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Blue McJazz
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Writer Andrew Heavens exploring British jazz and other musical oxymorons. Author of The Prince and the Plunder.
Thanks to Jonny Trunk and his Patreon show www.patreon.com/c/jonnytrunk/ for playing this youtu.be/zzHuj_-kWNg?...
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)
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November 30, 2024 at 1:31 PM
"...at the heart of Britain's jazz resurgence ..." in 87. It is still resurging.
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Some news coming tomorrow... stay tuned! www.bluenote.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM
That time in November, 1963 when Britain/Jamaica's Joe Harriott got a five-star review from U.S. jazz bible Down Beat.

A big deal for a jazz scene with a serious inferiority complex. #joeharriott #britishjazz #jamaica #abstract #freejazz #jazz
November 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More #kimdeal @4adofficial.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Trad was rad, dad!

Ban the Bomb: Music of the Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches
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November 22, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Brilliant - I went for Hits that Christmas.

The inevitable old man response - could you patch togather a similiarly strong compilation today?
In celebration of The Hits Album being 40 and Now 4 being 40 next week, let’s go back to when I did a track-by-track BATTLE of which album was the better of the two

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November 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Admirable wishful thinking on the sleeve notes on the surprisingly affordable 1969 British jazz compilation Jazz Explosion...

"...The Jazz Explosion of '69 is going to boom, and its reverberations will echo well into the seventies!"
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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I knew the terrifying Harry Kane statue reminded me of something
November 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Kate Bush in 1979 at her flat in Brockley, with her new, £18k Fairlight next to the radiator, FFS.
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This is one of the best and warmest tellings of the classic tale of a hep London 50s bebopper happily settling down into the 80s and 90s as a backer for Sinatra and other standards-bearers.

And Vic Ash signed it! Though not to me. Could it be that Bobby Atkin? #vicash
November 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
A cheering find for my first post on BlueSky. Spotted on Discogs. "A Case Of Jazz" by Shake Keane And The Michael Garrick Quartette. Anyone got a spare £250?

It has a breakdown of the band members by height.

Shake Keane: 6ft. 3ins. in socks

#shakekeane #michaelgarrick #acaseofjazz #britishjazz
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM