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Hi everyone and thanks for dropping by.

Hasn't time flown! I can't believe that we're already approaching the Summer Festival period.

I'm delighted that the Trio is once again booked to play at the Marlborough Jazz Festival in July. A couple of days later the Geoff Eales International Quintet (with Canadian Michael Coates on sax, Australian Carl Orr on guitar, Welshman Paul Morgan on bass and Englishman Mark Fletcher at the drums) appear at "Jazz on the Stour" as part of the Bures Music Festival. (for those of you who don't know where Bures is, it's an idyllic spot bang on the Suffolk / Essex border).

I've lost count of the times I've worked in Broadway (I mean Broadway in the Cotswolds as opposed to the one in the Big Apple - though I have been known to thrash about on the old joanna in Manhattan in times gone by!). It's always a pleasure to work for my promoter friend Dave Smith who's involved with organising the entertainment for the Broadway Arts Festival in June. This year the Trio will be opening the show on the big stage (admission free!)

In September the ELF Trio (www.myspace.com/elftrio) (with Dave Lee on horn and Andy Findon on flute) will be appearing at the All Saints Alive! Festival in Oystermouth near Swansea. We will also be strutting our stuff in Broadway, Cotswolds yet again (date to be confirmed very soon).

It's over a year now since I released my trio album "Master of the Game". The nice reviews keep coming, albeit at a slightly slower pace. Here's another one from the other side of the world :

"What a treat it is. Jazz in a modern style, intricate but accesible. The first track, Iolo's Dance, is conducted in 7/4 time and truly dances along with a tune both memorable and intersting. Other tracks are more reflective. In Australia the Sydney Morning Herald critic John Shand gave a glowing appraisal of this CD. The Geoff Eales Trio have announced themselves as serious contenders to replace the sadly lamented Esbjorn Svensson Trio. Highly recommended"- Sam Vines (Progressive Rock) **** 4 Stars

To view the many other reviews of Master of the Game (as well as all my other albums) please click on Reviews

If you would like a copy of the new album please send a cheque for £12 (inc p+p) made payable to Geoff Eales and address it to:

Geoff Eales
47 Howard Close
New Southgate, London
N11 1EH

Please let me know if you would like me to sign it and if you would like it dedicated to anyone in particular. The CD is also available at all good record shops, the Edition Records store (www.editionrecords.com) and Amazon.

Hope to see you all very soon.

Geoff

(May 2010)