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When I think of creative voices in singing, one of the best examples in my opinion is Betty Carter, the great improvising singer. I was fortunate enough to see and hear her in concert in the intimate setting of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club a couple of times. On one of...

It might come across as a banal observation to say that time doesn’t stand still. Obviously we are all aware of the impact of the passing minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades on our lives.The process of change is in many cases imperceptible, so we...

Continuing my riff on vintage forms of transportation, I was once taught by a composer who has an avid interest in collecting vintage cars. He gave me a lift once in a vehicle that wouldn’t have looked out of place in an early Charlie Chaplin silent movie. I was...