This category is just me revisiting some recordings that meant a lot. It’s an idea I toyed with last year,…
18. Serious fun
Lullaby for Igor. From Rita Marcotulli and Andy Sheppard, On the edge of a perfect moment, 2005 Andy Sheppard is…
Crowdfunder for new Bristol project
Well it’s been while since there was anything Bristol-related up here, but you should know about this new recording project…
17. Essence of Brazil
Cochichando. From Paulo Moura, Pixinguinha, 1996 Sun-drenched days put me in mind of this, which comes with fond memories of…
16 “I can always tell”
Irene. From Charlie Haden and Hampton Hawes, As Long as There’s Music, 1978 Such a wondrous combination here. “I can…
15. A talent takes wing
Down San Diego Way. From Arthur Blythe, Lenox Avenue Breakdown, 1979 Did I say this little series would avoid obvious…
14. The real thing
My ship. From Andrew Cyrille, Metamusicians’ Stomp, 1978 Manchester in the late 1970s. There’s one decent jazz gig a week,…
13. Some Englishmen abroad
Re: Person I knew, from Nutty (on) Willisau, Coe, Oxley and Co, 1983 Even allowing for the smaller number of…
12. Way out West
Sho’ Nuff Blues, Bobby Bradford and the Mo’ Tet. Lost in LA, 1984 Now here’s a man who doesn’t get…
11. In an Afro-American garden
The Gardens of Harlem. Clifford Thornton and the Jazz Composers’ Orchestra, 1975 No convenient way to embed a single track…
10. A fond farewell
For Harry Carney, Charles Mingus, 1974 Ah, what a band. The only acceptable Mingus drummer, Dannie Richmond, had come back…
