YouTube Pick of the Week - Shaky! |
For those of us who have grown up developing wide and varied tastes in music, it's easy to kid yourself that this has always been the case since the day you bought your first record. All th...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:31:00 GMT |
YouTube Pick of the Week - Black and White Jazz 3 |
As the number of Humphrey Lyttelton tributes in the UK media and the internet gradually reduces, I thought I'd keep it going a bit longer by posting this wonderful clip of his mid '60s band ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:41:00 GMT |
YouTube Pick of the Week - Fyrish |
I came from a small town in the Highlands of Scotland called Alness, and it falls in the shadow of a hill called Cnoc Fyrish, although everyone just calls it Fyrish. I used to climb it when ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:19:00 GMT |
Humphrey Lyttelton RIP |
What are the chances of that happening? You make a blog posting stating that Humph should be given a knighthood, the next morning you find out he's died.I've been a fan and listener to 'I'm Sorry I Ha...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:42:00 GMT |
YouTube Pick of the Week - Black and White Jazz 2 |
To the UK this time and perhaps her finest exponent of modern jazz saxophone, Tubby Hayes. He came from west London and was largely self-taught, soon becoming an exceptional player in his te...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:05:00 GMT |
YouTube Pick of the Week - Boycott gets a good going over |
I'm a cricket fan and have been so for as long as I can remember. I was always more 'back fence for stumps' than 'jumpers for goalposts', so I guess it was natural that I gravitated towards ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:29:00 GMT |
YouTube Pick of the Week - Black and White Jazz 1 |
This week’s selection features the Woody Herman band in 1963 playing the Horace Silver composition ’Sister Sadie’ as a showcase for his star tenor player of the period, Sal...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:39:00 GMT |
