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August 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
John Coltrane: Another Side of John Coltrane
John Coltrane Another Side of John Coltrane Craft Recordings John Coltrane’s spiritual quest occupied the second half of his recording career and is impossible to not hear and feel through every note squeezed from his soul as he takes jazz in his hands and blows so hard as to make several new genres within each […]Archive
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 […]Archive
February 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 43 – Candy Dulfer, “Saxuality”
Candy Dulfer, Saxuality, 1990 Around 1990 Candy Dulfer was having a moment. She had been doing session work with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and it had resulted in a charming wee instrumental called Lily Was Here – for a film of the same name. The song, barely a song – just a floaty little […]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
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
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
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
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 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #2 – Miles Davis, “Doo-Bop”
Miles Davis, Doo-Bop, 1992 Okay, it might not be the worst Miles Davis album but it’s up there. It has to be. Simply because no other Miles Davis album has a track on it where someone steps up and raps: Let’s kick a verse for my man called Miles ‘Cause seems to me he’s gonna be ’round for a long […]Archive
June 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Andrew Cyrille: Lebroba
Andrew Cyrille Lebroba ECM This is Andrew Cyrille’s album – in that he’s the leader, his name is at the top, but the legendary jazz drummer is working here with two other stalwarts of the ECM label, Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) and Bill Frisell (guitar). It’s truly a trio album and magic happens here – it being the first time all three have […]Archive
April 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman