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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 51
Mel Tormé, The Velvet Fog (1970) So many crooners. So many good singers. Singing so many good songs. I got to Mel Tormé in the silliest of ways – but it’s one that is in keeping with my generation’s way of being introduced to things I guess. The TV show Night Court, a favourite features […]Archive
September 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 20 – Bobby Colomby
As with many of my early – and lasting – drum heroes, I have my mum to thank for introducing me to the music made by Bobby Colomby. I’m not sure she’d even know the name if I mentioned it. But she would definitely remember the name of his band – Blood, Sweat & Tears. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 223: Lance Philip
Welcome to episode 223 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
July 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jamie Oldaker
Jamie Oldaker has died. He was 68. The Tulsa drummer is perhaps best-known for his long and crucial associations with Peter Frampton and particularly Eric Clapton. That’s where I first learned of his work, read the name, then saw him in some of the video footage. Ahead of appearing on a string of mid-70s Clapton […]Archive
July 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Joe Porcaro
Joe Porcaro has died. He was aged 90. The patriarch or a musical family Joe was a trained jazz drummer and educator. He worked in sessions across kit and percussion and stretched over so many genres – but he could also be found in a jazz club playing his first love, leading or sitting in […]Archive
July 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
They Say It’s Your Birthday – 80 Great Thingos By (and about) Ringo: Ringo Starr at 80
1. He was the first drummer to use a drum-riser on TV; sales of sticks and kits went up about 400% the next day after his appearance on Ed Sullivan. 2. The drum feels and fills and groove of Rain 3. Ringo’s malapropisms, wit and rejoinders. He gave us the lines that fed into Eight […]Archive
June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
A few years back I reviewed a Kindle Single, a keen drummer’s list of his Top 30 Drummers. Keen drummers don’t always make the best writers and this book – well it’s a sliver of a book (as is the point of Kindle Singles – seems wrong in this instance to bestow a title like essay) – […]Archive
June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can’t Beat
I’ve just made and published my first e-book. It’s available now at that link over at Amazon for a couple of bucks ($3.44 is the NZ rate). It’s comprised of the articles I wrote here under the banner Drummers You Just Can’t Beat and includes some new and edited pieces as well as many of the eulogies […]Archive
May 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jimmy Cobb
The great Jimmy Cobb has died, aged 91. He was the last surviving member of the dream team that played on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue – the jazz album that even non-jazz fans know and love (and probably own). Cobb was one of the great jazz drummers – a master of sensitivity and taste, […]Archive
May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman