GM Bluesky!

Yes… it’s 10:30 AM… slept till 10!!!

That book! I read till I could not move… not quite done yet. Anyway… protect your peace and keep that jaw relaxed.

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CHELSEA GRAY IS DOING CHELSEA GRAY THINGS AGAIN!

An over the head no look pass for the bucket 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Whew. Insanely brilliant might be an understatement. It's also a lot of fun. Jon Baptiste, y'all.

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive Dave Brubeck - 'On The Sunny Side Of The Street' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2004)

Happy Sabbath, or make it a plain Saturday @chrisvick3.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @jonrademacher.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social
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A few beautiful images my dad captured yesterday at sunset in Huntington Beach. Enjoy!

YouTube video by Work Money Death - Topic We Are the People (Single Edit)

Wednesday chillas 🥃 youtu.be/k4-qMpSFQRY?... @thamikantuli.bsky.social @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social @enghumbhini.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social @julianrademeyer.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social

I slept at 04h00! Actually, I took a power nap, was just so excited!

YouTube video by antoniskara Machito & Charlie Parker - The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

I can help you with a 17-minute work that heavily features Charlie Parker solos... youtu.be/6qgF5Vd1mi4?...

Dr Nduduzo Makhathini live at The Chairman, Durban. 28 December 2024. @setonhawkins.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @chrisvick3.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social @mondojazz.bsky.social @enghumbhini.bsky.social

YouTube video by Nibs van der Spuy Guitars for Africa 1992 - Collective jam

Wow, this is a hell of a guitar line-up of some South African greats, back in 1992. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYdV... #SouthAfricanJazz

Fantastic guitar prowess in one room!! What a moment!

#The lady in an orange hat

I'm so proud of the leading lights on South African jazz scene! Been saying for years, we have world-class right here at home!

Most Loved and Enjoyed Highlighted Albums of 2024: Part One: A – L Welcome to part one of the Monolith Cocktail’s most loved and favourite albums of 2024 lists.Picked by Dominic Valvona and Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea. Despite the tumult of problems that fac…

We've launched the first part of our highlighted albums of the year: from A to L.

@ajogmusic.bsky.social @hivemindrecords.bsky.social @wewantsounds.bsky.social @wejazz.bsky.social @boycalledcrow.bsky.social @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @alisoncotton.bsky.social

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Mira by Melody Gardot on Apple Music Song · 2012 · Duration 4:12

music.apple.com/za/album/mir... Let’s go !

JazzTimes Is Back! A Letter from the New Editor - JazzTimes JazzTimes relaunches!

Very happy to see that JazzTimes is back, and that they acknowledged in their opening post the complete faceplant by Gregory Charles Royal and his disaster of a tenure. jazztimes.com/blog/jazztim...

Two excellent albums that sound unlike each other mostly but both share a debt to the written form as basis for improvisation. Tomin's 'A Willed And Conscious Balance' from @intlanthem.bsky.social and Darius Jones's 'fLuXkit Vancouver (its suite but sacred) on @wejazz.bsky.social #Jazzsky #jazzvinyl

Sad news indeed. A giant tree has fallen. The music lives on.

Kyle Shepherd Trio 'A Dance More Sweetly Played' 180g Vinyl (Matsuli Music) 5/5 - ukvibe - astral travelling since 1993 The world of recorded music has become complex so just to be clear this album is basically a top notch 180g vinyl production which will be available from Matsuli’s Bandcamp page and more widely in oth...

Great review in from UKVibe for the new Kyle Shepherd Trio album out now on @matsulimusic

#KeithJarret is a favourite of mine 💙 Thank you!

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Here's to the new home!

We're here! So is it going to be #JazzBluesky? :-)