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November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit
Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber) Human Spirit Autumn Hill Records Michael Silverman has been a jobbing composer and player of TV themes (Two And A Half Men, The Good Wife) and he and composing partner Jeff Lorber have dabbled in smooth jazz and light pop orchestrations as well as making music separately. Here they combine […]Archive
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
July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John Carroll Kirby: My Garden
John Carroll Kirby My Garden Stones Throw John Carroll Kirby is a keyboardist. He’s always made solo records that hover between new age and lite-jazz, a bit of ambient-meets-elevator; some dinner accompaniment or a soundtrack to induce somnolence.Archive
July 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 92
Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow (1974) Was Phoebe Snow underrated? Certainly by me! Every time I’ve heard her I’ve loved her – that Paul McCartney cover. Singing with Paul Simon. I used to have that single-disc Best of Phoebe Snow (on CD – though I thought I had the record too, apparently not). So I picked […]Archive
February 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 170
Bob James, Three (1976) The truth is I was into Bob James before I knew I was into Bob James; before I knew who he was. The TV show Taxi had such an impact on me – its theme tune continues to – and then of course all the hip-hop and dance tracks that have […]Archive
December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Tight But Loose
Playing along to Babylon Sisters on the drums. And Angela- the Theme from Taxi. Man, Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad. Beautiful. There’s a philosophy to their playing. They know the magic is in holding back. I never knew how to hold back, so I just dropped out. That’s how it’s usually been. Coming back to […]Archive
November 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Kenny Pore: A Place Across Town
Kenny Pore A Place Across Town Kenny Pore Sessions Smooth Jazz, Light Jazz, Dinner Jazz…it goes by many names and it’s usually awful to all but hi-fi nuts and sessions musicians (usually just the cats that played on that actual session).Archive
May 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Taxi
he’s in the back of the car, as usual, and i’m his taxi driver. my son asks me if the day he was born was the best day of my life. and i say“yes. of course”. “what about when you and mum got married?”, he quizzed. “second. nearly as good. can’t have one without the other”. he nods. and i didn’t […]Archive
May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Bob James Trio: Espresso
Bob James Trio Espresso Evosound Returning to the trio format after a recent lovely foray into duo work with Nathan East, here the master player and composer stretches his fingers across jazz, his first love. Small combo playing has been a huge part of James’ career whether polite (Fourplay) or deep and funky (the classic early 70s albums now […]Archive
August 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta: In The Chapel In The Moonlight
Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta In The Chapel In The Moonlight Tappan Zee Records Bob James follows on from 2015’s set of duos with Nathan East – the best kind of dinner-jazz going, don’t let that term put you off, it’s a wonderful record – with another set of duos, this time light-classical with flautist […]Archive
April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman