Title: Fontessa Label: Speakers Corner Not given enough recognition, this jazz quartet always sparkled with talent and bristled with style. It featured pianist John Lewis plus, on vibes and flexible wrists,…
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Title: The Graveyard and the Ballroom/Force Label: Mute I remember seeing the band around 1985 or 86, about the time that Force hit the streets, at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, a…
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Title: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974 Label: Craft A very long name for a rather long, yet wonderfully conceived compilation of guitar picking and more with a targeted style and…
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Title: Town Hall Concert Plus Label: Pure Pleasure Ahhh Louis…Louis! A brilliant live excerpt from 1947, this was an important release in terms of Louis Armstrong’s career. The man had been…
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Title: First Light Label: Pure Pleasure Released in 1971, this was Hubbard’s third CTi album and featured Ron Carter on bass with Airto Moreira on percussion but Jack DeJohnette on drums…
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Title: A Cosmic Jazz Funk Adventure Label: Down Jazz Detroit Rising is a fascinating group of what, 12 or so musicians pumping out a combination of funk, jazz and specifically P-Funk…
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Title: The A&M Years Label: Caroline Stealers Wheel were formed around the core of two people, Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan (see the review of the vinyl version of the Egan…
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Title: Matthew Fisher/Strange Days Label: Angel Air A founder member of the legendary Procol Harum, Matthew Fisher was the organist for the band, delved into production and arrangements and, after a…
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Title: 28 Classic U.S. Novelties Label: Jasmine Another crazy selection of crazy tunes of a novelty nature – we’ve been in this territory before, of course. Many will be familiar but…
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Title: Head Over Heels Label: 4AD It’s still a big call and many will disagree but, as far as I’m concerned, the Cocteau Twins were 4AD. They represented and projected everything…
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Title: Five Label: BMG There’s a sort of tradition in prog rock that keyboard players should be ‘out there’. All teeth and capes, lots of flash, loud, playing a portable keyboard…
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Title: I’m Funky Now Label: Westbound You might not know Melvin Sparks but does Grant Green tinkle any bells? If you know the soul jazz guitar of Green then Sparks’ style,…
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Title: Ducks in Flight Label: Repertoire The first time that this album has ever appeared on CD, this is a bit of a ‘lost’ album that – according to the fans…
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Title: Monsters, Vampires, Voodoos & Spooks Label: Jasmine I may have missed Halloween by the odd several months but this monster compilation is still worthy of mention. There are, as the…
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CD Rock Review Soul/R&B ReviewThe Doobie Brothers: For The Benefit of Mr Kite (and Mr Lion, Mr Elephant…)
Title: Rockin’ Down The Highway Label: Floating World An intriguing one this, because The Doobie Brothers recorded this double CD affair in 1996 as a benefit concert for the Wildlife Conservation…
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Title: Light Fuse Get Away Label: Floating World When the dearly deperted Grateful Dead, well, departed, a vacuum the size of the outer rim of the galaxy emerged. To be filled…
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Title: Live at the BBC 1970-1978 Label: Repertoire Formed in Stafford, England in 1968: the Midlands Delta as the band would have it, CBB were initially signed to Parlophone who were…
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Title: Live Album Label: Repertoire This UK outfit includes ex-Manfred Mann vocalist Paul Jones and Dave Kelly – who has been releasing music for decades – including the John Drummer Band. The album…
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Title: Upp/This Way Label: Floating World Go on, how many of you know this band, then? There may be a few aficionados out there but I’ll bet you’re in the minority.…
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Title: Topographic Drama Label: Rhino During it’s 2016 tour, Yes played its 1980 album Drama in its entirety. The first time it had ever done such a thing. More than that,…
