Anything Alice Coltrane touches is usually pretty brilliant. That cosmic outlook on life and music soaks into every note! Despite being supremely talented herself, a…
Jazz
18/01/2021: “Be By My Side” by Dom Salvador
A lot of people hold that music from the 60s was the best. And Brazil is generally considered to punch well above its already considerable…
03/01/2021: “Inferno” by Thundercat
Kicking off with a gospel inspired vocal harmony makes a statement. It happens in hip hop, particularly when artists like FlyLo are involved. Thundercat is…
19/12/2020: “Concussion” by Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
I love a good organ trio. There’s an easy going jazz funk grooviness to the format which even ‘okay’ players can tap into. Delvon Lamarr’s…
16/12/2020: “Enough About Human Rights” by Moondog
We share the world with a multitude of other species. Sometimes, I think we can forget that a lot of these animals have been doing…
26/11/2020: “Snow Creatures” by Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones is on the more ‘experimental’ end of Jazz. Frankly, a lot of his music dives into glittering pools of weirdness and splashes iridescent…
24/10/2020: “A Love Supreme Part 2 (Resolution)” by John Coltrane
Is A Love Supreme the best Jazz album ever recorded? It depends what your personal preferences are, of course, but I think there’s a lot in its…
17/10/2020: “India” by John Coltrane
You can never be too sure what you’re going to get with John Coltrane. It can be soft, smooth Jazz, crazy discordant free Jazz, experimental…
26/09/2020: “Safe And Sound” by Peter Edwards Trio
By the standards of much modern Jazz music, this is almost pop music. It’s refreshingly uncomplicated, without losing that all important nuance. It’s catchy. The…
25/09/2020: “Martha” by Tom Waits
‘Martha’ is taken from Waits’ 1973 debut album, Closing Time. If you’re a Tom Waits fan, you’ll notice immediately that his voice, by his standards, is…