Tag Archives: Jazz

A LOVE SUPREME…

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Paul Brad

JUST BEEN LISTENING  to  ‘World Galaxy’ and Alice Coltrane’s rendition of Pt 1 – Acknowldgement  from ‘A Love Supreme’…  thought I’d just post this pic from 1965 of Alice and John Coltrane… DEEP LOVE!

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The Shape Of Things To Come Pt. 3….. Worldwide Baby…

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Paul Brad

The excitement around Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards 2012 had been mounting for weeks… months even.  Sold out well in advance and attracting punters and players from all over Europe the sense of anticipation was in the air as one entered … Continue reading →

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DEEP JAZZZ QUIZ…. How did you do?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Paul Brad

The DEEP JAZZ QUIZ was posted on Dec 15th and as I’ve said… a lot of the answers to those deeper questions were to be found in the back issues of Straight No Chaser….  others, are for some people, common … Continue reading →

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GIL SCOTT HERON: THE LAST HOLIDAY…. The Revolution Continues…..

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Paul Brad

Canongate Books, Book Slam and XL Recordings come together to celebrate the life of radical poet, novelist and musician, Gil Scott-Heron at the launch of his posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday. The event takes place at the wonderful people’s palace … Continue reading →

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THE DEEP JAZZ QUIZ. from the Steve Reid Foundation ‘Lions of Judah’ launch party.

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Paul Brad

OK people… last Monday saw the Steve Reid Foundation launch for Emanative and Ahmed Abdullah’s reworking of Steve’s  ‘Lions Of Judah’ – a tremendous  12″ single that deserves a place in any discerning music headz xmas stocking! It was in … Continue reading →

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ON THE TURNTABLE…. a few tunes…. a tropical storm is brewing!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Paul Brad

Just thought a little round up of tunes was in order…. the music just keeps on coming… OK…FIRST UP COMES ANTHONY JOSEPH’S LATEST OFFERING which he’s elusively named ‘Rubber Orchestras’. This poet, novelist, performer along with his Spasm Band has … Continue reading →

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Jazz re:freshed: Mau Mau-ing the Flak Catchers

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Paul Brad

When I launched this blog, one thing I had on my list was Jazz re:freshed. There’s a whole heap of words been written on-line, in recent times, about the UK jazz scene so I thought a nice “little” on-line interview with … Continue reading →

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Something for the weekend… Gilles Peterson meets Ross Allen… the podcast!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Paul Brad

Having penned the liner notes to Gilles P’s latest offering… ‘Masterpiece’ …from the Ministry Of Sound I was most happy to see GP has got together with my good friend, the ever feisty and seriously deep music fan’ Ross Allen … Continue reading →

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KATE TEMPEST… A furious storm brewing!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Paul Brad

After reading Jody Gillett’s excellent piece on wwww.mondomix.com about how a band of South London brothers called United Vibrations took the riot torn streets, to deliver their own spiritual “12Tone” jazz message of “galaxies not ghettos, equilibrium not domination, deeds … Continue reading →

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What’s the Word: ACID Jazz… LIVE at Dingwalls… Rescued from the vaults!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Paul Brad

Here’s a rough & ready little gem of a movie that film editor Paul Bates found in his archive. Acid Jazz… the word! It’s 30 minutes long and 21 years old. This brought back a few memories. According to Paul, … Continue reading →

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