A very interesting handful. I don’t know the Herbie, Brazilian or Andrew Hill albums. I will have check them out.

This guy presumably?

Didn’t Johnny Marr ‘ban’ David call me Dave Cameron from liking the Smiths? I think he was also a Jam fan.

Lisa and Bart also did a great karaoke version in one of my favourite episodes of the Simpsons.

I’m a huge fan of Martin Scorcese’s films, but I avoided The Wolf Of Wall Street when it was released. The glorification of the excesses of 80s yuppies I found a bit stomach churning. Years later I was flicking […]

I did not expect the Ukulele Orchestra to be that good! It really works.

The music is from a film, the funky Brazilian version isn’t. Waltel Branco Pink Panther film.

That’s one of my favourites too.

Indeed, I suspect his obituaries had already been written.

Similarly Northern Soul and World Music. No artist would set out to make music with either label.

Fantastic track.

It’s certainly not obvious from the shop windows of the HMV shops in Watford and Norwich that they even sell records and CDs

The Miles clip’s not there. I would be interested to see how it compares to the description in the book, which is quite academic. One for film studies students and buffs too. I’m going to have to watch Round […]

That’s ridiculously cheap. 72 page booklet too!

I recently finished reading Jans B. Wager’s book Jazz And Cocktails – Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir. A fair few pages are devoted to the film Elevator To The Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’echafaud 1957). […]

The best argument for voting Remain, which was made by almost no one at the time, was, look at the quality of the politicians who will have to negotiate Brexit.

Amazing because Herbie Flower’s made it sound so strange.

Ever wondered where Dee Lite got that sample for Groove Is In The Heart? Well, it’s from “Herbert Hancock’s” soundtrack to Blow Up.

What a lineup that was! Chucho, Pacquito D’Rivera on sax and Arturo Sandoval on trumpet plus amazing percussionists. I wish I had seen them more. I hated Ronnie Scott’s then. Today with their 2 shows a night,I go […]

I must have been unlucky. I saw them 3 times – Bury St Edmunds (with Coventry Automatics / Specials supporting, Ipswich and Brixton. They were average at best each time. The tribute band London Calling are great […]