This is a full-on jazz production with some of the best British musicians around.

The Observer READ FULL REVIEW HERE

"A rare gem not to be missed"

Sandy Brown Jazz READ FULL REVIEW HERE

"A great musician in his own right and a great steel pannist".

JazzFM

"...a cd of sophistication, constant interest and sheer joy. Highly recommended."

Steve Rubie, 606 Club, London

"...a groovy, well-made album that bends strong self-penned material and jazz classics (Miles, Herbie et al) with unlikely covers of Nirvana and Hendrix."

Record Collector ★★★

"... it took this CD by Mark Cherrie to realise it's (the steel pan's) jazz possibilities."

Bebop Spoken Here READ FULL REVIEW HERE

Steel Pannist Mark Cherrie Announces Arts Council-Funded Tour This Autumn

Mark Cherrie's dream of presenting the steel pan in a jazz context has been boosted by funding from The Arts Council of England for a clutch of dates next month. The multi-instrumentalist - son of Nottinghill Carnival co-founder Ralph Cherrie - has over 40 years playing the steel pan professionally and is also known for playing keyboards professionally working with iconic artists such as Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, The Drifters and many others. He began a career writing music for TV and film in 1993 and has music featured on programmes like E.R., The Fresh Prince, Buffy, Friends and literally 100s of others.

Mark's album 'Joining The Dots' has garnered rave reviews by many of this country's foremost jazz critics and with his band of top flight jazz musicians he's keen to spread the gospel of the jazz steel pan far and wide.

About Joining The Dots in Mark's own Words...

"I decided to record a jazz album with musicians that are well known on the UK jazz circuit, where the music was deliberately not at all Caribbean. All the band tracks were recorded all together in the studio live room in one day, in fact between 12 noon and 6pm. The second day was reserved for overdubs, i.e. sax, acoustic and electric guitars and voice. I mixed the album myself, in my own studio and then it was professionally mastered. I believe that there is no other album out there that attempts to cover the musical area that I have done with this one. Hopefully, there will be some people out there that will want to hear it, ha ha!"

The Mark Cherrie Quartet is:

Mark Cherrie - steel pan
John Donaldson - piano
Eric Ford - drums
Mick Hutton - double bass

With special guests:
Dominic Grant - acoustic guitar
Dave O’Higgins - tenor sax
Nigel Price - electric guitar
Sumudu - vocals

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.