny! Just as well Calum posted wise words on here before me, since, as is my wont, I had been tempted to spill a few beans on here!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Joe Locke's new album reviewed in da graun