Words and pictures by Garry Corbett Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton UK 23-04-2016 All but one of the compositions played by the trio known as Malija at the Arena came from their only album to date The Day I Had Everything. That… Read More ›
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Malija
CBSO Centre, Birmingham UK 29-01-2016 The first Jazzlines gig of 2016 augurs well for a strong year: three exceptionally fine musicians familiar to British jazz fans but in a fresh context. Malija is Mark Lockheart (tenor and soprano saxophones), Liam… Read More ›
Pick of the Midland gigs – January 2016
Here’s a brief guide to the five events I’d suggest are most worth getting to this month. Of course there is a lot of good stuff out there that’s not on this brief list, and everyone’s taste is different. But these… Read More ›
Malija – The Day I Had Everything
(Edition Records) Well, the slightly over-the-top response would be to suggest that the day I had everything was the day three of my favourite London-based musicians got together to make a trio record. The three musicians in question are saxophonist Mark… Read More ›
Tomorrow – here’s how you can call it “the day I had everything”
Think buying 11 tracks of the marvellous Mark Lockheart, the delightful Liam Noble and the wonderful Jasper Høiby and paying for 11 tracks is enough to float your dream boat? Think again. You could have one track of the debut album, The… Read More ›
Edition Records announces exciting new signings
I can’t quite believe that Edition Records began just seven years ago – for a small company it has certainly made a big impact on my CD collection and on my listening habits. Yes, it might inevitably have lost out… Read More ›
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