It’s six months since the repairing course and I’ve now started to take on simple jobs – pads, corks, springs etc. Still buying tools as I go along. I can only do one day a week as I am on a tour at present with Elaine Paige and I have my teaching to do too.

Had a great time on the repairing course – a nice bunch of guys & girls on the course too and a lot of info to take in. Bought a log cabin which arrived last Tuesday. This will be my repairing room – managed to damage myself carrying it all through to the back garden where

Some horrible person has hacked my website – I don’t know what they could have gained from a website that is there to give people information. Whoever it was just wanted to mess up my site. Thank you Chris for sorting it out for me – hopefully it won’t happen again! I will update my

My small group gigs are going really well and other work is starting to come in but I’m not looking forward to my operation in June; I seem to be blessed with Kidney Stones!

Got some nice jazz gigs coming up – playing lead alto with the BBC Big Band this Saturday, my trio gig in Deal next Tuesday and some more small group gigs and finally at the end of the month, playing lead alto with Mark Nightingale’s big band on Thurs 28th April – see my gigs

I’ve had an interesting few weeks; inaugural gig for the Jazz Flute Big Band (JFBB), guesting with the RPO at the Dorchester (in Tails!), gigs with my Tenor Madness trio, guesting with the Humph band, recording with the Tony Kinsey Big Band, playing on the Anton & Erin ‘Just Gotta Dance’ show, lead alto with

Well, it’s quiet for me at the moment but that’s good as I hope I’ll sort out my back problems before it gets busy for me! I’ve made a Fan page on Facebook called Andy Panayi Jazz – I’ll put up my gigs and will eventually put pictures and videos onto it too.