Posts Tagged John Coltrane
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July 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of ‘A Love Supreme’
My brother arrived home from university with The Stardust Sessions and A Love Supreme. These two albums were life changing. I carried on playing sport, going to school. In so many ways life was the same – but life was never really the same for me after hearing The Stardust Sessions and A Love Supreme. Those albums were […]Archive
January 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Seemingly By Fluke
Twelve years old when we finally got a CD player – not the last house in the street I’m sure, but certainly not the first. First album though, what a strange one, ‘Tutu’ by Miles Davis. Not his worst but a very strange entry point. I’m so grateful, I loved that album. And I dig […]Archive
September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Those John Coltrane CDs Blew My Fucking Mind
When my brother returned from university with a John Coltrane CD it was like a special gift – he was out there discovering new worlds, the hunter-gatherer bringing the very best music back to Hawke’s Bay. That’s how it seemed. There was no other way to explain it at all. He was doing this very […]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
April 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
David S. Ware New Quartet: Théâtre Garonne, 2008
David S. Ware New Quartet Théâtre Garonne, 2008 Aum Fidelity David S. Ware lost his battle with kidney failure in 2012 – it was a blood infection that got him following on from his 2009 transplant. He played in pain and without many people knowing for the last two decades of his career. Including here […]Archive
February 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 209: Lucien Johnson
Welcome to episode 209 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 […]Archive
January 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poncho Sanchez: Trane’s Delight
Poncho Sanchez Trane’s Delight Concord Picante The return of the master conguero would be welcome at any rate with this, his first new album as a leader in nearly a decade. Add the fact that it’s a brilliant set of songs and carries in its title and at the soul of the album an earnest […]Archive
October 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe
Welcome to episode 187 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 […]Archive
August 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: John Quatrain
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June 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Myele Manzanza: A Love Requited
Myele Manzanza A Love Requited First World Records UK ONE was Myele Manzanza’s debut solo album – by the time of which he was a veteran of so many performances, sideman, band-member, DJ, composer. He had runs on the board already. And it showed. So much so that by the time of OnePointOne (his American live debut) that very first solo album felt like bedsit-leftovers. That’s […]Archive
February 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman