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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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Warning! LJC hits rock-bottom with an “unlicensed copy” from digital sources. Exceptional circumstances, it’s a Vinyl Emergency. Selection 1 – the opening: Ptah, The El Daoud (Alice Coltrane) . .  . Selection 2 – the close: Mantra (Alice Coltrane) . … Continue reading
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Selection: Spirit of 1976 (Michael Barone) . . . Seamless link from last weeks Paul Horn to this week, Emil Richards, and Donte’s. Mike Barone credited with the title composition, and given a by-line by Richards at the opening. An … Continue reading
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Selection 1: A Waltz For Fran (Morgan) . . . Selection 2 bonus: Lee-Sure Time (Morgan) . . . Track List Raggedy Ann (Morgan) 6:49A Waltz For Fran (Morgan) 4:56Lee-Sure Time (Morgan) 8:30Little Spain (Clifford Jordan) 7:49Take Twelve (Elmo … Continue reading
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Selection: Corcovado (Jobim) . . . “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” (The Corcovada mountains of Rio de Janeiro) Quiet nights of quiet starsQuiet chords from my guitarFloating on the silence that surrounds us Quiet thoughts and quiet dreamsQuiet walks by … Continue reading
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Selection: Tanglewood 63 (Gibbs) . . . Selection: Sojourn (Gibbs) . . . Track List A1 Tanglewood 63A2 FanfareA3 SojournB1 CanticleB2 Five For England Artists Musical Director – Michael Gibbs as composer/arranger Jeff Clyne, acoustic bass;  Alan Ford, Fred Alexander, cello; Clive … Continue reading
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Selection: My Joy . . . . Opening waltz, tinkling children’s music box gives way to an up-tempo groove, Hutcherson and Hancock sparring, great Stinson bass solo to finish Artists Bobby Hutcherson, vibes (and drums on Bi-Sectional) ; Herbie Hancock, … Continue reading
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Selection: Yellow Violet . . . Artists Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Joe Farrell, tenor, soprano sax; Andrew Hill, piano; Victor Sproles, bass; Billy Higgins, drums; recorded Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 11, 1968 Music All Music: ” this is … Continue reading
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Mid-week mildly off-piste post, LJC wanders briefly off the golden path heading into the fonky mid-70s’, in search of new land, in this case, Austin, Texas. Selection: Weedhopper (Skiles) . . . Track List A1 WeedhopperA2 March Of The Goober … Continue reading
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Selection: Minor Meeting . . . Track List Junka 7:30 Blues Blue 7:18 Minor Meeting 6:46 Royal Flush 7:00 Some Clark Bars 6:18 My Conception 4:44 Artists Sonny Clark, piano; Donald Byrd, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone; Paul Chambers, bass; Art … Continue reading
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UPDATES September 11, photos Leon Thomas and Roy Haynes from Harry M, to Harrys Place; Melody Maker June 1980 full page interview with Pharoah, to Appendix. Enough of British Jazz for the moment, back to The USA, and one of … Continue reading
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More British Progressive Modern Jazz from the early 1970s, as always, original first pressing. Selection: The Dandelion (incorrectly listed on the back cover as “We’ll Make It”) . . . Track List A1 With Terry’s Help 5:56A2 The Dandelion 6:10 … Continue reading
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Selection: Stratus phunk . . . Artists Alan Kiger, trumpet; Dave Baker, trombone; Dave Young, tenor sax; George Russell, piano; Chuck Israels, bass; Joe Hunt, drums; recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York, October 18, 1960 recording engineer Ray Fowler, … Continue reading
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Selection:  Barley Mow . . .    2 Lullaby For A Lonely Child . . . The selection would have been Danish Blue but for the sad fact that it has a scratch through Harry Beckett’s solo. The record’s original … Continue reading
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MID-WEEK MUSIC SPOT: Modern Jazz in Britain 1965-72 LJC change of process: this is a 2xLP sampler, so I have taken a sample of the samples Sounds fair, no? True to my mission: searching for original first pressings, because they … Continue reading
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Sound Check: Lotus Blossom (Dorham) Craft Reissue 2021/ Kevin Gray mastering (£34) . . . Lotus Blossom (Dorham) Carrere French Prestige reissue, circa 1976 (circa £10) . . . Carrere pressings are generally considered the bottom of the heap, so … Continue reading
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