2022: A Year in Photographs
Well, 2022 was a challenging year to say the least. Numerous other reviews in print, online and broadcast media have documented the extraordinary events witnessed around the globe, so I’ll limit my memories of the past 12 months to some vivid and joyous images of extraordinary musicians. Here we go…
January
Nigel Price with Quintet Blue. JazzUp! Club85, Hitchin
Denys Baptiste with Quintet Blue. JazzUp! Club85, Hitchin
February
Tomasz Bura of The Scientists. Off the Rails Club, Richmond
RUH (aka Rouhangeze (from Jazz FM) provides diaphanous vocals for Tomasz Bura and The Scientists. Off the Rails Club, Richmond
James Taylor and his Quartet. Club8, Hitchin
Tom Ollendorf, Club85, JazzUp! Hitchin
March
Nikolaj Torp Larsen with Horace Panter’s Soul Grooves band. JazzUp! Club85. Hitchin
Horace Panter with his Soul Grooves band, JazzUp! Club85, Hitchin
April
Thomas Boulosis, Jazz Ensemble, City University, London
May
Marching Band, Corfu Town, Greece. Not jazz but great fun nevertheless…
June
Shez Raja, The Bear Club, Luton
Vasilis Xenopoulos playing with the Shez Raja Collective, The Bear Club, Luton
Elina Duni with Rob Luft, The Vortex, London
July
Jo Harrop and Jaimie McCredie, Swanage Jazz Festival
Nicola Farnon, Swanage Jazz Festival
Mark Kavuma and The Banger Factory, Swanage Jazz Festival
Alex Clarke, Swanage Jazz Festival
Jazz Ahmed, Swanage Jazz Festival
Xhosa Cole, Swanage Jazz Festival
Joe “Hopepa” Lindsay, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Alexandra Palace, London
Toby Laing, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Alexandra Place, London
Vinnie Lammi, Ealing Blues Festival, London
Norman Watt-Roy, Ealing Blues Festival, London
The late Wilko Johnson, Ealing Blues Festival, London
Datura of The Vampirettes, Ealing Blues festival, London
August
Vicky Cowles of The Progfathers, Club85, Hitchin
East Apak of The Progfathers, Club85, Hitchin
Shirley Smart, Benslow Music College, Hitchin
Zeus Einstein, aka Olivier Scoazec, of the Mud Foote blues band, IJ Catcher, Amsterdam
September
The Rory Ingham Sextet front line ((L to R Rory Ingham, Nick Smart, Emma Rawicz), Club85, Hitchin
October
Laura Jurd, playing with Corrie Dick’s Sextet, uses manuscript paper as a mute for her trumpet, JazzUp! Club85, Hitchin
Federico Barrachino, blues jam band, Firenze Jazz Club, Florence, Italy
November
Hannabiell and The Midnight Blue Collective, EFG London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall
Jan Garbarek, EFG London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall
Trilok Guru with the Jan Garbarek group, EFG London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall
Joshua Redman and Christian McBride, EFG London Jazz Festival, Barbican Centre
Olympia Vitalis with Tsirus. JazzUp! Club85, Hitchin
December
Pete Myatt, Jazzface, Molly Malone’s, Hitchin
