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"A real inspiration." John Squire
"His musical credentials stand easily alongside some of
Manchester's better known stars." Manchester Evening News
"Astonishing. No one has achieved such feats of transformation with songs - turning glib platitudes into sublime statements of the human condition - since Nina Simone." Mike Butler
"Either there are a lot of Mancunians in London who are following Manchester's thriving jazz underground, or the charisma of singer/pianist John Ellis's Big Bang has reached those parts of the population most localised jazz phenomena don't reach." - John Fordham- The Guardian ****
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