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LIVE THE SPIRIT BIG BAND LIVE @ The Tabernacle – 26.10.013
LIVE THE SPIRIT BIG BAND premiered A Dream Deferred or A Dream Or A Dream Come True + ‘1919’ at The Tabernacle in Ladbroke Grove. Fresh from concerts in Brest and Paris, Chicago’s Live The Spirit Big Band touched down … Continue reading
A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? arrives in London
A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? arrives in London this Saturday, 26th October, with Chicago’s Live The Spirit Ensemble. A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? is a 45 minute suite composed by Ernest Khabeer Dawkins – … Continue reading
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Tagged A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True?, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago, Corey Wilkes, Delmark, Delmark Records, Dr Matin Luther King, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, I Have A Dream, Jazz Alive, Kahari B, Live The Spirit Ensemble, March On washington, THE TABERNACLE
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Robert Wyatt ’68 – The Lost Tapes
‘Robert Wyatt ’68’ is a fascinating document, a brace of works in progress by the drummer and vocalist with the legendary Soft Machine. The album contains four “lost” tracks – 2 short and 2 long – which were recorded in … Continue reading
SOLO SOPRANO: A PORTRAIT OF LOL COXHILL
‘SOLO SOPRANO- A PORTRAIT OF LOL COXHILL’ is latest venture by film maker Helen Petts and following its successful launch at the Full of Noises Festival, the film tours to Tusk Festival, Newcastle, London Jazz Festival and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra … Continue reading
JULIAN JOSEPH takes on Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde
Though I know zilch about opera I couldn’t miss out on an invite to pianist, Julian Joseph’s ‘Windows in Tristan & Isolde in the small studio at the Royal Opera House last Sunday. Julian’s brother and manager, James, had already … Continue reading
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
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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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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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NEXUS-ONE WORLD MUSIC: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglas’ famous speech ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’ provides the theme to the next Nexus – One World concert at St George’s Bloomsbury. The monthly Jazz Warriors International/Nexus – One World concerts at St George’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriano Adewale, Bonnie Greer, Cleveland Watkiss, Frederick Douglas, Jazz warriors International, Lizzie Ball, Louis Armstrong, Nexus - One World, Robert Mitchell, Rowland Sutherland, St George's Bloomsbury, What To The SLave Is The Fourth Of July
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BOBBY ‘BLUE’ BLAND – Farther On Up The Road
Another great voice from the pantheon great R&B vocalists, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, passes away at 83. Having been schooled on what’s become known as “Northern Soul” I was inevitably given a couple of post all-nighter introductions to the distinctive husky … Continue reading
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Tagged BB King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Duke Records, Johnny Ace, Malaco Records, MCA Records, Rhythm & Blues, Southern Soul
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FREEDOM! Pt.1: A Stereophonic-Supply “Mixtape”
Just posted the first of a what’s planned to be a series of deep jazz “mixtapes” for our Stereophonic-Supply.co set up. Having been diggin’ for tunes to play at the FREEDOM! session at Charlie Wright’s Int. Bar in Hoxton (4th … Continue reading
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Tagged Cosmic Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz, Mixtapes, music, spiritual jazz, Stereophonic-Supply.co, Sun Ra
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