the name of the book is :-
Ronnie Scott's 1959-69
it has already had a very favourable review ……..reading
Ronnie Scott's 1959-69 is due for publication on October 17th 2019, accompanied by an exhibition at the Barbican in London.
If you know Reel Art Press then you know that they only ever produce brilliant and beautiful books and this promises to be up there with some of their best.
Ronnie Scott's in London is one of the worlds most celebrated Jazz clubs and this book marks the clubs 60th anniversary. Freddy Warren began photographing Ronnie Scott's when it was still a building site and went on to photograph every happening at the club for over ten years.
This is the first time his vast archive has been accessed and nearly all of the images are completely unseen. Photographs of Ronnie and Pete sitting around a fire warming their hands on the building site and inspecting walls are followed by performance shots of the greats of Jazz including Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stan Getz, Zoot Simms,Duke Ellington, Nina Simone and many more. Powerful on stage portraits are accompanied by relaxed off stage moments such as Yusef Lateef holding an impromptu meeting around soup pots in the Kitchen. This book is a warm and intermate portrait of a legendary jazz venue.
to say i was very pleased to have read this is an under statement I know my uncle Fred would be so happy and humbled by the attention his work is getting so on his behalf i would like to thank you
Well finally I can tell you all that a book on Freddy's work is due for release on October 17th it has taken some time for it to come to fruition but its been a worth while wait I would like to thank some people that have given me so much help and encouragement first of all I would like to thank Tony Normand for taking on this book and all of the amazing people at Reel Art Press who make this publishing company so amazingly good at what they do. Graham Marsh for all of his invaluable input. Mark Baxter because with out him this book would never have happened this man is one of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet and Victoria Yeulet for her encouragement and help thank you all so much
Miles Davis Jazz Trumpeter,Band leader, composer Born on this day in 1926 in Alton Illinois
Its been 32 years today since we lost arguably the best drummer we have ever seen and it goes to show even today how much his music is loved and how much of an infuence he has been on so many of todays drummers and still his music is played and appreciated by so many and of all different ages
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Another sad day today as we lose another great of music Hugh Masekela the South African trumpet player who succumbed to prostrait cancer... His music was a cultural force during aparthied
Today is the 44th anniversary of Tubby Hayes death
Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar
