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Juliet Wood
@julietwoodjazz.bsky.social
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London-based Jazz Singer
Debut album "Sconsolato" on Bandcamp
"The best vocal album I have heard this year” Jazz Views
Co-host: Songbirds at the Raven
Music, Art, Architecture, Seaside and other good things.
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At the gorgeous #WigmoreHall on Tuesday. The amazing pianist #FredHersch played one long set, joined later by the fine singer #JoLawry. So many colours - from delicately silvery to darkly threatening - from one solo piano!

Great to see lots of jazz friends in the audience too.
A photo of the apse behind the stage at the Wigmore Hall. An arch of brownish pink alabaster frames a half dome which features a low-relief mural of allegorical figures: Love and Psyche inspire a performer and a composer. In the centre, a genderless figure representing the soul of music is crowned by the golden light of harmony! More info here: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/history Below the apse are two glossy doors leading onto the stage. The raised lid of a grand piano is partly visible.
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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#GenreRoulette
#MusicChallenge

#JazzSunday
#JazzSky

Happy birthday, Sonny Rollins, 95 candles today 🎂

🎶 You don’t know what love is
youtu.be/Cr1aiXwGPGw?...
September 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Just returned from a trip to Tallinn with friends from a London-based Estonian choir. A thrill to sing with 30,000+ folk as part of one of the largest song festivals in the world.
They show tremendous pride in their nation's independence and musical culture (without descent into toxic nationalism.)
A view from the audience at an outdoors music festival. We are looking over the heads of a huge crowd towards a massive arch that shelters the stage. Thousands of singers stand on the tiers stage below the arch, and even more spill out onto the flat area in front. To the right of the arch, a square, grey stone tower - ten storeys tall - is silhouetted against a grey, cloudy sky. At the top of the tower there is a dish where an orange flame burns, reminiscent of the olympic flame.
July 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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🙁 BAD NEWS: Marisa can't sing tomorrow: our favourite Chicana chanteuse has a chest infection.
🙂 GOOD NEWS: the amazing Sparkles has stepped in!

📆 Thursday 19th June
🕰️ 8pm
📌 The H-Bar, upstairs at The Raven Tower Bridge SE1 2UP
🎟️ £10 (£7 concessions) cash or contactless, on the door.

Join us!
A flier titled JAZZ NIGHT AT THE H-BAR, WITH head and shoulders photos of four female singers: Annie Dehaney-Steven, Sue Jarvis, Sparkles & Juliet Wood. With Jenny Carr (keys) and Julie Walkington (bass). Other practical information is as the post above.
June 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Lots of folks are mentioning Dave Brubeck today.
Tomorrow I'll be back in the studio recording one of his songs* with FIVE instrumentalists...
(*no - not that one!)
May 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Birthday greetings to Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, born 106 years ago today (and looking particularly handsome here!)
Next week, I'll be in the studio to start recording an album of his tunes. I'm looking forward to working with five fab instrumentalists: guitar, bass, drums, sax and vibes...
A black and white photo: A young Duke Ellington sits at a white grand piano, with his hands forming a chord on the keys. He is wearing a black jacket, with white shirt, and white bow tie. The white cuffs of his shirt show off a classy cufflink. He turns towards the camera, his face in 3/4 profile. His hair is slicked back and he has a pencil moustache in the style the 1920s & 30s. He's a handsome man, and the photo gives the impression that he's meticulous about his appearance, and not unaware of his charm!
April 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Just about to write a birthday card to a friend.
I remembered that I should wish 'Happy Birthday' to William Morris - born 191 years ago, this week.
Morris was born (within a few days) 100 years before my dad. who would have been 91 last week...
A picture of the cluttered corner of a wooden desk. There are jars & racks with pens and pencils, and an hourglass. There is a colourful birthday on a tiled panel which has a black & white image of a stylised sun, with a benign face. In the background there is a letter rack stuffed with cards & stationery. Various postcards lean up on the front of the rack In the centre there is a card with a woodcut portrait of William Morris by R. Bryden. (The woodcut was created posthumously, after a photograph.)
March 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Happy St David’s Day!
What’s your favourite springtime song?

These little daffs in our front garden popped their heads out a few days ago - in time to celebrate the first day of the meteorological spring.


#spring #springtime #springflowersmakemehappy #springflowers #springsongs
A few mini daffodils bloom in a raised planter in front of a brick wall. The daffodils are growing through a ground-cover of rounded green leaves (of cyclamen and dog-violet). a couple of white cyclamen flowers peep through the daffodil leaves.
March 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Remembering #DexterGordon who was born on this day in 1923. I had the privilege of hearing him play, back in the day, at (if I remember right) the Bulls Head in Barnes.
Happy Birthday, Mr G - and thank you for everything!
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Happy birthday Dexter Gordon!

Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Released - Third week of December 1962
Recorded - August 27, 1962
Studio - Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion

#jazzsky
Dexter Gordon - Cheese Cake
YouTube video by JazzTuna
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February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Yesterday - and a pause in the rain long enough to stroll down to the canal bridge. Just past the bend in the canal is Elsden Music's studio.
I'm looking forward to rehearsing some Ellington tunes in the studio next week for the Elsden Music Showcase at Jazz Cafe Posk on 21st March.
A view looking down onto the Regent's Canal, alongside Victoria Park, East London. The sky is bright blue with scattered white clouds. Trees line the canal, and the gable of a building can be seen in the shadows behind the trees on the left. Sky clouds and trees are reflected in the still water in the foreground. The canal towpath is visible on the right. Colourful narrowboats and other craft are moored on both banks of the canal.
February 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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On my playlist for today...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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but this is good.
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Thursday was a lovely day!
After months of planning & practicing, I was back in the studio
trying out some arrangements for my album of Ellington tunes.
A dream-team of instrumentalists: guitar, bass, drums and... vibraphone!
It was a squeeze, but (just) possible to fit everyone in.
A view along a vibraphone with mallets resting on the bars at the far end, along with some headphones. A music stand with lead sheets is visible in front of the vibraphone, and two large microphones are suspended above it. The wall behind is covered in a grey fabric panel. A blue 'neon' sign in the shape of a soundwave hangs on this wall.
February 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Today's Jazz Birthday:

Drummer Chick Webb lead one of the most popular swing bands. They became the house band at the Savoy Ballroom NYC in 1931.
In 1935 Webb started to feature the teenage Ella Fitzgerald as vocalist. Tuberculosis of the spine, caused his early death in 1939, at only 34 yrs.
A black & white photo shows Chick Webb - a handsome African American man sitting behind an old-fashioned drum kit. He is smartly dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and striped tie, with a white pocket square showing in the top pocket. One drumstick is hitting the drum at his left. He raises the other stick above his right shoulder. He looks exuberant!
February 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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When I posted about #StephaneGrappelli yesterday, I'd not realised that #DjangoReinhardt 's birthday was a few days earlier on 23rd Jan.
If I had a time machine I'd pop back and see if they had wild joint birthday parties!

#LeHotClub
#Manouche
A black and white photo of the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Five musicians pose in front of stage curtains. They are all smartly dressed in white jackets and shirts with black bow ties and black trousers. Stéphane Grappelli stands on our left, smiling, with his violin under his arm. Django Reinhardt sits in the centre with his guitar in his lap. Two other guitarists sit behind him, and the bass player stands at the back. The other members of the band may be bassist Louis Vola, and rhythm guitarists Roger Chaput and Joseph Reinhardt (Django's brother).
January 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Another January jazz birthday:
Born on this day in 1908, French jazz violinist. Stéphane Grappelli was best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt.
As a kid, back in the late 70's I saw him play with the Diz Disley trio in Manchester.
I was enthralled!
A black & white photo of violinist Stephane Grappelli (at Ronnie Scotts.) He stands in front of a microphone wearing a boldly flower-patterned shirt, playing the violin tucked beneath his chin. The cymbals of a drum kit can be just seen behind him.
January 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The principle is: a car, a plane, a medicine – test it, don't put it on the market until you can show it won’t harm people.

Trump's approach is to *exempt* AI from this standard. What could go wrong?

What I told @ericgeller.bsky.social for WIRED:

wired.com/story/donald-trump-ai-safety-regulation/
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The 1st jazz birthday of the year:
Milt Jackson was born 102 years ago on this auspicious day. He took up vibraphone after hearing Lionel Hampton in Benny Goodman's band. Jackson was discovered by Dizzy Gillespie, and then formed the Modern Jazz Quartet with John Lewis, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke.
Black and white photo by William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A young Milt Jackson, wearing a smart jacket and tie and round, dark rimmed glasses, leans over the vibraphone. Bassist Ray Brown is seen smiling behind Milt's shoulder. Another band member can just be seen in the shadows beyond.
January 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Wishing you and yours a healthy and very happy 2025 - filled with lots of beautiful music!
A head & shoulders photo of a man & woman. (Greg Dowling and Juliet Wood.) They tilt their heads towards each other, smiling. 
They both wear bold glasses. In the background we see part of an outdoor Christmas tree decorated with simple stings of lights. It looks chilly: The sky behind is grey and cloudy. They are both wearing warm clothes. She wears a chunky sweater with a high roll collar. He wears an overcoat with a striped scarf wrapped around his neck.
January 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I made a playlist of Christmas and winter songs (that featured in my Jazzy advent calendar.)
❄ Christmas classics and traditional carols with a jazzy twist
❄ A few winter-themed numbers.
Enjoy!

Link via linktree in bio ⬆
A photograph of a large Christmas decoration - twinkling lights clustered in the form of a large star. The decoration hangs within a archway, which is painted with classical ornamentation. The photo was taken at the entrance of the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
December 24, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Hello Bluesky peeps.
Nice to be here.
A photo of an evening sky taken from a beach in Northumberland. There are white and grey clouds, tinged with pink, at the horizon. Above that the sky is clear and blue. Im the foreground wave break on a flat sandy beach. To the right there is a low, dark headland, with a few houses visible, almost in silhouette. In the middle of the image, there is text: "Hello, Bluesky!"
December 16, 2024 at 5:50 PM