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February 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Miles Davis: The Lost Septet

Miles Davis The Lost Septet Sleepy Night Records This is the middle part of a trilogy of “Lost” Miles Davis records. The Lost Septet refers to this particular band – a seven-piece that never went into the studio. This show was once broadcast on radio and that’s it – though members from this line-up were […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1971, Album Review, Archive, Bitches Brew, Don Alias, Electric, European Tour, Funk, Gary Bartz, In A Silent Way, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Live, Live Evil, Michael Henderson, Miles, Miles Davis, Miles Davis: The Lost Septet, Mtume, Ndugu Chancler, On The Corner, Septet, Sleepy Night Records, The Lost Septet, Tribute to Jack Johnson, Wah Wah, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 80s, Billy Hart, CD, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, Omar Hakim, Poem, Poem: Seemingly By Fluke, Seemingly By Fluke, Sonny Rollins, Tutu ·

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October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, “Restoration Ruin”

Keith Jarrett, Restoration Ruin, 1968 Somewhere in my quest to collect a whole heap of things by Keith Jarrett (not everything – because how could you?) I found out about this album. The Oddity In His Catalogue. Recorded and released in 1968 it is his second album. It is unlike anything else he’s made. Jarrett […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Restoration Ruin”, 1960s, 1968, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love # 38, Folk, folk-rock, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Multi-instrumentalist, Rodriguez, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, Singer/Songwriter, Sixties, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock has died. Aged 85. The great bass player was everywhere in jazz, all over the great albums. He made several as a leader and even more as a sideman, including close to two-dozen with pianist Keith Jarrett – bassist for his Standards Trio (Jack DeJohnette on the drums. But that was not his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bass, Eulogy, Gary Peacock, https://www.npr.org/2020/09/07/910054995/gary-peacock-a-jazz-bassist-always-ahead-of-his-time-dies-at-85, Jack DeJohnette, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, R.I.P., R.I.P. Gary Peacock, Spiritual Unity ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Wysaske, Black Codes (From The Underground), Connie Han, Connie Han: Iron Starlet, Herbie Hancock, Iron Starlet, Ivan Taylor, Jazz, Jeremy Pelt, Keith Jarrett, Mack Avenue, McCoy Tyner, Piano, Walter Smith III, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Jon Christensen

Jon Christensen has died, aged 76. The Norwegian drummer was one of the greats of Euro jazz working with Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko and many others. It wasn’t just European jazz artists that he worked with – though he was a staple of the ECM label. That of course meant he worked with […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bobo Stenson, Charles Lloyd, Drummer, Drums, ECM, Eulogy, Euro Jazz, European Jazz, George Russell, Jan Garbarek, Jazz, Jon Christensen, Keith Jarrett, Mike Nock, Norway, Norwegian, R.I.P., R.I.P. Jon Christensen, Scandinavian, Tomasz Stańko, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 279 

Keith Jarrett, Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973) There’s so much Keith Jarrett out there – and more by the day as he archives swell and see release. And maybe I want it all! I certainly want lots – and was pleased to get this, not exactly rare or anything, but good timing to find this at a good […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, 3-LP, Boxset, Bremen, Concerts, Improvisation, Keith Jarrett, Koln, Lausanne, Live, Piano, Solo, Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 279 ·

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June 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems 

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn  The Transitory Poems  ECM  Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of the finest pianists of the current crop, first worked together back in the early and mid-00s as part of Roscoe Mitchell’s band – this album marks their first work together as a duo.   If you love/d the Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea album or any of Keith Jarrett’s solo piano explorations then you’ll want to sign […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 2019, Album Review, Budapest, Chick Corea, Classical, Craig Taborn, Duo, ECM, Francesco Turrisi, Herbie Hancock, Instrumental, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Live, Live at Liszt Academy, Pianists, Piano, The Transitory Poems, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live

Marcin Wasilewski Trio  Live  ECM Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski is a disciple of the great trumpeter/composer Tomasz Stańko – in fact Wasilewski’s rhythm section (Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass, Michal Miskiewicz: drums) were former Stańko sidemen too. So this, the trio’s first live album (recorded in 2016, released in late 2018) is dedicated to the memory of their former leader – one of the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Bill Evans, Bobo Stenson Trio, Drums, ECM, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Live, Marcin Wasilewski, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live, Michal Miskiewicz, Piano, Polish, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, The Bobo Stenson Trio, Tomasz Stańko, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 378

Keith Jarrett, The Survivors’ Suite (1977) Some days I feel like if all that was left in the world, music-wise, was albums by Keith Jarrett then that would be just fine. Hit and miss, a little bit, sure, but the hit-stuff is just so fucking ON. So good. Here’s an example. Killer quartet – his […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, Bass, Charlie Haden, Conclusion, Dewey Redman, Drums, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, LP, Paul Motian, Piano, Record, Saxophone, The Survivor's Suite, The Survivor's Suite: Concluion, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 378, Vinyl ·

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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life

You know the drill by now – here’s the catch-all blurb/explanation I’ve created for these sorts of lists We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10 Important Albums, 10 Important Jazz Albums, 10 Jazz, 10", 15 Great Hits By The Original Artists, A Love Supreme, Art Pepper, Big Swing Face, Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich Big Band, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Free Jazz, Jazz, Jazz Right In Your Face, Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Kind Of Blue, Louis Armstrong, Max Roach, Meets The Rhythm Section, Miles Davis, Money Jungle, Ornette Coleman, Portrait of Heath, Ten Important Albums, Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life, The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions, Tutu, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 35 – Mike Nock

Welcome to episode 35 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Here we have my conversation with Mike Nock. He’s an Australian-based, Kiwi-born pianist and composer. Nock has recorded over 100 albums – across jazz and classical, with film soundtracks and sessions as a sideman. He left New Zealand when he was a […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged America, Australia, Chick Corea, Classical, Dionne Warwick, ep.35, Episode 35, Interview, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Mike Nock, Miles Davis, Pianist, Piano, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 35 – Mike Nock, Teacher, Yusef Lateef ·
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