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May 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Mickey Roker

It was sad to hear of the passing of the great jazz drummer, Mickey Roker. He was 84, he died of natural causes, he played drums his entire adult life – Roker worked with so many of the greats. He was a force, as a progressive bop drummer, as a legendary sideman. I have records […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art Farmer, Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Gene Ammons, Gene Harris, Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Jazz, Joe Pass, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Mickey Roker, Milt Jackson, MJQ, Modern Jazz Quartet, R.I.P., R.I.P. Mickey Roker, Ray Brown, Ray Bryant, Roy Ayers, Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine ·

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April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

José James: Yesterday I Had The Blues – The Music of Billie Holiday

José James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday Blue Note Of all the “100 Year” celebrations to honour Billie Holiday this felt the most necessary – a brave new voice taking on that wonderful music. Because, at the time, Billie Holiday was exactly that: a brave new voice taking on that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Al Jarreau, Album Review, Billie Holiday, Body and Soul, Eric Harland, Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Fine and Mellow, God Bless The Child, I Thought About You, Jason Moran, Jazz, John Patitucci, José James, José James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, Lover Man, Rising Son, Roy Ayers, Standards, Strange Fruit, Takayu Kuroda, Tenderly, The Music of Billie Holiday, Vocal, Vocals, Yesterday I Had The Blues, Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music of Billie Holiday ·

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December 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 2 – Dennis Davis

I love it when you get hooked on a musician – a session guy or girl – and you then find out that this “new” player, this new hero, isn’t all that new; you’ve been enjoying their work for years. They’ve been part of the soundtrack playing out in your head, those indelible grooves and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Coffy, Dennis Davis, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drummers You Just Can't Beat # 2, Drumming, Drums, George Benson, Phantom Billstickers, Roy Ayers, Stevie Wonder ·

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July 3, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1944

David Lee Jr, Evolution (1974) I’ve said it before, I’ll say it a few more times no doubt, it’s albums like this that make reviewing all the shit stuff worthwhile. When the album Evolution arrived, a reissue of an obscure, self-released collection, I instantly fell in love with it. A mix of 70s cop-drama soundtracks, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Cosmic Vision, David Lee Jr, Eddie Bo, Evolution, Nick Mason, Roy Ayers, Santana, Ummagumma, Vinyl ·

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