award winning

JAZZ

saxophonist

Simon Spillett

 

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The Ant and the Elephant
10.07.2026
The Ant and the Elephant

Speculating on what exactly makes a successful jazz biography is a game for fools. Readers of jazz histories, like listeners to jazz records, aren’t always after the same thing.

Where we started
16.06.2026
Where we started

I’m not a great believer in synchronicity. However, every so often circumstances combine in a way which suggests events that are on the face of it purely random may, in fact, have some sort of connective thread.

Giants, all sizes: Tubby Hayes and Sonny Rollins
03.06.2026
Giants, all sizes: Tubby Hayes and Sonny Rollins

Imitation, we’re assured, is the sincerest form of flattery. It’s also very often the most convenient.

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