March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018. Heaven’s choir gets better and better, ours considerably poorer …
Tag: music
P J C …
Came across someone today who’d never heard of Papa John Creach …
Don’t let it be you!
He keeps you waiting for the fiddle solo, you can pass the time waiting listening to some other dude play some very pretty saxophone.
Phola …
For a black musician South Africa was a very tough place in 1959. Inspired by Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers some relatively unknown young musicians formed The Jazz Epistles and recorded this track …
It was an even tougher place a year later after the Sharpville Massacre. Most of the band found themselves in exile. Abdullah Ibrahim (piano), Kippie Moeketsi (reeds) and Hugh Masekela (trumpet) went on to become the aristocracy of South African Jazz.
Hugh Masekela died the other day (January 23, 2018) age 78.
Much of his music concerned the struggle against apartheid but let’s hear something gentle on the flugelhorn. Farewell Hugh Masekela …
Christmas is coming …
And turkeys everywhere are trembling.
My favorite Christmas carol is easy to pick, choosing which version is much harder. Here are a couple that I like, take your pick (or point me to a better one) …
Interestingly, it was totally unfamiliar to me until I was called on to play it about three years ago.
A thought for the day …
Flame …
Easter …
Greetings to all.
Dedicated to Nancy, music teacher, inspiration and friend. There was a day when we discovered that neither of us believed in god, but we had to agree he commissioned some amazing music.
Hot young band …
Papa Chango, from Melbourne, very impressive … You can catch a sample <HERE>. Make sure you listen to the bari sax solo on Enter the Dragonfly!
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