The most complete package to date of Stan Getz’s Columbia albums 8 great albums! covering the period 1972-1979, most produced by Stan himself. Each individual album is packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that album’s original cover art. Booklet with full discographical info., photos, and liner notes It was not long after tenor saxophonist […]
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We are told ….. Highlights radiate through the history of the Berlin Jazz Days, and November 7, 1968 was a particularly memorable one. On that evening Dizzy Gillespie visited the city on the Spree river; that alone would be enough for every jazz fan to jump for joy, since by that time the incomparable trumpeter […]
Lorraine McBride (The Daily Telegraph): Fame & Fortune: Level 42 singer and bassist Mark King talks about nights spent partying with Tina Turner and Madonna – and the truth about his £3m thumb What was your first job and how much did it pay? I played drums in a band called Pseudo Foot when I […]
Reissue of a highly acclaimed 2006 concert which saw legendary Cream bassist, vocalist and composer Jack Bruce join forces with the HR-Bigband to perform at the 37th German Jazz Festival Frankfurt. He presents classic Cream songs and other landmarks of his career, in gripping new arrangements. It was a magic moment of dialogue between jazz […]
The legendary Keith Jarrett Trio, playing live at NDR Funkhaus, Hamburg in July 1972, is captured at the very apex of its creativity on an album released for the first time by ECM. From the first notes, with its radiant piano, it is clear that something special is happening here. The trio with Charlie Haden […]
Previous music and emotion literature has focused on emotional responses in the individual, while he or she is alone and listening to music. However, music is often experienced in a social context- think pubs, clubs and festivals. With this in mind, the influence of a social setting on the emotional responses to music needs to […]
The story behind Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) goes like this: Derek Smalls, the bass player for metal relics Spinal Tap, mustered the wherewithal to craft a grand, star-studded final statement at the age of 77. By having his creation Derek Smalls go solo, Harry Shearer gets to sidestep the difficultly of mounting an […]
Ray Davies is one of the greatest songwriting talents that Britain has ever produced. From his earliest days with the Kinks he was tremendously prolific. His wry take on the British way of life was matched by uncanny melodic and commercial sensibilities, resulting in a body of work that remains unsurpassed. From You Really Got […]
We are told …. CLASSIC 1968 BROADCAST BY POST GRAM PARSONS LINE-UP The Byrds performances across the weekend of the 1st and 2nd November 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco were performed at a time of great change and uncertainty for the band. Gram Parsons, who had joined a faltering line up in […]
Greg Whitmore writes: Four decades ago, on 30 March 1974, the Ramones played their first gig at the Performance Studios in New York. We look back on their life in music, from their formation in New York to their eponymous debut album and the time they spent with Marc Bolan and Debbie Harry. Take a […]
Helping to galvanize the early 80’s blues revival, the Fabulous Thunderbirds fusion of R & B, rock & roll and Texas blues saw them attain great popularity & success by the time of this broadcast. Featuring Kim Wilson/vocals, harmonica, Jimmie Vaughan/guitar vocals, Fran Christina/drums, Preston Hubbard/bass and a young Doyle Bramhall Jr/guitar. Aired by WXRT-FM […]
‘The Whole World’s Shaking’ The Complete Recordings 1963-66’ is a five-disc CD Box Set with expanded editions of the albums ‘Rhythm And Blues At The Flamingo’, ‘Fame At Last’, ‘Sweet Things’ and ‘Sound Venture’ – each featuring a multitude of extra tracks. The fifth disc entitled ‘Bend A Little’ Demos, Rarities, B-Sides And Outtakes’ is […]
Greenwich Village, 1964: While the folk boom is still in progress, other musics began seeping into the corners and clubs of lower Manhattan. Rock, once down for the count, came back with a vengeance, largely thanks to a klatch of young British bands. Roots music, especially blues, grew rapidly in popularity as folk enthusiasts […]
‘We put a cow in the video, to signify reality. It peed everywhere’ Continues HERE
From the archives: Producer and Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers tells Paul Lester about jamming with Hendrix, flatlining after a cocaine binge with Mickey Rourke and walking on ‘Planet C’ Please click HERE to continue
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Howard Popeck … I like this album. Great musicianship. All great tracks and no obvious filler. This oddly named band (an obscure-ish Led Zep lyric, actually) are a sort of folk-country-pop amalgam. A bit hard to categorize really. So let’s not. The first thing that strikes you is the maturity of the writing, the recording […]
A video premiere from the recording sessions of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s debut Decca album ‘Inspiration’ Continues HERE
Steve Guttenberg writes: Women sometimes buy quality audio, but that doesn’t make them audiophiles. With rare exceptions, all the audiophiles I’ve known are men. The unifying mantra for audiophiles is that there’s always something, maybe an amplifier or speaker just out a reach that might get them a little closer to the music. Audiophiles are […]
John Atkinson wrote as follows in June 1989: As fascinating as the design of high-end hardware can be, it goes without question that without musical software (or firmware, as our more computer-minded readers would have it) of an appropriately high standard, the whole business would be pointless. Stereophile’s interviews have therefore often featured engineers and […]
Originally published 2014 The frenzied intensity that made him ‘the world’s greatest drummer’ is gone, but he still plays with flair and authority. Continue HERE
“Do you listen to that oh-so-beloved jazz music and never quite understand why people adore it? Do you have one of those “Well, its okay” feelings? With a little love in your heart, you can listen to that rap-tapping beat in jazz.” MORE