Ben Lamdin, better known as Nostalgia 77 and head honcho of the Nostalgia 77 Octet has kindly decided to tell us about three of his favourite songs. The new album, called The Sleepwalking Society , is due out on Monday 21st March on Tru Thoughts and the lead single is just below. As well as making records he also manages to find the time to run his own record label called Impossible Ark Recordings. They are a small label who seem to like to do things the old fashioned way, with a small roster, vinyl releases and concentrating on [...]

WHEN WILL THE BLUES LEAVE KING KORN Paul Bley Footloose! Savoy : 1964 PB, piano; Steve Swallow, bass; Pete La Roca, drums. We're pleased to present another stellar guest post from longtime friend of the site Ethan Iverson, of The Bad Plus . A reminder that Do The Math remains essential reading for any [...]

Originally posted 27 September 2007. MR. JOY DREAMS Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show Revenge: "The Bigger the Love The Greater the Hate" Polydor : 1971 Annette Peacock, vocals, arrangements, lyrics, electric vibraphone; Paul Bley, keyboards, synth, electric piano. On "Mr. Joy": Richard Youngstein, bass; Steve Haas, drums. On "Dreams": Gary Peacock, electric bass; Barry Altschul, drums. Free jazz, fusion, psychedelia, prog, electronic sound experiment, [...]
If jazz needed a Patti Smith, a frank and alluring wordsmith with an abiding love of rock and roll, it found one in Annette Peacock. Throughout the sixties and seventies, Peacock fused free jazz with rock, electronic music and poetry, developing an idiosyncratic artistic language that has rarely garnered the attention it deserved.

SWEET EARTH FLYING, PART 3 ELEVEN LIGHT CITY, PART 1 Marion Brown Sweet Earth Flying Impulse : 1974 MB, alto and soprano sax; Muhal Richard Abrams, organ, electric piano, piano; Paul Bley, organ, electric piano, piano; James Jefferson, bass; Steve McCall, drums; Bill Hasson, percussion. SWEET EARTH FLYING His Name Is Alive Sweet Earth Flower High Two : 2007 [...]

En guise d'accueil sur mon blog, j'ai choisi pour le coup d'envoi le titre qui m'a inspiré le nom de mon blog " A Night In Tunisia ". Ce standard de jazz composé en 1941 par Dizzy Gillespie fut repris par tous les grands noms du milieu. Considéré comme l'archétype du latin-jazz , il peut être jouer sur tempo vif ou modéré. Personnellement, j'ai une préférence pour la version d' Art Barkley même si celle de [...]