Re: Living in the UK (was Re: Hungarian Artists)

From: Dave Haynes (gvcontact@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2001 - 18:18:02 CET

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    I don't really mean that the UK scene is unhealthy in general. But the nu
    jazz thing seems to be a lot more exciting in Europe (unless you live in
    London).
    any thoughts anyone?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Mark Allerton <Mark@warmspot.cix.co.uk>
    To: Dave Haynes <gvcontact@hotmail.com>
    Cc: Acid Jazz List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 4:25 PM
    Subject: Living in the UK (was Re: Hungarian Artists)

    > There are a few people from the UK on the list. I'm one of them - though
    > I'm actually living in Canada (Vancouver) now.
    >
    > OK, so I haven't seen the latest Straight No Chaser, but I've only been
    > out of the UK for a month and I wouldn't have described the scene there
    > as unhealthy, except for my bank balance. I was spending a fortune on
    > new vinyl, largely on the nu-jazz/west london front - I'm actually
    > getting withdrawal symptoms now (don't have any way of playing vinyl for
    > a while, tho' I'm sure groovedis can supply the plastic.)
    >
    > ..Mark..
    >
    > > I only really stumbled upon this seen in the last couple of weeks. I'm
    > > from
    > > the UK and didn't really know that much about the European scene. Some
    > > of it
    > > looks a lot more healthy than it is over here though. How many other
    > > people
    > > on this list are from the UK?
    > >
    > > I checked out some of your radio shows as well. Nice one.
    > >
    > > Dave Haynes
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >



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