Letter in the Stage -Lottery money should not be used for core funding February 27th 2025

There was an article by Sarah Marsh in the Guardian on Monday 29th July 2019 reporting that rising numbers of younger fans have sparked a UK jazz renaissance and streaming sites report growth in young listeners and festivals are signing up more jazz acts. However there are two caveats. Streaming as a marketing tool allows…

During a professional career in show business that has spanned over 45 years, there is so much Pete has achieved that it is impossible to list everything. However, here are a few highlights:- Pete joined the Rod Mason Jazz Band in 1976 and formed his own fully professional band on the 1st October 1978. Throughout the…

In the glorious surroundings of Southwark Cathedral the politicians  nonsense of broken Britain was kicked firmly in the seat of the pants and into the Thames. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain ably led by Mark Armstrong and Ben Parry produced an evening of memorable music of Duke…

Joshua Reynolds when he returned from his painter’s apprenticeship in Rome picked up a copy of Samuel Johnson’s biography of Richard Savage and read it “while he was standing with his arm leaning against a chimney-piece. It seized his attention so strongly, that, not being able to lay down the book until he had finished,…

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….

Keith Little is pleased to announce a very special evening of jazz to celebrate the lives of two of the greatest characters on the jazz scene in Cardiff – Pete Locke and Alun Jones, who passed away during the lockdowns. There will be music from The Riverside Jazzband and the Keith Little Hot Six on…