Paul Sexton … “The rhapsodic trumpet, the dabbing handkerchief, the Grand Canyon grin across the “satchel-mouth” that gave him his nickname. To anyone that grew up in the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is as familiar as Father Christmas. But over recent months, I’ve been getting to know a side of Satchmo that’s rarely been heard […]
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We are told: The Strawberry Alarm Clock made musical history with its first single, the infectiously psychedelic “Incense and Peppermints,” which topped the singles charts in December 1967. It remains one of the Aquarian Age’s most enduring anthems. And as the California combo’s debut LP demonstrates, there was a lot more to the Strawberry Alarm […]
We are told ….. That rich, humid, giant sax tone blooms like on few other Webster recordings Mastered by Kevin Gray at Coherent Audio 200-gram gatefold 45 RPM double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Praise for our 33 1/3 version of Gentle Ben “The soundstage is intimate and inviting, Webster’s horn beautifully […]
As more opera houses broadcast their productions in the cinema is this the end of live singing, asks Rupert Christiansen Continue HERE
DYNAMIC LATE 1980S BROADCAST FROM THE TUNNEL OF LOVE TOUR For Bruce Springsteen, the 1980s were as turbulent as they were rewarding and accomplished. The release of 84 s Born In The U.S.A. and the quintuple live LP collection Live/1975-85 were met with the kind of success very few music artists ever achieve. Selling in […]
I once thought (wrongly, as it turned out) that basically all versions of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring sounded pretty much the same. Stravinsky had finally done something that all other composers could only dream of: he’d created a piece of music that was conductor-proof. Of course, this didn’t begin to explain why that final chord […]
5 Show, 14CD Limited Edition/1000 only. The Grateful Dead managed to make one shrewd and long-lasting move in 1976. Everyone knew that the Dead had a loyal audience, but truthfully, even the Dead didn’t know how that would translate into ticket sales. How big a place could they really play, and how many cities would […]
Duration: 1 hour. In 1973, an album was released that against all odds and expectations went to the top of the UK charts. The fact the album launched a record label that became one of the most recognisable brand names in the world (Virgin), formed the soundtrack to one of the biggest movies of the […]
One of the best ways to learn jazz is to sit down and talk with virtuosic jazz musicians. In this incredible interview we get an opportunity to sit down and explore the mind of jazz organ virtuoso Joey Defrancesco. Who Is Joey Defrancesco? Joey Defrancesco is simply one of the greatest jazz musicians alive today! As […]
Stephen Johnson analyses the music and the background to the music of Brahms’ 2nd Piano Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Schiffman with piano soloist Martin Roscoe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0249gtx
John Fordham … “This is the kind of venture – with two flying-fingered virtuosi trying to out-magic each other – that can generate a lot more heat than illumination. But this effervescent double-set of acoustic-piano exchanges on a dozen pieces balances virtuosity with mutual respect, and suggests the encounter was a ……” MORE
After moving to the U.S. from Canada in the 1940s, Maynard Ferguson gained prominence through his association with Stan Kenton in the following decade. Striking out on his own, he appeared on numerous film soundtracks (including The Ten Commandments), eventually forming his own band. A relocation to England in the 1960s, he became a fixture […]
All•About•Jazz write ….. The trajectory of Steven Wilson’s career, since stepping away from his longtime band Porcupine Tree to go solo, has been nothing short of remarkable. Since interviewing him in 2012 for the release of Get All You Deserve (Kscope, 2012)—an audio and video document of his world tour in support of Grace […]
Martin Kettle writes: Unlike Angela Merkel, our leaders rarely flaunt their cultural tastes. It’s to the detriment of national life Last Saturday I sat in something very close to rapture just a few feet away from Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel. But Merkel wasn’t making a speech. She wasn’t giving a press conference. And, although I […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3uVoid74SA Robert Plant never lost it Wow, what an awesomely diabolical riff! The song in general sounds a lot like Those Damned Blue Collared Tweakers, by Primus. вещь.лишь талант бы был
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) didn’t reflect the particular sound of the city itself. Not that this mattered – it was great pop and its idealism lives on. Rock history rightly celebrates the pioneers but sometimes the bandwagon jumpers get it right too. Whether anybody liked it not – […]
National Educational Television broadcast as “The Sounds of Summer”. July 7th 1969 , Mississippi River Festival, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie – Folk Artists Paired at Festival It is from widely separated backgrounds that Joni Mitchell and Arlo Guthrie, Monday night’s entertainers at the Mississippi River Festival, derive their widely separated, […]
A new batch of 5in1 box sets celebrating legendary jazz artists from the Verve catalogue.This run includes Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holiday.These sets are CDs in wallets housed in a slipcase. 1. Lester Leaps In – Peterson, Oscar 2. Easy Does It – […]
Jazz Saxophone legend Art Pepper’s Neon Art LP series coming to CD for first time on Omnivore Recordings. In 2012, Omnivore Recordings issued a series of unreleased music from jazz legend Art Pepper on colored vinyl. Now Omnivore, in conjunction with Laurie Pepper and Widow’s Taste Music, proudly offer these landmark recordings on CD and digital. Neon […]
Michell Mercer … Did you hear about the Italian gallery owner who last year — with the cooperation of the painters? It was a sort of desperate smoke signal to his government; a means of protesting funding cuts. If there haven’t been similar protests in the U.S. lately, it could be because we’re used to […]
