Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation

Sunday 25 February 7.30pm Jazz on the Plaza Café Yukari, Kew, TW9 4HJ – Chris Hodgkins – Trumpet, + Terence Collie – Piano and Esther Ng – Double Bass The Thursday 29th February has been cancelled and we are now on the 5th April at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London, SW1A…

An excellent article in June’s edition of Jazzwise by Andy Robson. NYJO are celebrating fifty years. They used to say life begins at forty but in this case,  life roars ahead at fifty. Congratulations to Bill Ashton, Nigel Tully, Jack Fallow, Mark Armstrong and the rest of the NYJO team.

I’m one of 1,000+ musicians who are jointly releasing this album to protest the UK government’s planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life’s work of the country’s musicians to AI companies for free. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans go ahead….

Pete Allen Newsletter September 2023 Welcome to the Pete Allen Newsletter for September here are the gigs: 3rd   The Bacon Arms, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JB. 2.30 pm to 5 pm.  Admission is £15 at the door, preferably by cash or cheque payable to P ALLEN. 6th   The Conservative Club, Radway Place, Sidmouth, EX10 8TL       3 pm to 5.30 pm.  Admission is £15 at the door, preferably…

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night-Time Economy Report On Impact Of Covid-19 On UK Nightlife Read the report Here 40 MPs tell Chancellor and PM, act now or see ‘extinction’ of UK Nightlife The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Night Time Economy, a cross-party group of more than 40 MPs, has today published the…