Some of my songs

“Here is a writer not content with peddling jazz covers but a composer hell bent on writing some new jazz standards” – Blues & Soul

“What sets this album apart is the quality of Webb’s writing and arranging … his songs have a timeless quality, many of them sound as if they ought to be standards” – TheJazzmann.com

“Original songs by Alex Webb both lyrically and musically nail the times” – Womanaroundtown.com

 “An amazing songwriter” – Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Jazzwise

 “Original songs penned by Webb … are bright, tuneful surprises” – Bistroawards.com

“Webb has that reliable musician’s ear for well-crafted and pleasant songs”  – London Jazz Blog

You can hear Webb compositions and co-writes on these CD releases:

Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Roadrunner (Hill And Gully)                                              Alexander Stewart, I Thought About You (ASM)                                                                  China Moses, Crazy Blues (French Universal)                                                                        Mina Agossi, Red Eyes (Naive Records)                                                                                    Gena West, Stay Free (Stage2Stage)                                                                                              Liane Carroll, Slow Down (Splash Point Records)                                                                      Alexia Gardner, Chasing Hope (Amiata Emozioni)                                                                  Alexander Stewart, All Or Nothing At All (ASM)                                                                        Wendy Guevara, Destiny, Dreams, Desire (GuevaraCD).

Influences? All the Bs, certainly: Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Bessie, Billie, Basie, Bud Powell, Chet Baker, Betty Carter, James Brown, Anita Baker, Chico Buarque, Jacques Brel, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Beatles … and of course Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids.

Liane Carroll singing the Alex Webb composition Words I Never Spoke:

China Moses singing the Alex Webb-China Moses-Raphael Lemonnier composition The Mailman, The Butcher, And Me:

Alexia Gardner singing the Alex Webb composition Forbidden Fruit:

Kocoa singing the Alex Webb composition World Stopped Turning:

The Hard Way, performed by Alexander Stewart with China Moses

Alexander Stewart singing the Alex Webb composition Waste Of A Love Affair at Ronnie Scott’s, London:

The Alex Webb composition Heaven, performed by Christabel: