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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Charli Persip

Charli Persip the legendary jazz drummer and teacher has died. He was 91. Hell of an innings. And what a player. Persip, born Charles, called “Charlie” but he changed the spelling in the 1980s to “Charli”, was a bandleader and educator. He was also on some of the greatest jazz albums you now and love […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Archie Shepp, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Big Joe Turner, Blue Mitchell, Cannonball Adderley, Charli Persip, Charlie Persip, David “Fathead” Newman, Dinah Wasington, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Donald Byrd, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, George Benson, George Russell, Hank Mobley, Harry Edison, Jazz, Kai Winding, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Louis Jordan, Part Martino, Quincy Jones, R.I.P., R.I.P. Charli Persip, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims ·

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May 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Mickey Roker

It was sad to hear of the passing of the great jazz drummer, Mickey Roker. He was 84, he died of natural causes, he played drums his entire adult life – Roker worked with so many of the greats. He was a force, as a progressive bop drummer, as a legendary sideman. I have records […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art Farmer, Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Gene Ammons, Gene Harris, Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Jazz, Joe Pass, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Mickey Roker, Milt Jackson, MJQ, Modern Jazz Quartet, R.I.P., R.I.P. Mickey Roker, Ray Brown, Ray Bryant, Roy Ayers, Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine ·

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September 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 630

Dizzy Gillespie, Salle Pleyel Concert (Vol.2) (1956) A wee taster really, a little soupçon – it’s volume two of a concert, just an EP’s worth – I found it at a store in Sydney recently; I was buying up a few singles and just decided to chuck this in the pile. I’ve got other Dizzy […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1958, Australia, Diz, Dizzy Gillespie, EP, France, Jazz, Live, LP, Paris, Record, Salle Playel Concert, Salle Pleyel Concert (Vol. 2), Single, Sydney, The Diz, The Vinyl Countdown # 630, Title, Vinyl, Vol.2, Volume Two ·

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October 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 808

V/A, Chill Pill Vol. 1 (?) It looks like one of those not-quite-legal bootleg-jobs, a compilation (well chosen) of funk and soul cuts, a bit of soul-jazz here, some forgotten blues or gospel there…one minute it’s Minnie Riperton next it’s Stanley Turrentine  – chuck in some Quincy Jones, some Donald Byrd, some Dizzy Gillespie…well, shit, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bushwackers, Chill Pill, Chill Pill Vol. 1, Compilation, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Get Out Of My Life Woman, Groove Records, Joe Williams, LP, Minnie Riperton, Mix, Quincy Jones, Record, Stanley Turrentine, The Vinyl Countdown # 808, V/A, Various Artists, Vinyl ·

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November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1741

Dizzy Gillespie, Digital At Montreux, 1980 (1981) I bought this for $1 because it was Dizzy Gillespie and Bernard Purdie and Toots Thielemans. I knew all of the players and I couldn’t see it working – so I was curious. Also the album is red vinyl and I thought that was fucking cool. This was […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Aretha Franklin, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Bernard Purdie, Digital At Montreux, Dizzy Gillespie, Montreux, Red Vinyl, Rob Winch, Steely Dan, Toots Thielemans, Vinyl ·

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July 29, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1910

Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I (1982) Released in 1982, this double-album celebrates Stevie’s wonder years (the 1970s) with 11 singles and one album cut. And to show it really was designed for the double-LP format (rather than the CD or iPod) each side features a brand new song. Four new cuts to close […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Dizzy Gillespie, Do I Do, Isn't She Lovely, Ribbon In The Sky, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, Vinyl, You Haven't Done Nothin' ·

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