Interview with musician Roger Beaujolais - talking about his album, #vibraphone heroes and touring with FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION - for LondonJazz News Mark Nevin Bay Horse Totnes

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May's #BookRecommendations column - some crackers and I also learned that Shane MacGowan was a Turgenev fan - for The Independent

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May's #BookRecommendations column - some crackers and I also learned that Shane MacGowan was a Turgenev fan - for The Independent

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Duke Ellington was born 125 years ago today. Here's a tribute piece to a fine tribute album, by the French #jazz master Michel Petrucciani, the first European signed by Blue Note Records

The The Independent is partnering with Hay Festival for a new panel series - looking forward to being part of this
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Warning: not one for ommetaphobes

Review of #SalmanRushdie 's new memoir 'Knife' Jonathan Cape - for The Independent

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There are some wonderful new releases this April. My monthly #BookRecommendations for The Independent

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Lovely #EllaFitzgerald material on BBC last night. My late father John met her a few times and wrote this tribute for The Telegraph some years back

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Terrific film featuring my brilliant brother Barney @Red News

American Amanda King is bringing her show celebrating Ella Fitzgerald to PizzaExpress Live The Pheasantry this month. KateSmith Promotions
Interview for LondonJazz News

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Mum was a down to earth trailblazer who broke barriers; at Utd, in life. My brother Martin Chilton wrote this lovely piece about her 'other life' away from football at penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/… There wouldn't be a RedNews without her. I hope she's having some party somewhere. ❤️

“Ish is a good singer. He'll play the guitar and sing with us, sometimes some folk music.'

Chat with #jazz singer Stacey Kent about Kazuo Ishiguro, Southbank Centre gig, new album naïve & book of Nobel winner's lyrics Faber Books - LondonJazz News ⬇️

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Carrie Fisher dropping acid on set of The Blues Brothers, human cryogenics, Gen Z's anxiety epidemic, Hitler's obsession about the evils of eating oranges... all part of March's #BookRecommendations - for The Independent
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The crazy (ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!) life of Jackie Coogan, child #movie star for Charlie Chaplin who went on to play Uncle Fester. He died #OTD in 1984. For The Telegraph

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Happy 80th birthday to Richard Ford... a former sports writer, of course. The Independent interview from last year

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March's vibrant 'Soul on Ice' Festival at Rich Mix includes #Chicago jazz group The Katalyst Conversation.
Preview for LondonJazz News includes chat with saxophonist Ari Brown, 80, telling funny story about Sonny Stitt
Certain Blacks The Cocoa Butter Club
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“Mongo only pawn in game of life”

The wild true story of the Mel Brooks classic #blazingsaddles - which is 50 this week. For The Independent

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Photographer and writer Val Wilmer, a friend to both my late parents, is a hugely significant figure in #jazz . Looking forward to hearing her #DesertIslandDiscs

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Congratulations to Jason Isbell on two more #GRAMMYs - his recent London solo show at Union Chapel London was terrific. This in-depth interview by Louis Chilton has a wonderful pay-off line

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This is shark bait not click bait... the remarkable inside story of Peter Benchley's #Jaws , 50 this week.
For The Telegraph 👇
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