Augustus Pablo - Rockers Come East Augustus Pablo - Melodica /Synthesiser/Bass Christopher Meredith - Bass Michael Taylor - Bass Drums - Clive Brownie Drums - Squiddly Rockers International Band Recorded at H.C.F. Studio/Tuff Gong/Creative Sound - 1987
3 pm EST today, free. Charles Tolliver "A commemorative concert celebrating the birth and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring MSU Jazz Orchestra I performing John Coltrane’s “Africa Brass,” guest conducted by Charles Tolliver. Tolliver, a celebrated trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger and educator who made his recording debut with saxophone giant Jackie McLean in the early 1960s." Jazz: Spirituals, Prayer and Protest Concert at Fairchild Theatre on Jan 16, 2022 3:00 PM 1.16.2022 | Jazz, Spirituals, Prayer and Protes on Livestream https://www.music.msu.edu/assets/Programs/2022.01.16-(JAZ_GA)-Spirituals-Prayer-Protest.pdf
That's a good one. Their version of Ornette's "Lonely Woman" has so much dark intensity and is played with such passion--really great. Might have to spin this myself today.
NP: Ran Blake - Duke Dreams [Soul Note 121027RM-2/BXS 1034] CD Recorded in 1981 with Ran Blake: piano. This is from the 7-CD boxed set "The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note: Ran Blake":
This week, for almost all of my 50 years on the air, I generally broadcast a 3 hour selection of speeches and sermons from Martin Luther King. They were the most popular broadcasts of all of my shows. I had a large collection of recordings given to me by King's organization, the SCLC. His estate has successfully suppressed distribution of King's speeches and sermons. There were over 3,000 speeches and sermons recorded, comprising approximately 2,000 hours. He gave some speech almost every single day of his short career. Only about 25 are in any general circulation, and most of those have been restricted by the estate. They should all be in widespread circulation, for free. This enlarged image is on my office wall, given to me by a black Vietnam veteran after hearing one of my broadcasts.
Ordered a few of these Dagger CD's from the Authentic Hendrix site -- had no idea they were still available! They're a delight, just pure imagination - - more gripping to me in a lot of ways (certainly to my jazz brain) than his more "proper" releases. The 26 minutes guitar/drums duet that is "Keep On Groovin'" is Coltrane/Ali-level. Burning Desire appears to be the only one that is unavailable -- is that one out there anywhere on CD?
My condolences for your loss. Not being able to visit makes it all the harder. Glad your mom had such a long life.
European radio archives have yielded some very impressive jazz catalogues over the past decade: Moosicus NDR and Bremen radio series: art of groove Catalog | MIG Nederlands Jazz Archief Concertgebouw concert series: Jazz at the Concertgebouw Archieven - Jazzarchief Jazzline Hamburg's Onkel Pö club concert series: JAZZLINE - ONKEL PÖ German WDR radio series: JAZZLINE - WDR ORIGINAL MASTERS TCB Records Swiss radio concert series: TCB SWR Jazzhaus German SWR radio series: SWR JAZZHAUS - Label - NAXOSdirekt Polish Radio Jazz Archives Jazz Jamboree festival series: Polish Radio Jazz Archives - Sklep z muzyką - Polskie Radio
Who owns the British jazz catalogue? A word on reissues... ... from Jazz in Britain co-founder and producer Matt Parker who has just left to start his own label: British Progressive Jazz https://twitter.com/BritProgJazz
When you look just one step further, you may find that the "companies" that own most of the music ever recorded are funded through difficult to trace international "private equity". These same "fund empires" of international investors are also deeply involved in buying large portions of housing across the USA (both apartments and individual homes) and raising rents and prices substantially. It really gives pause to any thought that buying "official issues" helps to support the artists. It may actually help to raise your neighbor's and your children's cost of living.
My condolences too. It's always tough to lose parents no matter how old they are. It's good you had her around for as long as you did.
Mine was about the same age when she died, in 2013. She used to live with us but went to assisted living in 2012. I wish she could have lived with us until the end but it wasn’t possible. Nonetheless, I still feel terrible about it.
Mark Stryker in JazzTimes on Buddy Montgomery. Chronology: Buddy Montgomery, a Little Brother Like No Other
My condolences, for the lost of your mother , mine is 94 and has cancer, so the inevitable outcome will appear one day. What is frustrating me the most , is that with Covid most hospital postponed treatment, surgery even for cancer, my mother had two tests schedule for this January and they have been postponed in May... I am just hoping she can get there without suffering. To tell you how the situation is bad, there is mother of three at 47 and has stage 4 ovarian cancer and her surgery was postponed... So if you like your family and others please get those shots against Covid.
Getting relief from the absurdities of what has been getting us into this mess at least here in Quebec.
I love the Anthony Braxton’s Arista albums like New York Fall 1974, though the original US vinyl does not sound great. I’m curious if the Mosaic CD was improved sonically.
Not sure if I saw this here or on the Auralic forum jazz thread but it's a nice easy going piano trio with some good percussion and occasional vocals.
