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So pleased to see this vinyl reissue of Kenny Wheeler's ground breaking "Gnu High" coming soon,and I am very proud to have been asked to contribute the liner notes. I hope this glorious new @ECMRecords release reaffirms just what an extraordinary and irreplaceable artist he was.
LUMINESSENCE Kenny Wheeler – Gnu High The album’s gatefold sleeve includes new liner notes by Kenny’s friend,colleague and biographer Nick Smart. Pre-order now: https://t.co/Bs5DCJhGUM
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Great night on Wednesday at @Spicejazzsoho1 performing the music of John Mayer’s Indo-Jazz Fusions, with @JonnySitar & the amazing jazz students of @RoyalAcadMusic. Celebrating the anniversary of John coming to study at the Academy 70 years ago! Check out the review below 👇
Great concert at @SpiceOfLifeSoho this week with our students and Head of Jazz, Nick Smart, celebrating the music of John Mayer 🎷 🎶 Read the @LondonJazz review here: https://t.co/MIHghU010B 📸 Robert Crowley
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Fantastic Jazz Festival week complete!! Thanks to all the wonderful guest bandleaders, and to the students who smashed it out the park as always!🔥🎶 Next stop for @RoyalAcadMusic Big Band is @officialronnies with the wonderful @billlaurance as part of @Jazzwise celebrations!💥❤️
A snapshot of our sold-out Academy Jazz Festival which took place this week featuring @hartvibe , @jolawry , @byronwallen , Will Vinson, @ToussaintSax and @ToriFreestone . Congratulations to all involved! 🎷
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✨ TONIGHT ✨ TSOJTC presents Stan Sulzmann Organ Quartet #AlbumLaunch #ShadowPainting feat. @nicksmartmusic (trumpet), Ross Stanley (organ) & Tim Giles (drums) ✌️ shows - doors 7pm/9pm 🎟️ https://t.co/b0Wbzav8C9
@LondonJazz @londonjazzlive @hackneywick @Jazzigator
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Looking forward to tomorrow night at the @RoyalAcadMusic - we’ll be kicking off the city’s Jazz Festival proceedings in our own way with the incredible @JoYaNdEaRs Jason Yarde, featuring a wonderful special guest in @adjoseph & conducted by the amazing @juliansiegel1
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Genius!! And oh so true... @Cassetteboy nailing it again 👏
New! We've made a video for our friends @PrivacyInt for their Free to be Human campaign - Cassetteboy vs Boris Vs Covid
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Huge thanks to all the amazing students who took part, and to Daniel Ehrlich who spent hours collating files, mixing and editing the video. Sending all best wishes to everyone and hoping we soon start making music together again in person.
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.... both as a tribute to the hard work that had gone into our project with UM, and in acknowledgement of our commitment to make it happen in the future....
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... As the Covid-19 lockdown took effect and it became clear the project was not going to go ahead, we put an open call out to all our jazz students wishing to take part in this virtual recording of one of his most iconic compositions...
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This has a particular poignancy as we were due to record the work alongside a number of other rare Kenny Wheeler charts at Abbey Road tomorrow and Wednesday with students from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami..
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I’m so proud to share this & appreciative of the students who contributed to this @RoyalAcadMusic Virtual Big Band performance of Kenny Wheeler’s “Smatta”-a rare arrangement of Kenny’s from his earliest BBC broadcasts in the 70s which we performed in Jan to mark his 90th birthday
We're so excited to share Academy Big Band's epic performance of Kenny Wheeler's 'Smatta' 🎶 They were due to record this with students from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Instead, you can enjoy it from home #RAMplaysON Full version here: https://t.co/cMshdx1n2j
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Very chuffed and honoured to be included in the nominees for this year, huge thanks to everyone who voted and all the hard work that goes into running these awards, and big congratulations to all the wonderful nominees...
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Alongside our Virtual Jazz Festival lineup, we're proud to announce that we will be raising money throughout UK Music Day for the Musicians' Union and their Coronavirus Fund. You can find out more and how to donate here: https://t.co/7gWt0r6daA (1/4) #UKMusicDay
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Thanks to @MasterHarkerUK for the blog about my #nickdrake project... looking forward to playing some of that music again in April as part of a residency at @cubouldermusic
#jazz #blog this morning on my #Facebook #musicblog page Theresa’s Sound World⭐️ I discuss @nicksmartmusic jazz interpretations of #nickdrake songs in a mini-blog⭐️Hope you drop by for a read & a listen 😀 #jazzmusic #modernjazz #musicblogger
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Always a thrill and privilege to play with the amazing #StanSulzmann, especially in his great quartet with the amazing #RossStanley and #TimGiles. We’re at the wonderful @jazzintheround on Mon 24th Feb, @cockpittheatre ...
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Thanks to all who came down yesterday and excited for the second night of the @RoyalAcadMusic jazz festival tonight. Three more great ensembles led by three amazing, special guests, #NiaLynn, @jasperhoiby and #JohnGunther 🔥🎶
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Congratulations again to @sowetokinch on his Honorary Associateship of @RoyalAcadMusic - and thanks to him, @trishclowes and @hartvibe on their three amazing sets... pic courtesy of Michael Johnson
Today’s been a very life affirming day. Received an Honorary Associateship from @RoyalAcadMusic 🔥🔥🔥 And been inspired by three ensembles lead by @trishclowes @hartvibe and moi. Big love to @nicksmartmusic The…
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