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“Kim Cypher is creating quite a stir on the jazz scene at present, emerging as one of the UK’s most exciting saxophonists, vocalists and composers and firmly securing a reputation for top quality, stylish, accessible jazz and musical entertainment. In this episode, we talked about: – Her “secret” exercise she loves to warm up with, a huge tip from Andy Snitzer that’s helped her with tone, how she created her …
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I will always remember this gig as being a very special moment in our gigging history…the band coming out of lockdown after the longest period of time EVER without a gig. It was quite something to be surrounded by so many of our wonderful friends and supporters. We most definitely felt the love so thank you! As always, fabulous photographer Ron Milsom was there to capture those special memories. If …
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‘A Creative Dream Team’ I have to say that my new track ‘Crazy Times’ couldn’t be any more appropriate right now if it tried! Things just keep getting crazier and crazier. So, it feels amazing to have all this craziness and our ever-changing emotions captured in a unique music track. The audio is now recorded, yay! Just a few tweaks here and there and we’re good to go. Next …
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The past four months have been so strange. My last tour gig was back in March. I haven’t seen my fellow band-mates for so long. It is just so strange! Although I have been keeping myself creatively occupied by recording ‘The Twilight Jazz Sessions’ and writing music, I am very excited that the next few weeks are more familiar to me. My identity as a musician is slowly (very …
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We have just released our latest ‘Twilight Jazz Session’ (number 9) recorded remotely with US guitarist B.D. Lenz, bass player Mike Green, husband Mike Cypher on drums plus special guest Alex Steele on piano. We hope you enjoy our version of ‘That Ole Devil Called Love’ recorded especially for one of our lovely friends / followers:
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Following on from the first instalment of my new crazy project, I am very excited to say that i’m booked into the recording studio later this month to record my new original track ‘Crazy Times’, with the video to follow in August. In the meantime, here’s the 2nd instalment of ‘Crazy Times’. ‘What goes around, comes around’ We are all familiar with this saying, and i’m sure we can …
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EXCITING NEWS…After 4 months we’re being let out for good behaviour! So, who would like to join me for a BIG ‘Lockdown Let-Out’ gig hosted by Burford Jazz in the beautiful walled garden of Warwick Hall on Friday 7th August 6.00pm?Our thanks to Paul Jefferies for putting together this fabulous ‘live’ concert (the first of two). Paul will feature in the band on bass together with myself on saxes …
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We have just released our latest ‘Twilight Jazz Session’ (number 8) recorded with US guitarist B.D. Lenz, bass player Mike Green and husband Mike Cypher on drums. We’ve made this one a little bit different as we wanted to share some fun and laughter with this one as well as our music. So, we’ve dabbled in a bit of acting too…although I don’t think any of us will be …
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‘An amazing act of kindness!’ We’ve all been through and are still going through some crazy times. As musicians, this will naturally be reflected in our music. Early on in lockdown I found myself composing a wild, mad, crazy piece of music to express the overwhelming emotions I was feeling and to mark this CRAZY time in our lives. The piece is based around saxophones and drums reflecting our …
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My thanks to Black Mountain Jazz in Abergavenny for this wonderful feature to replace my cancelled tour date. Please take a moment to read. There’s some great music and video links plus i’m chatting about my musical influences and favourite albums: https://mailchi.mp/a61d400f3136/azhaar-saffar-at-bm-jazz-3262794?fbclid=IwAR1vg8Ezj0gDMEndoSvHwQ3xeqTFb3aWuZN5aesotmdnME6fSo12xva97kk
