The Ring Modulator

The Moss Sextet played down at Manchester's ubiquitous Matt and Phreds on Friday the 16th November. I spotted this gig courtesy of mus...

... and so it was on Saturn's Day the 17th in the novem month of the year 2007 the mighty Jan Garbarek came to Manchester. An expecta...

After faffing about and making excuses of one sort or another I finally dragged myself down to the Matt and Phreds monthly jazz jam run by ...

A special one down at Matt and Phreds last night. Polar Bear visited us up here in the dark wet and windy North pole of England. I saw th...

It's been a busy few months on the MCR jazz front. The RNCM is having a particularly good run with 'name' acts Tord Gustavson (...

Saturday saw the return to Manchester of part local band The Cinematic Orchestra . Drummer Luke Flowers and guitarist Stuart McCallum are r...

I mentioned the ' 2008: Man with a Movie Camera' experiment in database cinema' in a post below that was part of Manchester Urb...

The jam scene in Manchester continues it's ebb and flow with the appearance of a new one at The Carlton Club in Whalley Range on the l...

Just spotted whilst catching up on some tweets that a friend and work colleague, Joel Porter has a screening as part of ' Manchester U...

Went to a really inspiring gig by jazz and film composer Mike Gibbs and his Big Band at the Royal Northern College of Music last night. I...