Following on from PART ONE with jazz musicians Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick, the discussion highlighted many factors associated with being a full-time jazz musician including the vast workload associated with creating music together with tighter funding opportunities for musicians, venues being stretched financially, a lack of respect for musicians in society, fewer work opportunities for musicians to work abroad, yet there is an overriding sense of ‘family’ and community within the jazz world which keeps musicians going through mutual respect, support and a feeling of great honour to be part of collaborative music projects. The conversation now continues with award-winning Mexican drummer Migdalia van der Hoven and jazz pianist and composer Terence Collie. Drummer Migdalia van der Hoven studied at Berklee College of Music and is currently touring with SIX the Musical across the UK and internationally as well as being bandleader of The Migdalia van der Hoven Quartet. Jazz pianist and composer Terence Collie is very active on the London Jazz scene. He is also the director of Mood Indigo Events that has been putting on high-quality concerts along with workshops and jam-sessions for over 11 years. Both have newly-released albums: Migdalia’s ‘Point of Departure’, recorded at Abbey Road Studios was released in April this year and Terence released a solo piano album ‘Reminiscent’ in March.  

Singer Esther Bennett and pianist Terence Collie team up for a very personal project.