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A weekly newsletter about Jazz On The Beach and Blues Beach radio shows, with show notes and playback links
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Jazz on the Beach 252: John Coltrane (opens the original)
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Last Wednesday would have been John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, and this week’s show, broadcast live on Deal Radio that evening, was resonating with his influence.Listen to the show on MixcloudThe playlist highlight is undoubtedly Coltrane’s remarkable elevation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s My Favourite Things from Broadway show hit of the day to jazz
Jazz on the Beach 251: If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem (opens the original)
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During the late ‘60s and early ‘70s I was soaking up so much innovative and exciting music, and incredibly lucky to see so many extraordinary artists, from Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Sly & the Family Stone and The Who to Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Tony Williams’ Lifetime and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.The era features strongly on this week’s playlist, although you probably know that’s nothing new for Jazz on the Beach. There’s tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson’s title track from If You’re Not Part of the Solution
Jazz on the Beach 250: Drummers & Strata-East (opens the original)
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This week’s playlist features a number of drummer-led bands, starting with Elvin Jones’ powerful Reza from Puttin’ it Together (Blue Note, 1968). His former Coltrane rhythm section partner Jimmy Garrison is on double bass, with sensational tenor saxophone playing from Joe Farrell. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cef_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F98daa998-2
Jazz on the Beach 249 & Blues Beach 105: Serge Chaloff, Kirk Lightsey & Rudolph Johnson, Art Pepper, Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Stan Tracey, Yusef Lateef, Bubbha Thomas (opens the original)
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This week’s playlist features two tracks from outstanding saxophonists, baritone player Serge Chaloff and alto player Art Pepper, who both dealt with the ravages of heroin addiction yet played like angels. A former member of Woody Herman’s Second Herd, Chaloff had cleaned up by the time he recorded Blue Serge (Capitol, 1956), with the great Sonny Clark on piano, double bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Here’s the wonderful opening track, A Handful of Stars, recorded at Capitol
Jazz on the Beach 248 & Blues Beach 104: Miles Davis, Babatunde Lea, Patrick Bartley’s Dreamweaver, Sonny Rollins, Sharp Little Bones, Richard Cortez (opens the original)
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On this week’s playlist you’ll hear the unedited version of Miles Davis’ It’s About That Time, taken from The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia, 2001). It was recorded on 18th February 1969 with Wayne Shorter playing soprano, guitarist John McLaughlin, electric pianists Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul on organ, double bassist Dave Holland and drummer Tony Williams. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qwZW!,f_auto,q_auto
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