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Selection: The Creator has a Masterplan (Part 2) . . . Tracklist The Creator Has a Master Plan – Part 1; & 2 (“Light Of Love”); Colors (5:43) Artists **** Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Reggie Workman, Richard Davis, bass; William … Continue reading
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LondonJazzCollector goes off-piste again. Last week, South Africa, this week bound for…Sweden, baby it’s cold outside. Take it away, Lars… Selection: Relax, Float Downstream (Farnlöf) . . . . Tracklist A1. Fin Sikt Över Havet (Nice View of the Sea) … Continue reading
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No Cost-of-Listening crisis here. Forget the eat-or-heat cliche beloved by misery news editors: just put on an extra layer and a woolly hat, good music will see you through this Winter. Let’s hope, this Christmas, Decca has … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Katcharpari . . . Selection 2: Bunny’s Pie/ Trial N5 . . . (These two tracks merge without a Separator groove, so two together) Track list A1 Bunny’s Pie 2:00 A2 Trial N. 6:10 A3 Dimenticare Stanca 9:07 … Continue reading
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Remember double-bill movie nights? The Teenage Werewolf meets Curse of The Mummy’s Tomb? LJC brings you a rare “double bill” post, celebrating British Jazz from the golden era with a historic recording from 1963 and a reissue from 1971. … Continue reading
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Selection: The Highest Pleasure (Johnson) . . . Track List A1. The Traveler 06:48 A2. Time and Space 07:25 A3. The Highest Pleasure 07:46 B1. The Water Bearer (Kirk Lightsey) 06:49 B2. The Second Coming 09:00 (All songs Rudolph Johnson … Continue reading
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Indulge me, this week’s post is not an album, it is a composition, Keith Jarrett’s In Your Quiet Place, which first appeared on his 1971 Atlantic release with vibe-Meister Gary Burton. Not particularly a fan of Jarrett’s solo piano outings, … Continue reading
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I know this is a shocking musical turn of events at Londonjazzcollector: crossbreed soul-jazz hip hop, something I never imagined I would write about. No categories are barred here as long as it is good music, which sometimes you find … Continue reading
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Selection: Park Avenue Petite (Golson) . . . Artists Howard McGhee, trumpet; Bennie Green, trombone; Roland Alexander, tenor saxophone; Pepper Adams, baritone saxophone; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Walter Bolden, drums; recorded NYC, June 13, 1960 Track List A1 … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Carmel Jones And Things Will Change . . . Selection 2: Art Farmer Red Jeans . . . Artists Erich Kleinschuster, trombone; Carmell Jones, trumpet; Slide Hampton, trombone; Art Farmer, trumpet; Palle Mikkelborg; trumpet; Robert Politzer;trumpet; Hans Salomon, … Continue reading
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Selection rip 1: Joe Henderson Recorda Me . . . Selection rip 2: Dusko Goykovich Madison Walk . . . Tracklist: 6tet with Joe Henderson1.1. Mamacita (5:39) Trompeta Toccata (1965)1.2. Recorda Me (6:35) Page One 19631.3. Chelsea Bridge (4:47) The Kicker … Continue reading
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Selection (vinyl rip) 1: Clifford Jordan – Vienna (5:46) . . . Selection (vinyl rip) 2: Charles Tolliver – Paper Man (6:29) . . . Artists Erich Kleinschuster, trombone; Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Charles Tolliver, Trumpet; Robert Politzer, trumpet; Hans … Continue reading
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Strata East was the quintessential US independent 70s jazz label “Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specializing in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording Music Inc. The label released over 50 albums in … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Antibes (10:24) . . . Comparison: Antibes (from Space Walk, Lansdowne Studios, Columbia Magic Notes, December 1970) . . . Bonus Selection 2: Euphrates (12:30) . . . Tracklist A1. On The Way 8:00A2. … Continue reading
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Selection: Pastoral – Awakening (Westbrook/ Surman) 13:12 . . . Tracklist: A1. Pastoral 02:41 A2. Awakening 10:31 A3. Parade 07:56 A4. Echoes and Heroics 00:17 B1. A Greeting 05:40 B2. Image 06:38 B3. Dirge 04:14 B4. Portrait 07:32 First two … Continue reading
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Selections: brought to you direct from vinyl, via Avid Acutus Reference TT, SME arm, Dynavector TKR cart, custom-built valve pre and power amp, final stage tape out to Citrix DAC/ upload to WordPress embedded player at 320kbps. Sounds pretty good … Continue reading
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Vinyl collector culture, an LJC Public Interest post, . Better Records And Hot Stampers are an American record selling company, based on the premise that old records can sound dramatically better than ones made today. I had heard of them … Continue reading
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A change from record reviews, I decided to take some time out to explore one of the reasons, possibly the main reason, why vintage Blue Note recordings sound as good as they do. Yes, brilliant musicians, yes, Van Gelder at … Continue reading
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Selection: Waltz (Alan Wakeman) . . . Tracklist A1. Becclesology (Rendell) 12:05A2. Devon Dance (Rendell) 11.41B3. Waltz (Wakeman) 8:34B4. It Could’ve Happened to You (Wakeman) 8:05B5. Unicorn (Saberton) 9:11 Artists Don Rendell, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute; … Continue reading
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Selection: Capra Black (B. Harper) 15:46 . . . Tracklist s1. Capra Black (13:46) B. Harpers2. In What Direction Are You Headed? (16:30) H. Maberns3. Angela (6:24) J. Merritt Croquet Ballet ( 15:46) B. Harpers4. Inner Passions-Out (17:40) F. … Continue reading
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