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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Archie Shepp, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Big Joe Turner, Blue Mitchell, Cannonball Adderley, Charli Persip, Charlie Persip, David “Fathead” Newman, Dinah Wasington, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Donald Byrd, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, George Benson, George Russell, Hank Mobley, Harry Edison, Jazz, Kai Winding, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Louis Jordan, Part Martino, Quincy Jones, R.I.P., R.I.P. Charli Persip, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alice Coltrane, Ben Riley, Chet Baker, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, Jazz, Jazz Drummer, Kenny Barron, LP, Michael Franks, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ben Riley, Records, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Sphere, Thelonious Monk, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, LP, Miles Davis, Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Smiles, Record, Ron Carter, The Vinyl Countdown # 725, Tony Williams, Vinyl, Wayne Shorter ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Blog On The Tracks, Contemplation, Elvin Jones, Jazz, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, LP, McCoy Tyner, Piano, Record, Ron Carter, The Real McCoy, The Vinyl Countdown # 818, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Filles de Kilimanjaro, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Nefertiti, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Vinyl, Wayne Shorter ·

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