The last leg of our trip is pretty much over. Tomorrow we’ll be back in Shanghai for better or worse. The virus is spreading all over the world so we can’t really avoid it for too much longer. Europe is

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It's been an interesting week or so. Thinking when was the last time I wrote here? Must have been a couple of weeks ago. I guess I'll go back to New Years Eve. We had a bunch of rehearsals in the lead

Heyday 1.1.2020 (live recording) Denise - vocals Courtney - vocals Oleg - piano Charles - drums Owain - bass

(live recording audio) Beto - vocals Alyona - vocals Kira - vocals Alex - keys Andrew - sax Reynel - guitar Pascal - drums Owain - bass

Another relatively quiet week this one… I’m in a bit of a late night spiral. Going to bed later and later, getting up around lunch time. It’s been pretty productive though. I’ve really been getting stuck

Shake 28.12.2019 (live mp3 recording) Kevin - vocals Denise - vocals Reny -tenor sax CK - trombone Charlie - guitar Levi - keys John - drums Owain - bass

This week was pretty consistent. Had a few last minute calls to play some gigs here and there. …. Monday, Emanuale came in from Hangzhou. We had a bit of a jam in my studio, then went over to JZ school

Jeremy - trumpet Xinlu - alt sax Oleg - piano Charlie - drums Owain - bass

(live mp3 recording) Leo - alt sax Byron - piano Tony - vocals/drums Owain - bass

(live mp3 recording) Jojo - vocals Byron - piano Tony - drums Owain - bass

A slower than usual week. Had quite a bit of free time to get things in order and get back into a semi-regular schedule. We finished up at Ocean Grounds today. Had a pretty good run, about 6 -7 months

Antonio Ximanez Quartet @ Wooden Box 12.12.2019 ... Trumpet - Antonio Ximanez Piano - Huang Jianyi Drums - Guillaume Polumba Bass - Owain Edwards

Antonio Ximanez Quartet @ Wooden Box 12.12.2019 ... Trumpet - Antonio Ximanez Piano - Huang Jianyi Drums - Guillaume Polumba Bass - Owain Edwards

Wooden Box 12.12.2019 Antonio Ximanez Quartet (live mp3 recording) vocals/trumpet - Antonio Ximanez piano - Huang Jianyi drums - Guillaume Polumba bass - Owain Edwards

JZ Jam hosted by Nik Xue (mp3 live recording) Nik - alto sax James - piano Pin - Drums Owain - bass

X Space 6.12.2019 (mp3 live recording) Na Na - vocals Taibai - keys Owain - Bass

Pourquoi Pas?! JZ Shanghai 2019 Etienne Jeanne (Guitar) Marc de Vivies (Guitar) Zovi Weng (Vocals) Shengji Zhuo (Accordion) Owain Edwards (Bass)

This week has felt very empty. Just a couple of gigs here and there. I'm keeping busy working on the usual stuff. Emanuale came out from Hangzhou last Monday. We had a jam at JZ school with Coco, Souselle,

JZ Club Late Jam 29.11.2019 (live mp3 recording) Hosted by Antonio Ximanez