Jazzy goodness on the streaming service of your choice. 69 tracks. More than 8½ hours of the stuff. I’m going in ..
Blue Note’s Post-Bop Playlist
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Post-War British Jazz Bargain Alert
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This is currently name your price on Bandcamp. Sounds pretty interesting, think I will chuck them a few quid but you can pay nothing if you want
A survey of the modern jazz & hard-bop scenes that emerged in the new cultural melting pot of post war London, with recordings from the end of the 1940s through to the early 1960s.
Featuring representations from players whose roots lay in the East-End’s jewish community, such as Ronnie Scott, Vic Ash & Harry Klein, alongside a wealth of talent of Caribbean and African descent playing and recording in post war London during this period, incl. Dizzy Reece, Wilton Gaynair, Joe Harriott, Shake Keane & Ginger Johnson.
Made in partnership with the Barbican to coincide with the exhibition Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-1965.
I have no financial or other interest in The Chandos Arms. 31 Colindale Avenue NW9 5DS
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I’ve discovered a cheap live music venue just a short drive away from my hovel. The landlady, Ellie, is a singer, her husband is a drummer and they have a weekly folk club, monthly soul and funk nights and first and third Sundays of each month is “Chandos Arms Jazz”. Not the usual “Trad” pub stuff but -proper- jazz. A few standards and lots of original stuff.
Yesterday’s headliner was saxophonist Martin Speake, with the double bassist Calum Gourlay and pianist Rick Simpson from his quartet plus the alto/soprano saxophonist Jeremy Shoham and drummer Rick Finlay of the house band “Just East”. Really very good indeed but hardly anyone in attendance this time. Normally they get a decent crowd. They normally pass the tin around for the optional £7 charge but didn’t bother yesterday. At the end I offered some of my cash to Jeremy, the house band saxophonist but he said “That’s OK”.
Next time (17th July) it’s singer Zoe Francis with guitarist Jim Mullen and whoever of Just East is available on the day. I’ve always rated Jim Mullen since seeing him xx years ago with Pete Brown & Piblokto. He played with a thumb pick! Since » Continue Reading.
