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NEWEST CD - This ... is what we do is available on iTunes.

Gerry Richardson's Big idea played the Gateshead Jazz Festival in March and got a fantastic review in the Independent on Sunday:

Reviewed by Phil Johnson Sunday, 4 April 2010

The most purely enjoyable experience of an outstanding weekend in Gateshead came immediately after Ekaya, when the local band Gerry Richardson's Big Idea played a late night, club-setting show. Richardson is a Hammond organist, singer and composer who played with Sting's pre-Police group, Last Exit, and his nonet is the most rollicking jazz-soul ensemble imaginable, like a Geordie riposte to Tower of Power. They're all good, these musicians, but Richardson's organ playing, drummer Paul Smith, and best of all an absolutely extraordinary guitarist named Rod Sinclair, were so on-themoney they made you laugh out loud with delight. Like the Sage and this excellent festival, they deserve to be celebrated.

If anybody wants mail order CDs: 'This Is What We Do, 'Cookin' at the Cluny', or 'Mission Statement' please send me an email - gerryrichardson1@aol.com. All 3 CDs cost £9 + £2 shipping (UK) and £4 shipping rest of the world and you can pay with paypal. Also all of 'Cluny' and most of 'Mission' are available on iTunes.

CONTACT - gerryrichardson1@aol.com