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Selection 1: Somethin’ Special (Clark): . . . Selection 2: Midnight Mambo (Clark) . . . (These rips are MP3 files at 320kbps, the highest resolution WordPress can support. They are sourced directly from the vinyl edition of the post, … Continue reading
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UPDATE: Simon has noted they are not exactly the same shot. I have superimposed one on the other with 50% transparency overlay, and there is a very slight difference in the camera to subject … Continue reading
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UPDATE April 26 : LOST ALBUM “MINGUS AT RONNIE SCOTTS, 1972” (see Collector’s Corner foot of post) I’m still in beachcomber mode right now, wandering the jazz musical shoreline, picking up odd pieces of musical interest, Hopefully you find something … Continue reading
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Selection: Donna Lu (Attilio Donadio) … Track List A1 Eighty One (Miles Davis)A2 Spanish Mood (Gil Evans)A3 Uroni (Valdambrini)A4 Donna Lu (Attilio Donadio)B1 Conseguenza (Valdambrini)B2 Ricorda Me (Valdambrini)B3 Inver Time (Agoni)B4 Stella By Starlight (Washington/ Young) Artists Giorgio Azzolini, double … Continue reading
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Selection 1: (previously posted from British Jazz Explosion compilation) : Hum Dono (D’Silva) . . . Selection 2: N.N.N.T (D’Silva) . . . Internet search for the initials “N.N.N.T.” draws a complete blank. What could they signify? “Hum Dono” translates … Continue reading
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UPDATE APRIL 3: LAST-MINUTE SUPRISE TURN OF EVENTS – TOKYO CALLING! (See foot of post for latest development) Selection: Catastrophy (Mingus) Artists Miles Davis, trumpet; Charles Mingus, bass; Thelonious Monk, piano; Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone, Art Blakey, drums, recorded Van … Continue reading
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Selection: Lantern Wood . . . Track List A1 Jack Knife 7:53A2 Lantern Wood 9:56A3 One On One Off 6:51A4 TCB 8:47B1 Walk In And Dance Out 4:54B2 AJ 3:37B3 And Think Again 2:54 Artists Side A – Quintet : … Continue reading
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Selection: Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) . . . Track list A1. Mamacita (Joe Henderson) – 5:49 A2. Sweet and Lovely (Gus Arnheim, Jules Lemare, Harry Tobias) – 7:45 A3. Andrea (Roger Boykin) – 5:16 B1. Step Lightly (Henderson) … Continue reading
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Following on from Alice Coltrane’s Ptah El Daoud, LJC takes a second look into the murky world of unofficial bootleg vinyl, Pharoah Sander’s 1977 India Navigation title Pharoah. Sometimes you just have to go with what’s available rather than what’s … Continue reading
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Selection: Animals Garden Artists Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – 松風鉱一 Koichi Matsukaze Bass – 大場景弘 Kagehiro Oba Drums – 宮坂高志 Takashi Miyasaka Piano – 津垣博通 Hiromichi Tsugaki Soprano & Tenor Saxophones – 沢井原児* Genji Sawa Trombone – 板谷博 Hiroshi Itaya Tenor Banjo – Koichi Matsukaze Sleeve Notes – Tony Higgins Recorded in Japan, I guess Tokyo … Continue reading
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Selection: Truth (Tolliver) . . . Track List A1. Grand Max (Tolliver) – 11:06A2. Truth – (Tolliver) 10:13B1. Prayer for Peace (Stanley Cowell) – 15:08C1. Our Second Father (Tolliver) 15:57D1. Repetition (Neal Hefti) – 12:37 The track “Our Second Father” … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Agitazioni . . . Selection 2: Navarra . . . Track List A1 Guernica 2:57A2 Exotic 2:50A3 Aura 2:20A4 Look Out* 2:50A5 Young Man 2:25A6 Leit Motiv* 2:55B1 Before Ten O’Clock 2:58B2 Agitazione* 2:27B3 Suspense 2:57B4 Navarra 2:55B5 … Continue reading
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Selection: Port Rico Rock . . . Track List A1. Bring It Home to Me (Jimmy Heath) – 7:58A2. Blues 3 for 1 – 6:04 (Mitchell)A3. Port Rico Rock (Tom McIntosh) – 6:34B1. Gingerbread Boy ( Jimmy Heath) – 6:36B2. … Continue reading
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Selection: People Make The World Go Round – Peter Gaudion’s Blues Express (9:15) … Artists – selection; PG’s Blues Express Peter Gaudion, trumpet; Richard Miller, saxophone; Mal Wilkinson, trombone; Vic Connor, Piano; Derek Capewell, bass; Allan Browne, percussion; recorded … Continue reading
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Selection: A Street In Bombay . . . Track List A1. A Street In Bombay 10:36A2. What Maria Sees 7:49B1. A Song For Francesca 10:50B2. Konkan Dance 8:46 Artists: Amancio D’Silva, acoustic guitar, electric guitar; Don Rendell, soprano saxophone, Tony … Continue reading
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Selection B2: Happy Feet (Yellen, Ager) 3:05 . . . Selection A2: Cherry Blue (Bill Le Sage) 3:21 . . . Track List A1. St. Thomas (Rollins) 3:51A2. Cherry Blue (B Le Sage) 3:21A3. A Bench In The Park … Continue reading
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Selection: Milk train (Knepper) . . . Artists Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Jimmy Knepper, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, alto sax; Eddie Daniels, tenor sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Roland Hanna, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Louis Hayes, drums; recorded at MPS Studios, Villingen/Black … Continue reading
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Sampling online at Juno Records (a UK vinyl/ DJ specialist), is an interesting way to pass some time, check out forthcoming vinyl reissues and releases. There is a steady stream of new-to-me artists, and a lot of dance beats, meh. … Continue reading
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A second final last British Jazz post of the year: another LJC excursion off-piste, a toe into the water of the Seventies transition to electric jazz-rock fusion, courtesy of Mr Bongo. It is a Uber Mystery Tour: you don’t know … Continue reading
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Selection: Felicite (Tolliver) . . . Track List Drought (Tolliver) – 9:04 Felicite (McBee) – 8:05 Orientale (Cowell) – 17:32 Artists Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums; recorded “Slugs’ Saloon”, NYC, May 1, 1970, … Continue reading
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This year, I’m celebrating a British Jazz Christmas, complete with a cheesy Christmas jumper, and a glass of sherry. We’ve seen a vintage jazz vinyl revival here in the UK this year, albeit slow, not quite the pace of Blue … Continue reading
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Selection: Half and Half (Charles Davis) . . . Track List A1. Nuttin’ Out Jones (Lawsha) – 5:36A2. Oriental Flower (Tyner) – 3:49A3. Half and Half (Charles Davis) – 6:28B1. Aborigines Dance in Scotland (Simmons) – 4:12B2. Gettin’ on Way … Continue reading
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Selection: Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe (Ardley) . . . Tracklist [Total time 44.19] Side 11. Le Dejeuner Sur L’herbe (Neil Ardley) 7:422. Naima (John Coltrane arr Alan Cohen) 4:413. Angle (Howard Riley) 5:024. Ballad (Mike Taylor) 5:23Side 21. Dusk Fire … Continue reading
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Time-Taxis (We Serve All Era’s) When to Guv’? 1980s please, cabbie. Are you sure? No-one goes there, mate In the 1980’s, jazz was not dead, it was mainly lying low. America’s modern jazz golden age 1950’s-60’s had passed, the … Continue reading
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