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More on Esbjorn Svensson
Jun. 21st, 2008 11:02 amLast night's Jazz On 3 was devoted to a tribute to Esbjorn Svensson.
You can "listen again" until the next show (Friday night) here.
You can "listen again" until the next show (Friday night) here.
Jun. 21st, 2008
More on Esbjorn Svensson
Jun. 21st, 2008 11:02 amLast night's Jazz On 3 was devoted to a tribute to Esbjorn Svensson.
You can "listen again" until the next show (Friday night) here.
You can "listen again" until the next show (Friday night) here.
More mountains: a weekend walking in the north west.
Some friends had rented a cottage in Coulags in Strathcarron. I got a ride up with a friend who dropped me off by the cottage and I climbed Maol Chean-dearg, six miles up the track behind the cottage.
It was a lovely afternoon. The views north to Torridon were stunning. There were showers, and a rainbow formed in the glen between Maol Chean-dearg and Sgurr Ruadh. I sat for a long while, watching the clouds and the light as the showers sped by, trying to identify the different hills and eating smoked salmon sandwiches. (I like a little luxury in the hills!)
Some friends had rented a cottage in Coulags in Strathcarron. I got a ride up with a friend who dropped me off by the cottage and I climbed Maol Chean-dearg, six miles up the track behind the cottage.
It was a lovely afternoon. The views north to Torridon were stunning. There were showers, and a rainbow formed in the glen between Maol Chean-dearg and Sgurr Ruadh. I sat for a long while, watching the clouds and the light as the showers sped by, trying to identify the different hills and eating smoked salmon sandwiches. (I like a little luxury in the hills!)
More mountains: a weekend walking in the north west.
Some friends had rented a cottage in Coulags in Strathcarron. I got a ride up with a friend who dropped me off by the cottage and I climbed Maol Chean-dearg, six miles up the track behind the cottage.
It was a lovely afternoon. The views north to Torridon were stunning. There were showers, and a rainbow formed in the glen between Maol Chean-dearg and Sgurr Ruadh. I sat for a long while, watching the clouds and the light as the showers sped by, trying to identify the different hills and eating smoked salmon sandwiches. (I like a little luxury in the hills!)
Some friends had rented a cottage in Coulags in Strathcarron. I got a ride up with a friend who dropped me off by the cottage and I climbed Maol Chean-dearg, six miles up the track behind the cottage.
It was a lovely afternoon. The views north to Torridon were stunning. There were showers, and a rainbow formed in the glen between Maol Chean-dearg and Sgurr Ruadh. I sat for a long while, watching the clouds and the light as the showers sped by, trying to identify the different hills and eating smoked salmon sandwiches. (I like a little luxury in the hills!)
Birthday Presents
Jun. 21st, 2008 01:57 pmIt was my birthday recently - well, three months ago.
Yesterday, I received three birthday presents from my brother.
These were a couple of CD reissues - Ken Hyder's Talisker's "Dreaming of Glenisla", and the Chris McGregor Group's "Very Urgent" - together with a DVD set of The Wire a tv series set in Baltimore. (Whilst I know that my brother will have sent me this because, when in the States, he lives near Baltimore and once talked of moving there, I can't help thinking he maybe thought it was actually back issues of a jazz magazine I used to read, edited by the late Richard Cook, or maybe even a post-punk band I must once have seen...).
The Talisker CD is very interesting. I remember my brother having this on vinyl when it first came out in the early seventies, and hating it. Really hating it. My tastes have changed; now, I love it: a mix of jazz improvisation and Scottish themes, more experimental and less ceilidh than John Rae's Celtic Feet, more jazz and less folky than Colin Steele's Stramash
So good they named a whisky after it...
Yesterday, I received three birthday presents from my brother.
These were a couple of CD reissues - Ken Hyder's Talisker's "Dreaming of Glenisla", and the Chris McGregor Group's "Very Urgent" - together with a DVD set of The Wire a tv series set in Baltimore. (Whilst I know that my brother will have sent me this because, when in the States, he lives near Baltimore and once talked of moving there, I can't help thinking he maybe thought it was actually back issues of a jazz magazine I used to read, edited by the late Richard Cook, or maybe even a post-punk band I must once have seen...).
