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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Cindy Blackman Santana: Give The Drummer Some

Cindy Blackman Santana Give The Drummer Some Copperline As Cindy Blackman she made her name as the drummer in Lenny Kravitz’s band – wearing a wig and stomping out the rock grooves. But that was the side-hustle made big; her real love (and skill) was as a jazzer, making records under her own name. I’m […]
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August 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Betty Davis: The Columbia Years 1968-69

Betty Davis The Columbia Years 1968-69 LightInTheAttic It’s fitting that LightInTheAttic should shine the light on these fabled Betty Davis sessions – via this comprehensive round-up with stellar liner notes, as is the way with LightInTheAttic releases, and of course the good oil being the music – since it was the reissue label which represented […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Betty Davis, Billy Cox, Funk, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Light In The Attic, LightInTheAttic, Miles Davis, Mitch Mitchell, Nasty Gal, Reissue, Soul, Ted Macero, The Columbia Years, The Columbia Years 1968-69 ·

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March 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 931

John McLaughlin with The One Truth Band, Electric Dreams (1979) I first heard this record – as a record, on a turntable – many years ago in a student flat. A friend’s copy. He knew I liked John McLaughlin, had heard a bit of his playing, etc. But this record was something new to me […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Bitches Brew, Electric Dreams, John McLaughlin, John McLaughlin with The One Truth Band, LP, Miles Davis, Record, The One Truth Band, The Unknown Dissident, The Vinyl Countdown # 931, Vinyl ·

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February 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Paco de Lucia

It was sad to hear of the death of Paco de Lucia. I was first turned onto his playing via the Friday Night In San Francisco live record. I knew the other players already (John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola) but it was Paco de Lucia that provided the revelatory moments on that first and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Al Di Meola, Blog On The Tracks, Eulogy, Flamenco, Friday Night in San Francisco, Guitar, John McLaughlin, Mediterranean Sundance, Paco de Lucia, R.I.P. Paco de Lucia ·

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September 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1872

Miles Davis, Bitches Brew (1970) This is one of those albums that has a reputation for being a bit impenetrable – a tough ask. I have never felt that way about it. It blew my mind as a 14 year old trying to take it in – and in fact I trance-out to it in […]
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