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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Charli Persip

Charli Persip the legendary jazz drummer and teacher has died. He was 91. Hell of an innings. And what a player. Persip, born Charles, called “Charlie” but he changed the spelling in the 1980s to “Charli”, was a bandleader and educator. He was also on some of the greatest jazz albums you now and love […]

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November 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ben Riley

Ben Riley has died. He was 84. So, a good innings – sure. He was one of my favourite drummers. He is one of my favourite drummers. His playing – of course – lives on. So strong, so subtle, so supple, understated – and yet he was always right there, riding hard on the cymbal […]

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March 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 725

Miles Davis, Miles Smiles (1966) One of the early records from the second great Miles Davis band. And this one showcases some of Wayne Shorter’s contributions as composer (as well, of course, as a player). I owned about a hundred Miles Davis CDs at one point, all the box-sets, some bootlegs, most of the live […]

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September 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 818

McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy (1967) I first heard McCoy Tyner (at least as far as I was aware) on that magnificent album, A Love Supreme. A life-changing thing that, I had to look up every player and follow what they had done both under the spell of John Coltrane and then away on their own. I […]

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November 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1780

Miles Davis, Nefertiti (1968) By no means my favourite Miles Davis album (how do you ever pick just one?) this is however one of my favourites to listen to as an LP; to kick back with. I bought it because it was a (relative) bargain. I seem to recall it had been a customer-order gone […]