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London Jazz Festival: Sun Mi Hong Quintet and Ant Law/Alex Hitchcock at the Purcell Room, 17 November 2022
The London Jazz Festival ran from 11-20 November this year. Kath and I went to a couple of events; I would have liked to go to more but already had an unusual number of concerts lined up in November. The … Continue reading
Two novels with jazz
I’ve read two novels this holiday in which jazz plays a part. Sometimes subversive, always arousing emotions, inspiring the writer. When I wrote about jazz in my book, “I Was There – A Musical Journey”, I described a music that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, theatre, cinema
Tagged books, Jack Kerouac, jazz, Josef Skvorecky, music, On the Road, The Bass Saxophone
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Have You Heard? – (33) “Little Sunflower” by the East New York Ensemble de Music
OK, so this is obscure! But it’s good. It’s school half term this week, and I had a few days of holiday left before the end of March, so I decided to take the week off. Be around for the … Continue reading
Have You Heard (and seen)? – (32) Billie Holiday singing “Fine and Mellow”
I’m on to a chapter about jazz in my book at the moment and earlier this evening I was just reminding myself about Billie Holiday. What a fantastic singer she was. She had the most turbulent life – absolutely awful … Continue reading
Posted in Music - Have You Heard?
Tagged Billie Holiday, blues, Coleman Hawkins, Fine and Mellow, Gerry Mulligan, jazz, Lester Young, music, saxophone
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Have You Heard? – (6) The Worldwide sound of Gilles Peterson
I like a lot of different kinds of music. It can confuse people – how can you possibly like Metallica and, I dunno, Joni Mitchell? How can you reconcile Bruce Springsteen with Underworld? The Clash with Alicia Keys? Kate Bush … Continue reading
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Tagged brazilian music, carlos y gaby, dance, gilles peterson, jazz, jazz rap, joy orbison, music, patricia marx, Radio 1, raekwon, Rebirth of Cool, roots manuva, roy ayers, worldwide
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