Drummer and singer-songwriter Simon Charterton played drums in the late 70s with post-punk outfit The Homosexuals and the post-sensational Alex Harvey Band before forming John Peel favourites The Higsons and topping the early to mid 80s indie charts. Simon has since led various leftfield outfits as drummer/singer-songwriting frontman, including cult bands Zook, Nitwood, The Aftershave and Simon&thePope. Now based in St Leonards, Simon is one third of Near Jazz Experience alongside fellow ex-Higson Terry Edwards and Mark Bedford of Madness.
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Released for Record Store Day 2021, Nought to 60 is a vinyl mini-album featuring a long live take on one side plus three tracks previously only available digitally on the other. The title track appears in its entirety for the first time. More info and availability at Record Store Day UK.
Released to mark International Near Jazz Day 2021. The sister event, International Jazz Day, is on 30 April. Near Jazz is close to where it’s at… Recorded by Kev Feazey at The Indo, Whitechapel, London. Overdubs and mixdown by Terry Edwards. Available at Bandcamp.
