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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bob James: Once Upon A Time – The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions
Bob James Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions Resonance Records For all that has been awful about and in 2020 let’s pause for a moment to think of how lucky we have been to receive so many great archival jazz projects. Lost albums suddenly found. I guess that happens when […]Archive
September 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) Parlophone UK The gates are wide open now, the David Bowie reissues and new releases are pouring. Some are very, very boring. Some didn’t need to happen. But there are some gems – of course. There’s gold in the vault, and probably a bit more to come […]Archive
August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Matthew Marshall: Fragments
Matthew Marshall Fragments Rattle I’m part of a small gang singing the praises of Rattle Records. I’m sure they label wants that group to group to grow. I sure did which is why if they keep putting out great product I’ll keep singing their praises.Archive
June 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Homegrown
Neil Young Homegrown Reprise Neil Young’s archive boasts many hidden gems and over the last decade or so he’s been sharing more from that cellar door. There are whole albums, live gigs, alternate versions – and though there have been one or two slightly unnecessary live sets there is still so much more magic to […]Archive
April 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ebo Taylor: Palaver
Ebo Taylor Palaver BBE Music Ebo Taylor – living legend of African highlife music is still in rude health at 83 – at least as far as 2018’s Yen Ara let us know; a career highlight. And now we have Palaver, not strictly a new recording – but it’s the first time this 40-year-old album […]Archive
April 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Roger Kellaway: The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway IPO Recordings The archive of rare/lost/archival jazz recordings is staggering. Here’s a gig Roger Kellaway recorded just under a decade ago – and left it. It’s a stunner. He’s at the keys working his magic – with shit-hot bassist Dan Lutz and killer guitarist Bruce Forman […]Archive
March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Murry Wilson & Snow: The Break Away EP
Murry Wilson & Snow The Break Away EP Omnivore Recordings Murry Wilson shares the prize with Joe Jackson (father of the Jackson 5, not the super singer/songwriter) as one of the world’s worst Professional Fathers – these manager/Svengali types that invented the cliché of channeling their own rage through their sons (and daughters) and being […]Archive
March 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Michel Petrucciani Trio: One Night In Karlsruhe [Live]
The Michel Petrucciani Trio One Night In Karlsruhe [Live] SWR Jazzhaus The French jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani lived his life in pain. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, brittle bone disorder. He was one of the greats of jazz piano across the 1980s and early 1990s – despite being in enormous pain whenever he played. […]Archive
February 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Suzanne Vega: Live From The ‘Lenny Kaye Show’, WBAI Studios, NY, Feb 19th 1985 WBAI-FM Broadcast
Suzanne Vega Live From The ‘Lenny Kaye Show’, WBAI Studios, NY, Feb 19th 1985 WBAI-FM Broadcast Arcturus One of the great joys of streaming platforms is the proliferation of authorised bootleg material and old radio shows and curios being uploaded. Here’s a radio show appearance that is 35 years old (almost to the day on […]Archive
February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bryan Ferry: Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974
Bryan Ferry Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd Bryan Ferry was one of the coolest people on the planet in 1974. He was also this in 1973. He is also this – to many people – now. And certainly there’s plenty of evidence here and across 73/74 when he […]Archive
May 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman