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March 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg has died. He was 80 and is at peace now having wrestled with dementia across the last half decade. Even if you don’t think you know the work of Eric Weissberg – you do. You know it because of an iconic movie and the score that he helped to create. Weissberg was a […]Archive
March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Keith Olsen
Reports are coming in just now that record producer and sound engineer Keith Olsen has died. There’s a chance that you have several records he had a hand in as part of your record collection. Put another way, there’s almost no chance his fingerprints aren’t all over the albums you know and love. He’s perhaps […]Archive
March 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. McCoy Tyner
The great McCoy Tyner has died. Aged 81. His family has confirmed the death but not the cause of yet. Tyner was one of the most prolific and influential jazz pianists of the modern era, best known for his contributions to the classic John Coltrane Quartet (appearing on the albums A Love Supreme, Ballads, Crescent, […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 184
Purple Mountains, Purple Mountains (2019) It feels a little odd to have this on vinyl – but it was a must. At one point this was very nearly my album of the year; certainly one of my most played in 2019. But then what happened happened. And that meant that I stopped playing it – […]Archive
January 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jimmy Heath
The great American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath has died, aged 93. Heath recorded and performed with so many legendary names – Miles Davis, John Coltrane – he built lasting relationships as a sideman and collaborator with the likes of Milt Jackson, Art Farmer and Kenny Dorham among others. And he was a leader for well […]Archive
December 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
People: Get Ready – It Was 20 Years Ago Today…
It’s funny what makes you remember the passing of time. An album turning 10 or 20 or 30, a film, the cultural reunions that happen like secret club meetings within already secret clubs. Has it really been 20 years since Curtis Mayfield died? Maybe you thought he died long before 1999. Maybe you thought he […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Nick Tosches
Nick Tosches has died. He was one of my favourite writers. Total firebrand. You almost had to hold on to the handrail while you worked out how to balance the book and turn the pages. He wrote with fury, anger and huge, huge heart. Tosches was equal parts Lester Bangs and Hunter S. Thompson. Or […]Archive
October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. George “Pops” Chambers
George Chambers bassist of The Chambers Brothers has died. He was 88. “Pops” was the oldest member of the group, a family band that featured four brothers (from 13 sibblings) and one outsider. The group is most famous for his psychedelic classic, The Time Has Come Today – the killer four minute single and whopping […]Archive
October 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, the influential drummer from Cream and Blind Faith is dead. He was 80. He had been in poor health for years. A week or so ago we all got wind that his final breath was drawing near. By the time you read this the news is already everywhere. Ginger Baker is dead. He […]Archive
September 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman