Jerome is pretty much the perfect case study for Big Gig Energy- in the time since I started working on season one, he's successfully quit the day job and become a full time musician! In addition to playing sax with various function bands, and working as part of 'Sax + DJ' packages, Jerome's originals band, Good Grief, have been going from strength to strength over the last couple of years, going from a de-facto 'rehearsals only' band, to one in hot demand on the north west's jazz circuit.

I caught up with Jerome at Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester back in March 2024 to record this interview.

Apologies for the audio quality on this one- I tried out some new microphones for the in-person interview this season, and, as it happens, I was using them totally wrong 😂

Episode links:

Jerome's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerome__marcus/

Good Grief

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgoodgriefofficial/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5OQYGjlauc7Px9Wea8jo0z?si=LODYpPifRxeoKKRQkmpeUg

Latest music video, 'Nice Goin'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vaSv1pn40w

Jerome's Album Recommendation:

Infinite Falling Ground (Ivy Lab, 2022)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1R5MzTlRprJJWOYlzV93UY?si=atoabZe1RLW96XPEdhGZxQ