The Talisker CD is very interesting. I remember my brother having this on vinyl when it first came out in the early seventies, and hating it. Really hating it. My tastes have changed; now, I love it: a mix of jazz improvisation and Scottish themes, more experimental and less ceilidh than John Rae's Celtic Feet, more jazz and less folky than Colin Steele's Stramash
So good they named a whisky after it...
Birthday Presents
Jun. 21st, 2008 01:57 pmIt was my birthday recently - well, three months ago.
Yesterday, I received three birthday presents from my brother.
These were a couple of CD reissues - Ken Hyder's Talisker's "Dreaming of Glenisla", and the Chris McGregor Group's "Very Urgent" - together with a DVD set of The Wire a tv series set in Baltimore. (Whilst I know that my brother will have sent me this because, when in the States, he lives near Baltimore and once talked of moving there, I can't help thinking he maybe thought it was actually back issues of a jazz magazine I used to read, edited by the late Richard Cook, or maybe even a post-punk band I must once have seen...).
The Talisker CD is very interesting. I remember my brother having this on vinyl when it first came out in the early seventies, and hating it. Really hating it. My tastes have changed; now, I love it: a mix of jazz improvisation and Scottish themes, more experimental and less ceilidh than John Rae's Celtic Feet, more jazz and less folky than Colin Steele's Stramash
So good they named a whisky after it...
Yesterday, I received three birthday presents from my brother.
These were a couple of CD reissues - Ken Hyder's Talisker's "Dreaming of Glenisla", and the Chris McGregor Group's "Very Urgent" - together with a DVD set of The Wire a tv series set in Baltimore. (Whilst I know that my brother will have sent me this because, when in the States, he lives near Baltimore and once talked of moving there, I can't help thinking he maybe thought it was actually back issues of a jazz magazine I used to read, edited by the late Richard Cook, or maybe even a post-punk band I must once have seen...).
The Talisker CD is very interesting. I remember my brother having this on vinyl when it first came out in the early seventies, and hating it. Really hating it. My tastes have changed; now, I love it: a mix of jazz improvisation and Scottish themes, more experimental and less ceilidh than John Rae's Celtic Feet, more jazz and less folky than Colin Steele's Stramash
So good they named a whisky after it...
Edinburgh Jazz Festival
Jun. 21st, 2008 02:21 pmTalking of Stramash, as I just was, they are playing at this year's Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
As well as the Stramash gig on July 28, I've just bought tickets for
There were a couple of other gigs I thought I might try to get to, but I think that should be enough to keep me going until the Islay Festival in September...
As well as the Stramash gig on July 28, I've just bought tickets for
- Phil Bancroft Quartet on July 26
- Stan Tracey and Bobby Wellins playing Monk on July 27
- US sax coloussus David Murray on July 29
- the ill-named Dizzy Gillespie All Stars on July 30
- Tommy Smith, Arild Andersen and Alyn Cosker in trio on August 1
There were a couple of other gigs I thought I might try to get to, but I think that should be enough to keep me going until the Islay Festival in September...
Edinburgh Jazz Festival
Jun. 21st, 2008 02:21 pmTalking of Stramash, as I just was, they are playing at this year's Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
As well as the Stramash gig on July 28, I've just bought tickets for
There were a couple of other gigs I thought I might try to get to, but I think that should be enough to keep me going until the Islay Festival in September...
As well as the Stramash gig on July 28, I've just bought tickets for
- Phil Bancroft Quartet on July 26
- Stan Tracey and Bobby Wellins playing Monk on July 27
- US sax coloussus David Murray on July 29
- the ill-named Dizzy Gillespie All Stars on July 30
- Tommy Smith, Arild Andersen and Alyn Cosker in trio on August 1
There were a couple of other gigs I thought I might try to get to, but I think that should be enough to keep me going until the Islay Festival in September...