PAUL HIGGS: Pavane – ‘….. he has to be in the top 5 Pianists anywhere …..’

[Neil McCauley]

Out resident jazz expert Tony Andrews writes …..

The primary incentive for me to write these reviews for this magnificent website is to help redress the balance between those who achieve shear musical genius and the musical mediocrity currently hyped up by the craving for “Celebrity Status”

We seem to be obsessed by being a Celebrity and once this status is achieved then ….. talent or ability becomes of secondary importance.

One truly talented musician who although very successful in his field has escaped being held as a Celebrity is Paul Higgs. He shares one thing in common with the famous film and musical about the pioneering woman Ford strikers as both he and they were both “Made in Dagenham”.

At a young age he .....

Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/02/paul-higgs-pavane-he-has-to-be-in-the-top-5-pianists-anywhere/

[struth]

Heard that name before.. thought he played trumpet.

[Neil McCauley]

Heard that name before.. thought he played trumpet.

Yes, indeed he does play trumpet - but not all of the time. Did you like the article?

[struth]

Yes. Just read it. I will have a listen to video later tonight. Got cohen on at mo.. my father in law was a top cornet player, but played anything and was pretty good on keyboard too cheers

[Neil McCauley]

Yes. Just read it. I will have a listen to video later tonight. Got cohen on at mo.. my father in law was a top cornet player, but played anything and was pretty good on keyboard too cheers

Thank you. Under the new ownership (we got purchased a couple of weeks back) we intend to increase the amount of home-grown jazz and blues coverage. This means more reviews and interviews with musicians by our writers and less reliance on material covered by other publications.

We may well take a twin-track approach with pairs of interviews with musicians.

The first interview being about the music, influences and so on, undertaken by our writers. The other interview (of the pair) will focus on how the interviewee feels about how their recordings fare at the hands of both budget and advanced domestic hifi systems; again in-house. Our first exploratory move in this direction can be seen at http://www.hifianswers.com/?s=linda+hoyle

This makes sense we feel but ..... only time will tell if this is a popular move. Regards - Neil

[struth]

More like this will do you no harm Neil. Beaut of a track, and album already in my basket :)