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...Strickland chose Billy Strayhorn’s “Chelsea Bridge” and McBride Joe Henderson’s jam-session favourite “Recorda Me” — McBride had worked with the late saxophonist....
...The first set included Luiz Bonfá’s classic bossa nova “Black Orpheus”, and the second set opened with saxophonist Joe Henderson’s Latin-jazz warhorse “Recorda Me”....
...Its frontman was Michael Mwenso who — until Marsalis lured him to JALC in 2012 — had run the late-show gigs at Ronnie Scott’s and been a vivacious presence on London’s jazz scene....
...For example, moving Henderson Far East Income trust from England to Jersey in 2006 cost about £450,000....
...As on the recording there are two contrasting trumpeters – at this gig Dave Weiss, poised and technical; Eddie Henderson, urbane and lustrous-toned – a fiery saxophonist – Billy Harper on tenor sax – and...
...I feel poor in front of them,” said Ronnie Chan, Hang Lung’s chairman who, together with his brother, are estimated to worth US$2.6bn by Forbes. world.view@ft.com...
...‘Women in Jazz Week’, Ronnie Scott’s, London, March 8-13. www.ronniescotts.co.uk...
...Henderson’s introduction was pure soul-cheese....
...With a bit of a squeeze, Ronnie Scott’s can accommodate a medium-sized big-band without too much trouble – even Count Basie and Buddy Rich’s ensembles have performed here....
...Pianist William Henderson twinkles rhythmically enough, but it was Joe Farnsworth’s exhibition solos – all tricks and paradiddles – that lifted the audience Sanders saved his best-known composition “The...
...You can wait ages for a top US band at Ronnie Scott’s, and then three turn up at once....
...“He was an appealing person who during his tenure at ICI became the first media figure in British industry,” said Sir Ronnie Hampel, chairman of ICI between 1995 and 1999....
...fresh-faced UK modern jazz quintet led by the seasoned bass player Arnie Somogyi, celebrated being the first jazz band to secure a creative residency at the Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh with this short season at Ronnie...
...Ronnie: The Autobiography By Ronnie Wood Pan Macmillan £20, 358 pages FT bookshop price: £16 Roguish anecdotes tumble from Ronnie Wood’s autobiography: horseplay with Rod Stewart and Keith Richards, a wife-swapping...
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