Interviews

Author's Interview with Mike Goss
In the summer of 1972, I went into Drum City in Shaftesbury Avenue and Philwas in there. He had a pair of sticks and was not having an argument but...
Author's Interview with Mike Goss
In the summer of 1972, I went into Drum City in Shaftesbury Avenue and Philwas in there. He had a pair of sticks and was not having an argument but...

Author's Interview with Anthoney Blankley
I come from Stamford in Lincolnshire, and we used to get some of the mainbands at a cinema / theatre in Kettering about twenty miles away. In about 1950,the Squadronaires...
Author's Interview with Anthoney Blankley
I come from Stamford in Lincolnshire, and we used to get some of the mainbands at a cinema / theatre in Kettering about twenty miles away. In about 1950,the Squadronaires...

Author's Interview with Keith Raison
I was a good friend of Dick Morrissey for many years. I first heard Phil playing with him and his Quartet in the mid-sixties at the Bulls Head in Barnes....
Author's Interview with Keith Raison
I was a good friend of Dick Morrissey for many years. I first heard Phil playing with him and his Quartet in the mid-sixties at the Bulls Head in Barnes....

Author's Interview with Tony Dunn
I went into the Plough at Stockwell one night. Phil was playing with Peter King the alto player. I sat down almost next to Phil. He’d got his Alsatian dog...
Author's Interview with Tony Dunn
I went into the Plough at Stockwell one night. Phil was playing with Peter King the alto player. I sat down almost next to Phil. He’d got his Alsatian dog...

Author's Interview with Peter Crumpton
Although my name is Peter Crumpton, I had a professional musical name of Peter Comton. I had a big band that issued a recording on Doug Dobell’s 77 label. I...
Author's Interview with Peter Crumpton
Although my name is Peter Crumpton, I had a professional musical name of Peter Comton. I had a big band that issued a recording on Doug Dobell’s 77 label. I...

Author's Interview with John Checketts
I knew Tony Richards from going to jazz clubs in the Midlands. We had a jazz club in the early 60s in Wolverhampton at the Queens Hotel and front-line musicians...
Author's Interview with John Checketts
I knew Tony Richards from going to jazz clubs in the Midlands. We had a jazz club in the early 60s in Wolverhampton at the Queens Hotel and front-line musicians...