Can't get enough of the South Africans at the moment. Such richness in their music. Rhythms, sophistication, feeling, technical brilliance. I keep thinking of Mingus' great freewheeling bands.
Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill. Nice version of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' - sounds like someone has pressed the samba beat button on a keyboard.
Why hadn't I heard of this one? I found it in a record shop (remember those?) in Brighton last Saturday. It gets maximum no of stars and a rosette in the Penguin Guide to Jazz, and it deserves every one of them.
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This is a fantastic piece of work, extending over four CDs.
Great band with David Murray and Arthur Bythe on reeds.
Very good though. Cracking version of Giant Steps
Original mono mixes
'nuff said.
Night of the heavy tenor players :-)
Without doubt their best IMV
First play.
Update: Not the best sq (although 'bootleg' is definitely underselling it), but the performances so far are fantastic.
Bloody silly title IMV
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