some things people have said about me …
(… there are a lot of other things they’ve said which I can’t print here …)

 

• "Mark Bassey is a fine tutor and knows how to draw the music out of each student. It was an honor teaching with him at the Jazzwise course"   Jamey Aebersold
• "a superb, witty player"   Dave Gelly
• "raucous ..."   John Fordham
• "that boy can play"   Humphrey Lyttelton
• "exquisite sound and perfect phrasing"   Brian Blain
• "Fred Wesley on acid …"   anonymous
• "marvellous trombone player, somehow twinkly and fierce at the same time"   Orlando Gough (The Shout)

 

from a review of Louise Elliott & The Jazz Hearts at Ronnies Apr '04

• "… trombonist Mark Bassey … particularly wired for passion … rasping with an agile sliding grace."   The Birmingham Post

from a review of Renato D'Aiello at The Vortex Jan ’08

• "… the remarkable trombonist Mark Bassey … is a stylish soloist … His solos on The Peacocks, and Mingus's Jelly Roll, were highlights of the evening."   Jack Massarik, Evening Standard

from a review of The Bone Supremacy at The Chicken Shed Mar ’09

• "… Bassey has an irrepressible character, and infectious sense of humour, and an astonishing agility around the instrument."   Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz

CD review of Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers Reconciliation Apr ’09

• "Queen Of Sheba is a rousing opener ... Bassey’s insistent trombone … rasping ... especially in the tune’s more boisterous sections … Avinu … Bassey shows the more delicate side of his playing in a brief but lyrical solo."   Ian Mann, thejazzman.com