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About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher : Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine, Editor - Beyond The Bassline (British Library) , Editor - L FM : Lockdown FM Broadcasting In A Pandemic - Gilles Peterson (Worldwide FM) / Publisher: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: A History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove / Music Fan: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient to Future / Cultural Event Consultant & Activist / Nei Jia practitioner

An Antidote To Indifference… What a wonderful name!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Paul Brad

Last Tuesday evening, I managed to hook up with broadcaster, DJ and roving A&R man Ross Allen along with former Chaser scribbler and music fan, Oakland CA based CK Smart. The meeting point was the excellent Queen’s Head freehouse in … Continue reading →

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BLUE MURDER: The Radical Art Of KENNARDPHILLIPS

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Paul Brad

FOLLOWING HARD ON THE HEELS of the media coup that was Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Peter Kennard and Cat Phillips present their latest collaboration – BLUE MURDER – which takes on Tory leader, David Cameron’s smooth and line-less visage (do I … Continue reading →

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TALKIN’ ALL THAT JAZZ… BLACK TOP, FREEDOM!, JAZZ IN THE ROUND + NEXUS with ROWLAND SUTHERLAND, ADRIANO ADEWALE & ROBERT MITCHELL

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Paul Brad

PHEW! Just taking a little break from sorting some tunes for tonight’s FREEDOM! Always good to play out… gives you a chance to roam through the vinyl and touch down on music you have heard in eons. Thoroughly enjoyed John … Continue reading →

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SOUZOU: Welcome to the World of 46 Outsider Artists from Japan

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Paul Brad

SOUZOU – which is pronounced SOZO. It is one of those terms that has a dual meaning and in the context of this enlightening – and at times disturbing – show of 46 self taught Japanese outsider artists it alludes … Continue reading →

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MASS AUDIO DESTRUCTION – Nu Skool on the East Side

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Paul Brad

Coming in a touch late on this one but had give one hearty welcome to the musical family that is Universal Mind Systems. Taking over the final Sunday night of April at the Jazz Warriors Int. sessions at Charlie Wright’s … Continue reading →

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MARILYN & ELLA: Against Jim Crow in Hollywood’s Clubland!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Paul Brad

Here’s a good story about Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald that I came across via Bob Wisdom’s Facebook… Back in the n the 1950s, the popular Mocambo nightclub on West Hollywood’s famous Sunset Boulevard applied the Jim Crow laws to … Continue reading →

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Dr Martin Luther King Jnr: Assassinated 45 years ago today… April 4th 1968.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Paul Brad

TONIGHT WE WILL CELEBRATE the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr at Nexus – One World at St. George’s Bloomsbury. A Jazz Warriors Int. co-production it will be hosted by Bonnie Greer and the concert will feature … Continue reading →

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NADJIB LE FLEURIER: IMAGES OF IMPROVISATION

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Paul Brad

I first encountered Nadjib Le Fleurier at FREEDOM!, our Sunday night pure improv-jam session at Charlie Wright’s and these are selection of shots that materialised from the second session which featured a host of players and singers. In house were … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER RECORD STORE DAY CLASSIC: Fela’s Sorrow Tears & Blood

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Paul Brad

TO CELEBRATE THE  75th birthday of Nigeria’s militant, Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, as well as the recent release of new deluxe compilation ‘The Best Of The Black President 2’ and newly repackaged versions of Fela’s entire back catalogue, Knitting Factory … Continue reading →

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JAZZ-OETRY… JAZZ POETRY… ALL STAR SUPER JAMS – 1962 -2013

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Paul Brad

Wow, here’s one project that has to be checked… following on from a radical all star performance at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of a cancer charity,  Gearbox Records has anounced the release of the ‘All Star Jazz Poetry … Continue reading →

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