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Allan Castle, host of Ten-Minute Record Reviews. Jazz if necessary, but not necessarily jazz. http://bit.ly/4g2j2A6
A new "Jazz Under The Radar" drops tonight at midnight Pacific time (3 am Eastern, 8 am BST).
20.08.2025 03:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Keith Jarrett!
07.05.2025 16:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It already is. I cashed out of WaPo and signed up to WSJ this week.
10.03.2025 23:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Todayβs post looks at the early musical history of Sun Ra, and his excellent 1962 record The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra. #jazzsky
05.01.2025 22:04 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Todayβs episode looks at jazz pianist Carl Perkinsβ 1956 debut as a leader, the super-swinging LP βIntroducingβ¦βmade for LAβs first Black-owned record label, Dootsie Williamsβ Dootone Records. With Leroy Vinnegar and Larance Marable, this oneβs a banger. #jazzsky
30.12.2024 09:00 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow. Amazing find at that price.
28.12.2024 00:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Boxing Day Special!
1950s 10-Inch Jazz LPs - A Guide For New Collectors.
A deep(ish) dive into the accidental rise and sudden fall of the dominant medium for jazz from 1950 to 1855. #jazzsky
Today's episode is a second instalment of 'Jazz Under The Radar': a look at ten brilliant, vintage jazz records which don't have much profile these days but are well worth your time seeking (or streaming, or whatever!).
18.12.2024 00:17 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Happy Sunday everyone. Todayβs episode tackles a notable recording made in Sweden in March 1960, during the epic, combustible last tour together of Miles and Trane, with their bandmates buckling up for the ride. Two concerts in one on this thrilling release. #jazzsky #milesdavis #johncoltrane
15.12.2024 16:37 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
The topic of Thursdayβs episode was Conte Candoliβs gem of a West Coast jazz album, his first release on a 12β LP, put out in 1955 by Bethlehem Records. #jazzsky #westcoastjazz
15.12.2024 16:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New episode alert. This past week I interviewed Von Babasin, son of West Coast jazz stalwart Harry Babasin: bassist, jazz cello innovator, label founder, and an unwitting inspiration for the bossa nova craze in Brazil. Plus plenty of stories and detail about the LA jazz scene in the 50s.
06.12.2024 16:17 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Brand new review: Chico Freeman's sublime record of ballads on India Navigation, Spirit Sensitive. A masterpiece of production by Bob Cummins. in which Cecil McBee's magnificent bass work soars and sings.
#jazzsky
youtu.be/3gpSxzaKWJc
Fascinating. I am very glad you posted this. The most interesting thing Iβve read all week.
27.11.2024 01:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Good Monday, Bluesky. Latest album history & review: Lou Donaldsonβs funky varitone outing from 1970, Everything I Play Is Funky. RIP.
With the great Idris Muhammad on drums. #jazzsky
youtu.be/SjofoYcxm6k
Certainly not by some farcical aquatic ceremony.
24.11.2024 02:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lol indeed
23.11.2024 19:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Vinyl YouTuber: Thereβs no way Chad made that cup from analog sources.
Itβs not like I would actually secretly plan to go record shopping.
Wait. Actually, I do that often. But this was not that!
Iβve often toyed with buying this record, but never have. Wary of the gimmicky-ness of it. You recommend?
23.11.2024 17:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Itβs quite something. An avant-garde lineup, on an avant-garde (ish) label, but a track list of fairly faithfully played standards. Sort of a latter-day version of Coltraneβs Ballads.
23.11.2024 17:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yesterdayβs impulse-buy at Vinyl Envy Records in Victoria. 1979 black label issue. I didnβt leave the house with the intention of buying records, it just happened I swear. A brilliant record, breathtakingly play-it-three-times-in-a-row good. Cecil McBee sounds like heβs in the room. #jazzsky
23.11.2024 15:58 β π 21 π 0 π¬ 3 π 1It is damn good.
23.11.2024 09:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Spun this tonight. Iβve had it for years amongst all my other Ninas, but had never really given it a proper listen. Wow. Sad, funny, brilliant, painful. What an epic, endless talent she had. A genre all of her own. #jazzsky #ninasimone
22.11.2024 08:11 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks. A nice little project to explore that this morning.
20.11.2024 17:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Short and concise post about the economics of pressing records today.
20.11.2024 16:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looks like it was an independent pressing? Or is it on a known label?
20.11.2024 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just played this a couple of days ago. Wonderful record.
17.11.2024 16:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have and Iβm digging it!
15.11.2024 06:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And the latest update: youtu.be/bM3-YMBm2kw?...
14.11.2024 19:12 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
