Hey Soweto

sorry to hear about the delay, I enjoyed seeing you play in Barcelona last year, and meeting you for a quick moment afterwards, I hope the Fables release gets sorted asap

Best

Gareth

 

Hey man,

I was hoping the next time I saw you play that the follow-up would be out, but you're so right about the market/music business being messed up that I guess it's hardly surprising.  I am just so sad that you have become a victim of these crimes against music, but I am glad that it has prompted you to speak out so brilliantly (and as you did on Tales of the Towerblock) about what's really going on.

I had never considered myself a 'fan' of rap or hiphop in the past mainly due to, as you say, the mindless repetitiveness of how it's shovelled out in the media.  Coming into contact with "Conversations with the Unseen" began to change my perceptions and even more so when I caught your programmes for Jazz File on Radio 3.  "Tales.." has made me realise how relevant and skillful rap can really be, my eyes were really opened by your set at the Rainbow last year - so I'm happy to say I'm not in it just for the jazz anymore!

Hopefully I'll see you in the Jamhouse on Wednesday, if I can't get any shots then at least I'll be able to give you a disc with the photos from last time on it.

Until then, I'll be spreading the word.  Rich*****

 

I'm new to myspace etc... I never knew that you had released anything after 'conversations with the unseen'. I found 'tales of the towerblock' by accident while browsing the ever decreasing jazz section of the HMV down the road, a couple of weeks ago. Had it been in the urban section only - i wouldn't have spotted it all, though I if it had been in both sections...

Anyways the album is fantastic, i'm listening now - as with all the best jazz it's taking a couple of weeks to really hit the spot but, again with the best, it's something I just cannot escape. I need to listen again and again. The mind has to solve the puzzle.

I hope to see you in York next month, but if not, PLEASE come to Scotland. I seen Ravi Coltraine here last year and the audience was fantastic. It would be great to see you play up here.

I hope the second part of the Album works out - and hopefully see you in York next month. Great stuff - never stop.

You know how much great Jazz has meant to you in the past, now yours is doing the same for us. Thank you.
 

I'm planning to teach the totally righteous TALES to a university class as part of a British fiction course. (Not that it's fiction, precisely...) Is there a place online where I can purchase BASEMENT FABLES? Eager to know what's in the basement.... And to keep US students up to date on UK music.

Best wishes in the new year

Cheryl