Just a quick one to say that I’m very pleased to be getting involved with a great new scene in Walthamstow, NE London; the tireless Carlos Lopez-Real has set up E17 jazz (website coming soon courtesy of yours truly), which ran its first festival on Sunday featuring a large ensemble of local players and new music by fantastic pianist Liam Noble. The MySpace page has information about gigs etc for now. It has a really good collective vibe, everyone chipping in to keep things running and build the organisation, and I’m sure its going to keep going from strength to strength. Go and check out some gigs (and some fine beers at the Rose and Crown.....)!

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