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DON DRUMMOND: Genius and Tragedy
‘Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Trombonist’ is a brand new book that gets to grips with the tragic life of the legendary Skatalites trombonist. Scanning through a catalogue of forthcoming books from McFarland, a US … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, Words, Sound & Power
Tagged 'Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist', Alpha Boys School, Anita Mahfood, Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, Count Ossie, Don Drummond, Heather Augustyn, Jamaica, Margarita, Rhumba, Rico Rodrigues, Ska, Skatalites, Studio One
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The Stuart Hall Project
The Stuart Hall Project: a Smoking Dogs film about revolution, politics, culture and the New Left experience is in cinemas 6 September Highly acclaimed at this year’s Sundance and Sheffield Documentary festivals, the new film from Smoking Dogs’ award-winning documentarian … Continue reading
MARTIN LUTHER KING & THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
MARTIN LUTHER KING & THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON is another magical film from the Hackney based Smoking Dogs. Directed by Jon Akomfrah this evocative and historically illuminating documentary celebrates the pivotal moment in modern history when the the Civil Rights … Continue reading
ALMOST SOLD OUT! Michael Garrick’s ‘Prelude to Heart Is A Lotus’
ALMOST SOLD OUT! Michael Garrick’s ‘Prelude to Heart Is A Lotus’ Just spotted this picture on Sebastian Scotney’s London Jazz bulletin of Gearbox Records’ Adam Sieff proudly holding a copy of the Michael Garrick Sextet’s ‘Prelude to Heart Is A … Continue reading
Nothern Soul meets Stereophonic-Supply
Nothern Soul meets Stereophonic-Supply As Swifty and myself originally hail from the industrial North and had our own respective experiences of the Northern Soul scene we decided to design a tee which tips a nod to those who’ve kept the … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Elaine Constantine, Keep The Faith, Mods, northern soul, Swifty, www.stereophonic-supply.co
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Afrika70…..Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply Pays Tribute!
Afrika70…..The Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply pays tribute… While it might look like a bit of a vanity overload I couldn’t resist popping off some shots of the stereophonic-supply Africa70 tees while I was in Greece….the light was intense … Continue reading
Kinthissa’s Taiji Journey: Quan Of Change
Discovering this lovely photo of my first Chen taijiquan teacher with her teacher and mentor, the pioneering Pytt (Gerda Geddes) sent me off to Kinthissa’s website only to discover a long piece she’d written for Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental … Continue reading
Posted in Wushu
Tagged Chen Taijiquan, Chen Xiao wang, Gerda Geddes, John Kells, Kinthissa, London tai chi, Master Chu, Pytt, Rose Li, taijiquan, Yang taijiquan
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TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT
TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT is the focus of a forthcoming autobiography co-written with saxophonist/writer Michael E Veal. Tony Allen: An Autobiography Of The Master Drummer Of Afrobeat is out in September and Tony has got together with saxophonist/writer … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings
Tagged Afrobeat, Drums, Duke University Press, Fela Kuti, funk, Jazz, Lagos, Michael E Veal, Nigeria, Tony Allen
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