I’M getting great feedback from Newbury friends – some musicians themselves – who are taking the trip out for the monthly Pangbourne Jazz Club gigs re the quality of their guest players. John L Walters said in The Guardian that Alan Barnes “plays music that was radical 50 years ago but he infuses it with so much passion and energy you could believe it was minted on the spot, which is always part of the story with jazz”. And here’s your chance to see the renowned saxophonist and clarinettist for yourself at Pangbourne Jazz on Sunday. He’ll be backed by the Pangbourne Jazz Club rhythm section of…