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Jason Finch
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Turku-based academic (Prof. of English, Åbo Akademi U). Londoner; St Louis fan; Estophile. Books, cities, trams, metros, weird old cars, jazz, blues, hip-hop, THFC, England cricket, STL Cards.
This song was a big hit when I was in the sixth form and it takes me back to those days, in the late '80s. The whole album is fantastic:

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Nina Simone, 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' from Little Girl Blue (1959)
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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So everyone on Team MAGA has ended up on Team Genocide & Team Paedophile.
Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I won't be posting many long-haired late 60s rockers in #5debutalbums50s60s because they'll get most of the votes anyway but this album is always worth another listen. Something new everytime -- what talents.

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Soft Machine, 'A Certain Kind' from The Soft Machine (1968)
A Certain Kind
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January 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It would be easy (well, easy for me) to pick five piano trio albums in #5debutalbums50s60s (don't worry, I won't).

My grandad was a pianist in 1930s-40s dance bands and sometimes when I listen to Bud I hear him.

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Bud Powell, 'April in Paris' from Jazz Giant (1950)
April In Paris
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January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Probably the one in #5debutalbums50s60s that I've listened to the most over the past 15 years. A sinister masterpiece with some of the best arrangements in blues history.
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I went to Rampart and Dumaine in #nola when there last year -- site of the J&M recording studio 1/
Frankie and Johnny
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January 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Impeccable @bluenoterecords.bsky.social debut that's on my list for #5debutalbums50s60s and is my Day 27 offering in #JazzinJanuary

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Joe Henderson plus Kenny Dorham and 'Etc' (= the real McCoy himself, on loan from Impulse! Records), 'Recorda Me' from Page One (1963)
Recorda Me
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January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Ranked best album of the 1950s by @uncutmagazine.bsky.social last year, and surely the greatest pure rock 'n' roll disc ever made:

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Little Richard, 'Slippin and Slidin' from Here's Little Richard (1957)
Little Richard - Slippin' and Slidin'
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January 26, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Well,
@richards7370.bsky.social has lain down the gauntlet with this one and no mistake.

Let's start here:
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Thelonious Monk, 'Off Minor' from Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1. Recorded 24 October 1947. Art Blakey on drums.
Off Minor
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January 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Missed the moment two days ago when this wonderful album reached its half-century but perhaps now will do to remember it. Bowie and the boys with a masterly version of the song that Nina Simone earlier aced. Check George Murray's bass.

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David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind
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January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Next Love
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January 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Classy debut from the Trenton, NJ Five-Percenters. Love the Eddie Kendricks sample on this one.

#5debutalbums9094

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Poor Righteous Teachers, 'Styles Dropped / Lessons Learned' from Holy Intellect (1990)
Style Dropped/Lessons Taught - Poor Righteous Teachers
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January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Thought you guys could do with a standard on Day 21 so here goes -- amazing live album, this.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_07...

#JazzinJanuary

Monk Quartet Plus Two (1960)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Live At The Blackhawk / 1960)
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January 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Here's an LP that doesn't get talked about enough while their later stuff is highly praised. Better than Dre, Biggie, Snoop etc imho with live instruments and inventive raps representing #atl. Great fun.

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Outkast, from Southernplyalisticadillacmuzik
Crumblin' Erb
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January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
#JazzinJanuary

Day 16

Billie Holiday, You Go to My Head (1952)

Best ever jazz singer for my money.

Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g)

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Billie Holiday - You go to my head
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January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
These tunes blew the bloody doors off when they came out. I find it incredible that Liam Howlett made this album basically alone.

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The Prodigy, 'Everybody is in the Place (155 and Rising)' from Experience
The Prodigy Everybody in the Place (155 and Rising)
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January 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
#JazzinJanuary

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My Day 15 is the theme from The Carpetbaggers which *I* when young knew as the theme from BBC TV's The Money Programme.

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January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Killing two birds with one stone today #JazzinJanuary #5debutalbums9094 -- one of the jazziest hip-hop LPs.

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Digable Planets, 'Examination of What' from Reachin'

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January 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Lowest murder rate in London since records began.
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Saw these boys live at the University of Birmingham in December 1992. Unforgettable gig. California hip-hop: brilliantly eclectic till Dre and his followers completely took over.

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Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, 'Amos and Andy' from Hypocrisy ...
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'N' Andy)
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January 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
#JazzinJanuary and on Day 10 we move to the Bohemian Caverns in D.C. It's May 1965 and it's time for a mod classic.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio, 'The "In" Crowd'

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The "In" Crowd (Live At The Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C./1965)
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January 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I'll get listening to the new stuff that's going round in ##JazzinJanuary but my Day 9 offering is this mighty slab:

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Lester Bowie, 'The Great Pretender' (1981)

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Lester Bowie - The Great Pretender
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January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Absolute class, the whole album, and a definite contender for my #5debutalbums9094

youtu.be/WHGfB6UkyD4?...

LFO, 'Nurture' from Frequencies (1991)
Nurture
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January 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM