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April 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Miles Davis: Live At Montreux 1991
Miles Davis with Quincy Jones & The Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991 Eagle Rock Entertainment This has been available before on CD, VHS and DVD but it’s re-released now for DVD once again and appears for the first time on Blu-Ray. It’s Miles Davis’ last appearance at Montreux, recorded just months before his [...]Archive
March 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1397
Art Pepper, Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) I’d heard a bit of Art Pepper and a bit about Art Pepper and then I heard this. And this was just it. Replete with the story: Pepper was nervous – he found out about the session the day it took place. The Rhythm Section refers [...]Archive
January 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1430
Miles Davis, Blue Christmas (1983) The title track used to crack me up – I could spot Bob Dorough’s voice a mile off (as I said here). But this is a decent comp all up, even with that near-novelty song to wrap things up. All of the material has been released – in some form [...]Archive
December 17, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1444
Various, Porgy And Bess [OST] (1959) I love this – the album I mean, not the movie. I’m sure I would like the film – or at the least be interested in it. But I’ve not seen it. As a rule I don’t (really) do musicals. There are of course several exceptions to that rule [...]Archive
March 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1583
Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness (1956) It’s the title track that was the selling point – Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane duking it out – but it’s the least interesting track on the album for me (still, it is the selling point). One of my favourite albums of all time – one of the early touchstones [...]Archive
March 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1595
Bob Dorough, Yardbird Suite (1956) I used to listen to this album – and I thought it was bonkers. And then I bought this Miles Davis tape for about $4 (a cheap compilation) – and at the end of the tape it had this song that went “merry x-mas…” with this cartoon-type voice. (The song [...]Archive
February 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1600
Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue (1959) I just can’t imagine being without this album – even though I don’t listen to it all that much anymore. I bought a vinyl copy about two years ago. I must have bought a dozen copies on CD. Seriously. Different reissues – but also just to give away to [...]Archive
January 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1691
George Benson, The Love Songs (1985) I prefer the George Benson that, at a young age, played with Miles Davis and lit up the guitar on his own records. And he’s a sweet-voiced singer too, sure. But I also love a bit of the cheese. I can’t dig all of his ballads and I haven’t [...]Archive
November 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1780
Miles Davis, Nefertiti (1968) By no means my favourite Miles Davis album (how do you ever pick just one?) this is however one of my favourites to listen to as an LP; to kick back with. I bought it because it was a (relative) bargain. I seem to recall it had been a customer-order gone [...]Archive
September 20, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1840
Miles Davis, Tutu (1986) As I said here Tutu was the first Miles Davis album I ever heard. So it’s in my vinyl collection now as a result; a memory of that moment – of being introduced to one of the giants of jazz; one of the giants of music. I now own more albums [...]Archive
September 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman