Physical Graffiti: released 45 years ago
One of the better written reviews (Martin Glover) commemorating the 40th anniversary. bluesLed Zeppelinmusicphysical graffitirock ‘n roll
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Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong
Stay tuned for this forthcoming book, a follow up to the superb What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years. The book’s webpage is here. JazzLouis ArmstrongmusicRicky Riccardi
Red is a Mean Mean Colour
Taking opportunity to use today to reassess my twitter feed. If you’re implying that working-class voters are thick, heartless, or fascist, or blindly believe what media tells them, then I’m unfollowing on grounds of general bad judgement (and feel free to reciprocate) — Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) December 13, 2019 Comrades, the Five Year Plan was…
Booker T. Jones’ Memoir
Time Is Tight: My Life, Note by Note has just been published. Here’s a review. Booker T JonesBooker T. and the MGskeyboardsmemphismusicsouthern soulStax
Hot Rats — released 50 years ago
Hot Rats still sizzles; few albums originating on the rock side of jazz-rock fusion flowed so freely between both sides of the equation, or achieved such unwavering excitement and energy. — AllMusic Frank Zappahot ratsjazz-rockmusic
Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe
Some fuckwit marketing executive/editor must have come up with this lazy and naff title. I can’t imagine Will Birch would have come up with this. The North American cover is better than the UK version. I’m sure there could have been a dozen or more other song titles that would have been more apropos and…
WWOZ’s 21-hour tribute to Dave Bartholomew
Listen here. Dave Bartholomewmusicnew orleansWWOZ
Over The Rainbow: Herb Alpert
I’ve always had a soft spot for Herb Alpert’s artistry across styles so I’m looking forward to this. Shame about the naff cover though. funkHerb AlpertJazzmusicpopstrumpet
Doreen Ketchens and Ricky Riccardi
Good to see Doreen &c. featured in the latest issue of OffBeat. I’ve spoken to her several times when I’ve come across her cnr. Royal and St. Peter. As she says, she is typically asked “‘What do you have new?’ So we try to do an album every year.” This article sheds much light on Doreen’s…
Art Neville
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