"Grooving rhythms, tearaway improvisations, and... "

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, wow and all that - but not for Jazz Records Requests, but the hour and a half designated in its place for a Newport (Wales) Prom Concert promoting guitarist Mahan Mirarab's string quartet Middle East/jazz combo, which rightly belongs in the Proms department.

Kevin Le Gendre deps for Soweto in next week's 'Round Midnight, during which the all-too-easily-overlooked 84-years old veteran British vocalist Elaine Delmar is invited to promote some of her favourite tracks. I for one have to confess to never having seen her.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021jyy

Sky Arts on Wednesday at 9pm features an interview with Cleo Laine, plus previously unseen home movies.

[Old Grumpy]

At least 'Round Midnight does seem to be listed* as one hour commencing at 2330h on each of Monday through Thursday next week, Friday's is listed to start at 2345 and last 45 minutes...


...whether this pans out in reality is yet to be determined


* On BBC Sounds and Radiotimes.com at least

[Serial_Apologist]

At least 'Round Midnight does seem to be listed* as one hour commencing at 2330h on each of Monday through Thursday next week, Friday's is listed to start at 2345 and last 45 minutes...


...whether this pans out in reality is yet to be determined


* On BBC Sounds and Radiotimes.com at least

Yep - they managed to change the time for JRR last week, catching me out while my back was turned!

[Jazzrook]

A preview of what we might expect from the Mahan Mirarab Band replacing JRR on Sunday. Will be listening!

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yXOU-Nw3t8k

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

A preview of what we might expect from the Mahan Mirarab Band replacing JRR on Sunday. Will be listening!

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yXOU-Nw3t8k

JR

Thanks.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Cor O Blimey, Newport (Wales) was my place of birth and adolescence. I don't think it's every had a prom before, although John Lee Hooker played it's "Majestic" sic ballroom in around 1964. Eventfully as his unfortunate backing band "Cops & Robbers" from London were clueless.

I think I'll give Mahan a miss, but hey good luck.

*One of Newport's claims to fame is that it was "Home to the Mole Wrench", a handy adjustable small wrench. There was even a big Mole sign on the approach road. That exotic. So exotic that Nick Evans (b. Newport) wrote "Molewrench" for the Graham Collier band and here it is, a fine homage to long lost small industry. I went to school with Nick, he never carried a wrench, just a trad trombone.

http://youtu.be/1Fumh8RCCmk?feature=shared

[Serial_Apologist]

I went to school with Nick, he never carried a wrench, just a trad trombone.

http://youtu.be/1Fumh8RCCmk?feature=shared

A spanner of many musical universes, was Nick - Wales's answer to Roswell Rudd in my opinion. Sadly Nick was forced to retire, from my understanding owing to dental problems, but he's still going at age 77. One of his last units was Dreamtime which, with the addition of Keith Tippett, eventually became a worthy successor to the original Keith Tippett Septet which gave Keith his launch, and here presented in spontaneous blues mode: make the most of this! Keith: "I was the Courtney Pine of '69", ahem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKjl36g8gU

Nearly all the reviewers got Roberto's surname spelt wrong.

[Ian Thumwood]

Picking up the general theme of contemporary jazz being groove orientated, i have been listening to the Avid double cd of Cannonball Adderley today. I am always perplexed by this alto saxophonist as he was brilliant with Miles and Gil Evans yet the stuff he made under his own name usually seems entirely groove based.

It is interesting because I feel Adderley was far more switched in harmonically than usually given credit for. He was often the best thing about his own groups and I feel the likes of his brother and Bobby Timmons were competent but not really remarkable soloists. The arrangements were really well considered and many of the themes were quite memorable. That said, the Avid sound quality is dreadful and I find the music to be a bit pedestrian. I would be fascinated to see if there are live performances where the music is more sparky as the studio records suggest a great leader and soloist fronting a perfunctory band.

I find it intriguing why Adderley's bands do not get more credit for being a far more significant influence on soul jazz and fusion. The 2 albums he is most famous for are justly praised yet I feel he settled for a conformable and less interesting see of jazz than he might have done. I can see many parallels with what is happening in jazz now....expect in the uk. Not convinced his work.has aged well too even though he was better soloist than his reputation deserves.