Album Release: Lost In The Stars (Allan Browne Trio)

lost in the stars | allan browne trio Released June 2013 on Jazzhead From the media release The Allan Browne Trio with Marc Hannaford and […] Read More

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Faceless Dullard (Hannaford, Tinkler, Barker) | Review by John Clare

These magical buoyancies rise from a persistent, intricate conversation of remarkable cohesion and purpose. Propositions are advanced and tested, sometimes at the same dynamic level, sometimes breaking into sensational bursts of energy. And for long stretches it all moves beyond conversation as if three lines of counterpoint are being written simultaneously by a single composer.

Album review: Sarcophile – the here and now of Hannaford, Pankhurst and McLean

Phil Treloar reviews Sarcophile in his Recollections Twelve | here and now of Hannaford, Pankhurst and McLean – ‘This music pays tribute to the jazz tradition but in no way competes with it. Nor does it emulate.’

Marc Hannaford : Audio File / Audiophile

Marc Hannaford releases two digital recordings – a quintet release called ‘Ordinary Madness’ and a trio release ‘Sarcophile’. We ask him ‘why digital?’ and talk about the music…

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Review: Shreveport Stomp, Browne, Anning, Hannaford

Shreveport Stomp (Jazzhead, 2011) Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning Review by Daniel Sheehan It’s amazing how a performance can be inseparable to a particular […] Read More

Review: Peter Kenneally reviews In Cahoots by Inside Out

Peter Kenneally reviews In Cahoots by Paul Williamson’s ensemble Inside Out. But wait… it’s in the form of a sestina, and breathtaking. A little bit like the way he describes the music on this CD…

Q&A with Marc Hannaford – 2006 NJA Finalist

When did you start playing piano and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I […] Read More