Everywhere Man: Steve Beresford
Richard Cook, NME, 25 September 1982
You name it, Beresford had done it. He'd played bass, played piano, played trumpet...he'd composed music, improvised music, organised music, he'd written about the damn stuff...he'd jammed with jazzers, he'd rapped with rockers, he'd even appeared on Top Of The Pops...What with his own magazine and plans for a video, it seemed Beresford had done just about everything a dedicated young musician could do. And yet, one thing always puzzled Steve Beresford. How come nobody had ever heard of him?
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