(3/3) Soweto Kinch got it so right this morning on BBC Radio 4 Today . We need jazz as 'the antidote to AI' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… ( from 2:49: 20) ....and we need people communicating about it who understand that it is about, er, musicians !

(2/3) I wrote to sender asking why no artists were mentioned in her press release. 'Hi Sebastian,You can find the artist names and more information on our website: ....Kind regards.'

(1/3) I have just received a press release announcing the programme of a festival. Not a single name of a musician or act is mentioned.

Easter special! theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Deutsche Grammophon (DG) St John's Voices Naxos UK Jacques Cohen Tippett Quartet Ashley Bathgate New Focus Recordings DELPHIAN Klaus Mäkelä London Choral Sinfonia

★★★★ OUR MOTHER StoneNest Figure - Musical drama in a mother's grief, this touching staged version of #Pergolesi ’s #StabatMater features truly brilliant singing, says Bernard Hughes theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Here we go again: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Claves Records Orchid Classics Her Ensemble Bernard Hughes Robert Hollingworth Thomas Bowes

.kate molleson / Great M J Pires interview. Here's another side to her... londonjazznews.com/2017/08/17/cd-…

‘For some it will be mesmerising and hypnotic, for others more like beating inconsequentially around the bush’ Norah Jones - VISIONS - the 'musical signature' is there, but the songs are insubstantial, says Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

It's back: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Pittsburgh Symphony Deutsche Grammophon (DG) Gewandhausorchester Chandos Records BBC Philharmonic James Ehnes Riot Ensemble Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney

Interesting day. BBC announces new daily show + whopping 71% increase in broadcast hours of R3 jazz. Described today as
* 'an either/or situation'
* 'This will be a net loss'
* 'mixed fortunes for jazz radio listeners.'
Hm. All the best Soweto Kinch and Folded Wing!

One of the best things about today’s London Welsh RFC Minis St Davids Day Festival is seeing all the coaches players and parents from our visiting clubs wearing their club hats with pride 👍
London Welsh RFC 🇺🇦 London Welsh Supporters Club
OddBalls #pethaubychain

.DVLA. So close to getting scammed today. I can't believe that a search for 'gov.uk' and 'vehicle tax' on Google goes to ww1.vehicleinformation.uk/payment-tp . Where you get shamelessly conned into a £7.95 monthly subscription, with the actual vehicle tax unpaid

(2 of 2) and here's a link to the theartsdesk.com column. - some great things this week!!! theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

(1 of 2) My contribution to Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺's Saturday CDs column at theartsdesk.com: a review of a new album from a string quartet of astonishing jazz players. Video here youtube.com/watch?v=ZJOvPV…

No filler here: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Warner Classics & Erato Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra SinfoniaOfLondon Chandos Records First Hand Records (FHR) Tessa Lark Neoteric Ensemble Ulysses Arts Decca Classics

Painting, music, performance and improvisation in the surrounds of a place of learning. What the world needs now? With thanks to Rowan Hull

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With another LondonJazz News writer Rowan Hull involved. Best wishes to both!!!

I think that's a 'yes' to the console rising out of the floor, right James Ainscough OBE?! So much love for this building and everyone who works here. Royal Albert Hall

Caroline Phillips came to do the intensive stand up course I run at the Bill Murray
(Angel Comedy run lots of great courses angelcomedy.co.uk/courses/) and wrote about it today in The Times. She kindly called me a 'genius teacher' so I've peaked I think.

I knew my Kings Place #musicbase desk neighbour Dec Munro was thoughtful, witty, kind, faultlessly polite...incredibly tolerant... but he's now officially a 'genius' ( today's The Times and The Sunday Times ) thetimes.co.uk/article/my-fir…