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August 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Connie Han: Iron Starlet
Connie Han Iron Starlet Mack Avenue What an extraordinary talent Connie Han is – and what a band! This is her third album out front and her best to date. And as it bursts from the speakers, with all the surety that jazz was never dead, has not only always had a pulse but is […]Archive
July 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Eddie Henderson: Shuffle And Deal
Eddie Henderson Shuffle And Deal Smoke Sessions Records The redoubtable trumpeter and flugelhornist Eddie Henderson is 80. And he celebrates in fine style with his knock-it-out-of-the-park session featuring an all-killer line-up that includes the great Kenny Barron on piano and Mike Clark on drums along with Gerald Cannon on bass and alto-sax wiz Donald Harrison.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 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 84
Art Pepper, Art Lives (1983) When I first got into Art Pepper – it was all the smooth stuff from the 50s and early 60s. Class act. Even if he was a mess off the stage and out of the booth – and even sometimes famously when he was playing (or about to be playing). […]Archive
July 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bobby Watson: Keepin’ It Real
Bobby Watson Keepin’ It Real Smoke Sessions / Smoke Sessions Records Saxophonist Bobby Watson came up through one of the later variations of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (late 70s/early 80s) and from there has released around two dozen albums as a leader himself, also working tirelessly as an educator. You get the feeling that Blakey […]Archive
July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Hamilton Trio: Catch Me If You Can
Jeff Hamilton Trio Catch Me If You Can Capri There’s something so pure about the great jazz trios – I’m an all-day sucker for it. And there’s always been such stateliness to Jeff Hamilton’s work as drummer and bandleader. So I was probably always going to love this – but I reckon it’s Hamilton’s finest […]Archive
July 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade RoundAgain Nonesuch Go back through your jazz collection and marvel at the “supergroups” – John Coltrane and Miles Davis together, or Coltrane and Monk, Art Blakey tutoring a young Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Charles Mingus performing together as one of the […]Archive
July 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 97
Miles Davis, Live In Europe (1964) There was a time when I had a hundred or more Miles Davis albums loaded onto an iPod. When I lost the iPod in a burglary it was gutting – we’d been robbed, while we slept! – but there was a certain freedom or catharsis that came from no […]Archive
July 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Kurt Elling: Secrets Are The Best Stories
Kurt Elling Secrets Are The Best Stories Edition Records Ltd. I’ve been under the spell of Elling since I first heard him – there’s such rich calmness, such beautifully measured passion in his voice. But it’s also about the things he says and the way he goes about putting music to words; that’s right music […]Archive
July 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 219: Colin Morris
Welcome to episode 219 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 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman