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Jazz@StJames

Dorian Ford

Dorian’s aim is to showcase the excellence and diversity of jazz and related musics that London has to offer. Every Jazz and Roots night is designed to appeal to everyone – people with a wide knowledge base, and people who don’t have the same expertise but just want to have a nice evening hearing great music.

Podcasts

Podcast
Interview with Dorian Ford.

Podcasts

Podcast

Interview with Dorian Ford Interview with Carol Grimes Chatting to Carol Grimes, and some excerpts from her gig last Friday, where she wowed the crowd. And surprise guest performances from singers Anita Wardell and Mark Jennett. Listen here More Podcasts Listen to interviews with Dario Rossetti Bonell, Iain Ballamy, Robert Mitchell, Byron Wallen, Fumi Okiji, Podcasts

Longjon la Flecha

Dorian Ford
Longjon La Flecha plays experimental-psychedelic-latin influenced music combined with on-stage "magic realism storytelling".

Sparky and Marky

Dorian Ford

Cutting edge retro and eclectic funk and jazz from four unique musicians. Each come with a fine track record. They play their favourite tunes and grooves from the songbooks of Bluenote, West-Coast Jazz Rock, British fusion, and even some nu-grass.

Bop School Trio/Quartet

Dorian Ford
Taking a line for a walk - the zen approach to neo-classicism. Lennie Tristano meets Morton Feldman. It is possible to treat a jazz standard by Charlie Parker as a piece of chamber music by Mozart. It is about clean lines and transparency of form, and requires refined technique, the aim being freedom of expression.

The Bill Game Trio

Dorian Ford
Regularly featured on JazzFM, and having packed out Ronnie Scott's this year, this trio is popular and has a strong London following. A personal tribute to the late Bill Evans, this trio evolved from an exercise in transcription (Dorian transcribed the whole of the Album How My Heart Sings, including bass and drum parts). Having memorised many of Bill's tunes, the trio is more than just a slavish recreation. The rigorous foundation has long ago

Review of Piano

Dorian Ford - Piano: album artwork

by Ian Mann, 5th Sept. 2006 The album was recorded at St. Margaret’s Church, Putney in October 2001 over the course of a single day and the pieces were played in the same order as they appear on the CD. Besides his jazz training at Berklee College, Boston, USA Ford has also studied classical piano Review of Piano

Review of Grass – Music by Other People

Grass: album artwork

by Ian Mann, 5th Sept. 2006 Music By Other People was recorded back in 1999 by the group Grass and features Ford together with saxophonist Jack Arnold, bassist Ben Hazleton and a very young Sebastian Rochford on drums, probably one of his earliest recordings. The group cover four compositions by jazz masters Charles Mingus, Duke Review of Grass – Music by Other People