Martin Taylor and Ulf Wakenius Band on the Wall Manchester Monday
Vonda Shepard Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Liverpool Tuesday
Chip Wickham Hare & Hounds Birmingham Wednesday
We were on Cloud 10 so to speak back in July listening to the track of the same name in a flowing spiritual-jazz space that landed somewhere as if time-travelling to a never to be found again Pharoah Sanders or Yusef Lateef oasis where a rare atmosphere of much sought-after serenity lives. The Chip Wickham album of the same name was recorded at the Estudio Brazil in Madrid. New GoGo Penguin drummer the much admired Jon Scott hangs the beat back to let it fertilise the groove while Nottingham-born pianist Phil Wilkinson, a former student of Darius Brubeck, is suitably decorative in context given some florid touches. In September UK indie jazz label Gondwana had a number one jazz and blues album on their hands with the record as Wickham topped the UK jazz and blues chart outselling Joshua Redman and his Moodswing band on LongGone even round about the middle of the month.
Zoe Rahman trio Firth Hall Sheffield Thursday
Simon Spillett quartet The Verdict Brighton Friday
The Colm O'Hara 10tet Arthur's Dublin Saturday
Saturday - Dublin, top
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