Upcoming Gigs

On January 30th fantastic six-man a cappella pop group The Magnets SOLD OUT London's famous venue The Roundhouse. All 1200 tickets were sold before the day and the evening was a huge success. A fantastic way to start 2010 – the band’s 10th Year in the business. The gig made up part of the Reverb festival, a celebration of genre-defying music and featured the Roundhouse Experimental Choir.

The Magnets are touring this Autumn and limited dates are still available. For further info on booking the band and for their full tour dates contact Air Artist Agency.

The Pheasantry on the Kings Rd is a building with an amazing history and a rich musical heritage. Initially this was a royal household sat amongst rolling fields full of pheasants which were hunted for sport, hence the title. Over the last 100 years it has become famous for its artistic connections. During the 1930’s to 1950’s the first floor was the home of a ballet school, in the swinging 60’s the Pheasantry became a bohemian place to hang out. Eric Clapton lived within its walls, Germaine Greer wrote The Female Eunuch, and the Beatles had one of their album sleeves photographed.

Tim's Bach album received a fantastic review in Gramophone, further cementing his profile as one of the leaders in the Jazz/Classical Genre.

"Tim Garland is arguably one of the finest players in the world on soprano saxophone. "

We are very proud to announce the signing of a new artist to our roster: outstanding saxophonist, band leader and writer GILAD ATZMON

Gilad Atzmon, best known for the work with his ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE and as sidemen to Ian Dury's Blockheads, will be touring heavily over the coming months in support of his new album “In Loving Memory Of America” (Enja), which has just recently been released and was celebrated by the media:

Tim's award winning Lighthouse Trio marked the start of three nights at Pizza Express with a session on In Tune. Considering after this performance Asaf went to hospital with a hand injury he had picked up the morning before this session- it's quite an achievement it came off!

The Lighthouse Trio’s session on yesterday’s In Tune is now available to ‘Listen Again’, follow this link and forward to 9 minutes in.

There's many things i'd like to receive in the post.......... but a Grammy must surely be one of the most exciting! Congratulations Tim!

Congratulations to all the winners at last night's Parliamentary Jazz Awards- but especially to our own Sam Crockatt who won the Jazz CD category. Sam's one of the newest additions to the roster and we look forward to developing his career with him. A brief mention has to go to Ryan Quigley who's sextet won the Jazz Ensemble category- although not one of Air's bands- Ryan is still a special musician to us.

To celebrate Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio's new album- Libra, Jazzwise not only put the band on the cover with a substantial feature but also said the CD is " one of the finest achievements in British jazz, and thus European jazz, for some considerable time". I'm not going to type out the entire feature, review and gig preview but will leave you with this sentence from the preview for the album launch at Ronnie Scott's this Saturday

2008 was a fantastic year with the release and tour of Finn's album 'Butterflies', Peters has gone on to start 2009 in style by claiming Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards Maida Vale Session of the year. This was presented to him at the prestigous ceremony at the renouned club Cargo in the East End of London where he graced the stage and performed with Life Time Achievement winner Marlena Shaw. As well as giving Gilles' left of centre focused audience a treat from his own repertoire he was also billed with class acts Jazzanova 'Live', and best jazz album winners, Robert Mitchell trio.

Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio is just about to release it's latest album and we've already had some fantastic reviews. We have put a few snippets from some of the reviews below. Also check out the February issue of Jazzwise for a cover feature on Tim and their review of the album.

"A jaw-dropping musical tour de force...an absolute feast for the ears. The Marriage of jazz and classical music has never sounded so harmonious."

- RECORD COLLECTOR