2010 in Music and Art  my project for last year, now complete; a new piece of music and visual artwork every week for the year of 2010  

Nils Solberg  great guitar player and graphic artist. I  went to college with Nils and have stayed close ever since                         

Phil Parnell  super funky American pianist, now resident in Denmark. We both play on Nils Solberg's latest album.

Mike Piggott  One of the best jazz violinists around, very good friend and blues guitar player to boot!

Richard Pite  Spectacular drummer, sousaphone player and double bassist. 

Keith Nichols  Incomparable ragtime and classic pianist .

Ian Ritchie  Fantastic producer, saxophonist and writer. Ian recorded my album "We Met".    

Gary Potter  Astounding guitar player. To see Gary play is to suspend belief.

Peter Ind  Bass legend, visual artist, record label boss and club owner. Like just about everyone else, I had  some fantastically useful lessons from Peter. Another Twickenham resident.

Ian Cruickshank  Long standing friend, guitar guru and writer. Ian runs his band "Gypsy Jazz" and Fret records.

Andy Aitchison  Lovely lyrical jazz violin player with a subtle different way of playing.
 
Jonathan Taberner  Wonderful swinging pianist and award winning web designer.

Esmond Selwyn  Ace guitar player, we used to work together in Don Rendell's band.

Flora Gare. Artist and teacher inc.South Hill Park. Flora specialises in stunning, large scale sculpture.

Bella Pieroni  Mainly figurative artist with a wonderful free style. Hugely successful and a Twickenham resident.

Clare Brice-Betts  Subtle, sensitive artist who paints free, abstracted male nudes and lanscapes. 

Emily Morgan  Great sculptor who now lives in Canada. I sometimes used to model for Emily when she lived and worked on Eel Pie island. No relation.

Simon Burder  Artist and print maker. Simon also teaches all over London.

Martin Davison  Painter and clarinet player. Martin's paintings always have a lovely use of light.

Suzy Abrahams  Suzy is part of the fountain gallery co-operative and produces really interesting work, see in particular her "Hampton Court" series. 

Nils Landmark Solberg F.R.S.A.  The late father of Nils the guitar player (above). A wonderful painter.

Pauline Sutton  Very beautiful sculpture, really interesting and varied work.

JTCD's  Web jazz CD sales, you can get my albums here.

Par-ici  Very interesting Twickenham shop that sells the work of  local artists and craftsmen. My CDs are on sale there.

Clarke Biesele. Clarke makes excellent  magnetic double bass pickups in Canada, I have "003" and use it for high volume playing.

Newtone strings  Hand made guitar strings, You can talk with the "man himself" who designs and makes them. I use them on my bass guitars and really enjoy  them.


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