– Aretha Franklin – in concert from Stockholm – May 2, 1968 – Sveriges Radio – I don’t say that as any sort of hyperbole, it is a flat-out fact; Aretha Franklin has been the undisputed Queen of Soul for over 50 years now. I would be hard-pressed to find
Subscribe – Patronize – Kick in – Become a Patron! – Horace Silver – Live at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Horace Silver this week. A influential voice and a pioneer in the early Bop movement. A multi-faceted composer, arranger and band
Coffee works wonders: – Erma Franklin with Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag – Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco – April 21, 1968 – Something special and historic this week. A concert from the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, recorded on (or around) April 21, 1968 featuring the amazing Erma Franklin, backed up
Scritti Politti – In session for John Peel – May 15, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Scritti Politti tonight. Favorite memory: listening to The Word Girl/Flesh & Bone, cranked up to max on my Walkman while my flight took off from JFK in 1985. One of those moments
Emanuel Chabrier – excerpts from Act I – Briseïs – Soloists and ORTF Lyric Orch. Tony Aubin, cond. 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rarity this weekend.Excerpts from the first (and only) act of an unfinished opera by the late 19th century French composer Emanuel Chabrier. With a
Alec Wilder Octet – Such A Tender Night – Brunswick 8357 – Rec. March 30, 1939 – Music of Alec Wilder tonight – from a series of recordings he made with his Octet for Brunswick Records in 1939, Such A Tender Night, which was the flip side of Walking Home
Intergalactic Lovers – Live at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels – March 23, 2015 Intergalactic Lovers in concert tonight. I haven’t been posting concerts and sessions from bands overseas lately. No reason; just distracted and spending a lot of time wrapped up in the 80s with bands I missed or forgot about.
Charles Lloyd Quartet this weekend, live in Copenhagen and recorded by Danish Radio on October 30, 1966. You could call this Charles Lloyd’s All-Star Quartet, because it featured Keith Jarrett on piano, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Cecil McBee on bass; all of whom would go on to pivotal and
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Click on the link here for Audio Player: 03 – I Want Everyone to Know There’s a disturbing regularity this year, reporting on the passings of memorable and influential Artists. Fontella Bass is the latest. One of the truly distinctive voices in Soul, Bass scored a huge hit in the
