Seasons Greetings

And a Merry Christmas to all of you at home Here we go with a bit of Christmas Day Jazz Nat Gonella with Ted Easton's Jazz Band wishing you all a merry Christmas: https://youtu.be/Ep1nnD7vUaw The incredible Jimmy Smith saying "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen": https://youtu.be/ggyQGGWBbG0 A Cool Yule with old Gatemouth himself: https://youtu.be/ldhTVZQ_IEk Les Clinton …

30 Day Album Challenge #Day 28

Welcome to the final furlong if my 30 Day Album Challenge Day 28: An Album by Your Favourite Band/Artist I don't have one favourite of either part of the prompt so here are a few with a track from each Miles Davis: Milestones https://youtu.be/erlKauAFwSw John Coltrane: Giant Steps https://youtu.be/QTMqes6HDqU Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? https://youtu.be/Ll7w7Q1uIAk …

RDP: Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues

Around the mid-2000's there was a series of 7 documentary films which were made under the umbrella title of "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues", which as the title indicates were about Blues music. Rather than fall into the trap which befell Ken Burns with his Jazz series, the decision was made to have 7 different film makers …

The Memory Man #7

We returned to Andrea's place so Andrea could get changed for the evening out I ended up chatting to Casey about some of his artwork and if he was going to go professional or if he had sold some, I believe he had sold a few to a bar somewhere and I went through some …

The Memory Man #6

Now looking to the events of the next few days in Michigan I had a feeling I may of got my days a bit mixed up but I'm not 100% sure, it essentially regards her brother Casey. I initially recall we picked him up on the Wednesday afternoon as we were going on to Andrea's …

The Memory Man #2

Well here we are the second part of the story, not much background need here, once I move on to Michigan more background will be needed The chappy I met at the bar at Buddy Guys. Now since I wasn't quite sure of the dress code for Buddy Guy's I did make a little effort …

A tune a Day #22

T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday. Might be familiar with younger audiences due to it being covered by the Allman Brothers Band. https://youtu.be/VAPDJheC0Jk

A Tune A Day #2

Today's number is from a band called Mumbo Jumbo whom I had the pleasure of seeing at this year's Upton Jazz Festival. This number is called Those Frail Few and is an original number honouring the surviving soliders of the D-Day landings. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=skGbFgrFj8s&feature=youtu.be#dialog If you enjoyed the song, it is in their album Sonic Gumbo …

Leon Redbone RIP

After a stressful shift at work and switch on the phone and am greeted by the news that Jazz/Blues singer Leon Redbone has died at the age of 69. I came to Leon thanks to Spotify and was a big fan of his laid back vocals and hip appearance. Here he is performing the song …

Haha This a-way

  This week has been a bit of a mixed week for me, it got off to a bit of a false start thanks to Heather forgetting that public transport in Shropshire is nowhere near as efficient as it down the smoke, meaning her arrival in Telford was an hour later then planned. This was …