On This Day – Red Clay – 50 Years ago
On this day in 1970 a group of preeminent Jazz musicians and a young drummer assembled at Rudy Van Gelder studios in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey, to record what would become a defining album for…
RIP Claudio Roditi
His death was announced by his long time partner and wife, Kristen Park on January 19th, via a Gofundme page setup for Claudio. It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my…
Bob James – Birthday mix
Bob James/Don’t Mess With Mister Bob. To celebrate Bobs birthday on December 25th, I put together this 3-track mix of some great tracks he bought us, among many. I have more than one hundred albums…
RIP Allee Willis
Allee Willis passed away on Christmas Eve, 2019. Phenomenal song writer, a full bio, plus discography etc. can be found on discogs. Allee wrote dozens of great song lyrics, @Verdine_White bought Allee to@MauriceWhiteEWF and Allee wrote…
SACD Version of Don Sebeskys Giant Box available
Many will not have noticed that Dutton Vocalion in the UK have been quietly remastering quite a few of the Creed Taylor releases over the past 8-years, and releasing them as hybrid, multichannel, stereo, quadraphonic…
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Hank Crawford – Born day
Happy born day to Hank Crawford, born December 21st, 1934 and died in 2009. Loads of great music on #kudu Records, some of it never released on cd or digital due to the masters being…
Baddest – Grover Washington, Jr.
Baddest likely took its lead and title from earlier CTI albums, “The Baddest Hubbard” and “The Baddest Turrentine” and was the last in the line. Right at the point where the CTI Records was struggling…
Bob James meets Robert Elms on BBC Radio London
I’ve been a listener to the Robert Elms BBC Radio London show from at least the late 90’s, possibly earlier. I’ve been on the show in three listener segments, I was a London Weekender, and…
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I Want It All
We had a great night out on Thursday with Elderbrook at the Fox Theatre in Boulder. One of the things I’m working out with the layout of this site, is how best to host music,…
Happy Halloween – The Red-Eyed Rats
Happy Halloween from me via legendary jazz music producer Creed Taylor, the Kenyon Hopkins Orchestra, and right at the start of his career, engineer Phil Ramone. This track is taken from side-B, track-1 of the…