Music with a difference

By Mike Raggett15th August 202115th August 2021 News, Reviews Alan Skidmore, Hundred Years Gallery, Mark Wastell Leave a comment

So after my new efforts at music reviewing featuring classical concerts and opera, a further opportunity presented itself in August when my friends Alan Skidmore and Mark Wastell invited me to an experimental gig they were playing at the Hundred Years Gallery in London’s Hoxton.

Second Jazz website launched

By Mike Raggett14th June 2018 News Alan Skidmore, Anthony Kerr, BBC Big Band, Billy Strayhorn, Charlie Watts, George Gershwin, Georgie Fame and the New Blue Flames, Isfahan, jazz, Royal College of Music, Summertime, vibraphone Leave a comment

Following on the success of our website for tenor saxophonist Alan Skidmore, we have just designed a website for the vibraphone ace Anthony Kerr. We have included two video clips of Anthony playing Billy Strayhorn’s Isfahan and George Gershwin’s Summertime which we filmed specially for the website and his YouTube channel. Anthony is a renowned soloist who…

Nearing the end and a new beginning

By Mike Raggett23rd March 20182nd May 2018 Uncategorised Alan Skidmore, Anthony Kerr, Harry Potter Experience, Heritage Lottery Fund, Hornet TV, jazz, Watford Community Sports & Eductaion Trust, Watford FC', Watford Museum Leave a comment

The book I’ve been compiling and writing for the Watford FC Community Sports & Education Trust is now in the final throes of production. I was interviewed for Hornet TV last week with a proof copy. (Item starts 21 mins in) It will be officially launched on 26 April at a gala dinner in the…