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Morrison commented on the post, The Afterword End Of Year Chart 2023 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 Claire Martin/Scott Dunn/RPO – I Watch You Sleep Beautifully arranged and sung celebration of Richard Rodney Bennett/the great American songbook 2 Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth Veteran soul man r […]
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Morrison commented on the post, The Afterword Reissues, Historical & Archival Poll 2023 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 Roy Hargrove – The Love Suite: In Mahogany Previously unreleased – remarkable joyous live concert of the then 23-year-old jazz trumpet star’s self-penned suite 2 Pharoah Sanders – Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1980 St […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Q1 check in – your favourite song of 2023 1 year ago
Eric Bibb’s lovely new version of the old folky favourite: And another old tune – but “newly released” on a 7 via Bob Stanley’s Measured Mile label – an old northern soul banger that irked the purists when it […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Drownsizing : Take 4.. Crabby Appleton and Keith Christmas are no re-homed. 1 year ago
If anyone is looking to offload a substantial collection, it might be worth considering an auction – maybe a specialist music one like Omega (up north) or SAS (Newbury) or Wessex Auctions in the south. Plenty of […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Retirement? 1 year, 1 month ago
Worth having a look at your UK state pension – the govt has just pushed back the deadline to July to make additional contributions to get to maximum entitlement. Apparently, it’s a decent investment to put some […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Blogger Takeover XCVII 1 year, 1 month ago
SEEN: Decent month for live music – with some legendary figures in fine form. Now 82, Norma Winstone has worked with pretty much everyone in British jazz and beyond since the mid-60s – and still puts out fine mus […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Slave to the song I love 1 year, 1 month ago
Some Ashford and Simpson genius at work. Three years after writing/producing a soul perfection chart hit for Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell you dismantle the song and rebuild it into a symphonic gospel masterpiece for […]
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Morrison commented on the post, THE AFTERWORD END OF YEAR POLL 2022 1 year, 3 months ago
From the top:
Kim Tibbs – The Science of Completion Vol.1
Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Kit Downes – Vermillion
Lewis Taylor – Numb
Joyce – Natureza
Immanuel Wilkins – The 7th Hand
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Morrison commented on the post, The Boxing Day Sales 1 year, 3 months ago
Latest release in the ongoing Resonance label unissued Bill Evans live performances is pretty wonderful – both the music across two CDs and fascinating booklet – and now almost half price at the dodgers at around […]
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Morrison commented on the post, AFTERWORD REISSUES OF THE YEAR POLL 2022 1 year, 3 months ago
In order 1-5:
Sammi Smith – Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-75
Melancholic downbeat soulful country from the 70s.Bill Evans – You Must Believe in Spring
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Morrison commented on the post, Your Gig of the year – 2022 1 year, 4 months ago
Kurt Elling – Cambridge Arts Theatre:
Finally got to see probably my favourite jazz singer – just a brilliant performance of vocal dexterity with a fabulously funky trio in front of a rapturous crowd.New Reg […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Youngsters penning hits or just rather excellent songs. 1 year, 4 months ago
Laura Nyro – first album when she was 19 with maybe half a dozen self-penned songs that went on to be big top 10 pop hits for Barbra Streisand, Fifth Dimension and others.
Also, Janis Ian – “Society’s Child” – […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Blogger Takeover XCIV 1 year, 4 months ago
SEEN:
A welcome return for the Cambridge Jazz Festival after a couple of years’ absence, managing as usual to pull together a busy fortnight of varied music scattered across a range of interesting city v […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Great guitar instrumentals 1 year, 4 months ago
Some country pickin’ – with pedal steel bonus.
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Morrison commented on the post, All I want for Christmas is ….. a classic Prog ballad playlist! 1 year, 4 months ago
Mellotron…heavenly choir…flute solo…violin – and strangulated vocalising!
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Morrison commented on the post, Great late-night songs and albums 1 year, 6 months ago
The new Daniel Lanois album “Player Piano” is a decent late-night listen – piano and effects noodling in an ambient-ish style.
Others recent albums for the twilight hours:
Sachal Vasandani/Romain Collin – Still […]
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Morrison commented on the post, RIP Pharoah Sanders 1 year, 6 months ago
Very sad indeed, but not unexpected after witnessing his final live appearance at the “We Out Here” festival in the wilds of Cambridgeshire a few weeks ago.
It was a highly charged emotional farewell to the gre […]
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Morrison commented on the post, Tribute Bands : The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 1 year, 7 months ago
Introducing the TOP Queens – an (almost) all women tribute act from Argentina to veteran funkateers Tower of Power:
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Morrison commented on the post, Brilliant Deep Cuts From The Extremely Famous 1 year, 7 months ago
For many years only available as a B-side of a single – one of the good reverend’s best tunes:
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Morrison commented on the post, The Meg! Locking the stable doors after Thee Stallion has bolted. 1 year, 7 months ago
Well fancy that – I saw both these live over the weekend at Gilles Peterson’s excellent “We Out Here” festival just up the road from me north of Huntingdon. Emma-Jean was superb – switching from an 80s-style jazz […]
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