Welcome to the final day of my 30 Day Album challenge Day 30: An Album with a Killer Final Track Oh I am going to enjoy a bit of wordplay here as my choice is the 1985 Miles Davis album "You're Under Arrest". The album cover depicts Miles dressed as a Police Officer with his … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 30
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30 Day Album Challenge #Day 29
Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 29: The Next Album Your are Going to Listen To Well it is going to be one of these two albums, which by happy coincidence are both on the Blue Note Label. The Horace Silver Quintet: You Gotta Take A Little Love. As the "can only of … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 29
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 … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 28
Gig Report: The Pancake Band 12th September
A late morning Jazz session was exactly what I needed to kick off my weekend and it was my first gig since the end of lockdown so I hoped it would be good, the band in question I hadn’t seen before in this set up, though I recognised one player from Band on the … Continue reading Gig Report: The Pancake Band 12th September
30 Day Album Challenge #Day 19
Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 19: An Under-appreciated album My choice is the Miles Davis album Seven Steps to Heaven, this was Miles' Eighth studio album for Columbia and was produced between the two great Quintets of his Columbia career and as such is over looked. Despite the presence of fairly temporary … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 19
30 Day Album Challenge Day 13
Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 13: An Album with Great Lyrics This one could cover a wide number of the albums in my collection as I have a number of the Ella Fitzgerald sings the Great American Song albums (Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin etc), and other artists doing something similar but … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge Day 13
30 Day Album Challenge #Day 12
Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 12: An Album that should be played LOUD Well at first I thought this was going to be easy and I was going to say Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix, but I have already put a Hendrix album not so long ago, so then I thought … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 12
30 Day Doctor Who Challenge #Day 7
Welcome back to my 30 Day Doctor Who Challenge Day 7: Your favourite piece of music. Ah this is nice and easy: The Shepherd's Boy aka Breaking the Wall, used in the climax of the 12th Doctor episode Heaven Sent. I like it so much I want it to be played when I tie the … Continue reading 30 Day Doctor Who Challenge #Day 7
30 Day Album Challenge #Day 6
Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 6: A Favourite Double Album. Bit of continuity here as I selected a double album for my choice yesterday, though that was more by accident as opposed to design. Also yesterday's album has lost out on the double status on its release on CD. So, my choice … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge #Day 6
30 Day Album Challenge Day #5
Welcome back to my 30 Day Album Challenge, if you wish to participate simply download the image below, create your own post and link back to this one with a pingback or drop a link in the comment section. Day 5: An Album from the 1960s. Ah the good old 1960s generally considered as a … Continue reading 30 Day Album Challenge Day #5
