– Nicoletta – 4 Songs – Barclay Records 1967 – For those of you not familiar with the extraordinary, spellbinding voice of Nicoletta (aka Nicoletta Grisoni), you’ve missed something. Having a string of hits in France in the 1960s and early 70s, admired by none other than Ray Charles and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – 3 by Francoise Hardy – Viens,Chanson d’O, Et Meme – Disques Vogue Something different tonight. The legendary Francoise Hardy in three songs, typical of her inimitable style. Part of that early 60s phenomenon of French singing style known as yè-yè, Hardy
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bonfire: Sage of The Running Nose – from lp – Bonfire Goes Bananas – Dutch EMI – 1974 Last night I ran a track by Supersister, one of the more influential bands on the Prog scene of the early 1970s. Another
The Stranglers – In Concert from Paris Theatre, London – March 24, 1977 – BBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! The Stranglers in concert from 1977. And another one . . . . the news today that keyboard player Dave Greenfield passed away earlier today from
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Click on the link here for Audio Player – 4 by Betty Everett – 1963 – Vee-Jay Records (session masters) The history of Rock may not have exclusive rights to the stories of the overlooked and underrated, but they have more than their fair share of them. Case in point
Click on the link here for Audio Player – John Lewis – Midsommer – from the album European Windows – February 1958 – RCA-Victor John Lewis, aside from being a founding member of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet was a musical renaissance man of sorts. Along with his milestone collaborations
Click on the link here for Audio Player- Little Jimmy Scott – An Evening In Paradise – 1960 – More sad news this week. Little Jimmy Scott, one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in Jazz passed away today at the age of 88. 88 is a life well
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Teddy Charles Quartet – When Your Lover Has Gone – from Word From Bird – Atlantic 1274 – 1957 Kicking off the week on a West Coast Cool School note tonight with a track from a long-lost album by the great
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Georgie Auld – Blue and Sentimental – Coral Records – 1953 Not that I got out of my way to collect them, but I’ve been running across quite a number of discs by musicians who were, in one way or another,
