John Fordham notices Birmingham jazz talent Percy Pursglove
A review by John Fordham in today’s Guardian describes the the annual Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition that is run by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. It was won this year by Shaney Forbes, the young drummer with Empirical, who impressed us all at the recent Empirical gig at the CBSO Centre. He is a drummer who clearly enjoys really driving a band and embellishing the soloists’ lines. So he is a worthy winner. But I was delighted to read Fordham’s comments on the bass player, Percy Pursglove, who seems to have run Forbes very close. Fordham describes Percy’s playing in this way: ‘Pursglove’s surging rhythm and pin-sharp intonation – even when flying from the basement register to the treble – flagged up a budding bass sensation ‘ Of course Percy plays bass as his second instrument and is, in fact, an amazing trumpet player. He is based in Birmingham, and graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course on which he now teaches.
We get the chance to hear Percy on the trumpet at the Rush Hour Blues session on October 23rd when he plays as part of the Ross Stanley Trio (replacing the originally advertised Jim Mullen Band).
Tony
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