SLS: One Word Song Title

It is Sunday, so that means Jim at NewEpicAuthor is hosting his Song Lyric Sunday Challenge. The rules can be found on his page, just click on the link above. The prompt for today is songs with one word titles and through coincidence I nearly picked a song with the same name as Jim's (albeit …

This Week in Jazz Streaming

Once again I am rounding up some of the Live Jazz streaming over social media for the week. First up, tomorrow (7th April) is a special session at Jack's Place. Ace Drummer lad Jack Cotterill is welcoming two guests from bonnie Scotland, pianist Fraser Urquhart and vocalist Georgia Cecile. Here are Fraser and Georgia performing …

SLS Cherry/Blossoms/Flowers

Welcoming to Song Lyric Sunday, hosted by our good friend Jim. For the rules just click on the link, though I suspect you will get the idea from the post. Now I must confess that my choice of song today is actually the victim of a misheard lyric on my part, but I thought I …

Have Yourself A Very Jazzy Easter Weekend

Over the weekend a number of British Jazz musicians are doing livestreams over on Facebook, so you could say that you can be attending a Jazz Festival without leaving home. First up on Saturday at 2pm, pianist Joe Webb will be performing with a full quartet celebrating the music from the Lester Young/Oscar Peterson album. …

Song Lyric Sunday 28th March 2021

It is time for Song Lyric Sunday courtesy of our friend Jim, the rules can be found over on his page. Today's lyric options are as follows: Endless/Eternity/Everlasting/Forever/Infinity/Omega My initial thought was to go off a tangent with the word "Infinity" and go with a Randy Newman song which in itself doesn't have any of …

SLS- Jump

Hello and welcome back to Song Lyric Sunday, a brilliant series set by Jim of NewEpicAuthor, and I must say I am regretfully late to the gig. For those unfamiliar with the rules, here they are: Here are the “rules”:• Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it contains the prompt words …

A Day in the Life?

Another week in UK Lockdown is reaching its conclusion, and I am beginning to wonder if "days" and "weeks" are valid terms of time measurement for temporal progression under such circumstances. As the structure of the week has been increasingly malleable I think a new unit of time measurement should be employed, but what should …

Jazz Time with Adrian and Jack

Over the past month or so I have been getting a much needed fix of live Jazz, and before you say it, no I haven't been frequenting an illegal Covid-era Cotton Club establishment. My source of the music has come from a number of livestreams on Facebook organised by assorted musicians. Now there are many …

Song Lyric Sunday – Misery and the Blues

A number of blogs I follow have been taking part in Song Lyric Sunday and I thought it high time your sentimental Sandman joined in. The set up is by Jim of the "A Unique Name for Me" blog. Today's prompt is Anguish/Misery/Torment. My initial choice was a famous, or rather infamous, song recorded by …

Jazz in February Day 28

It's the last day of February and therefore the last day of this Jazz odyssey. Since I started with a track by the pioneering pianist Bud Powell, I thought I would go full circle and return to bud. This is "Dance of the Infidels", recorded for Blue Note Records and is available on the album …