Midnight Heat

So another hot humid day has drawn to a close and thus it is time for that sultry after midnight groove. For this i have turned up the temperature with Ray Charles and In The Heat Of The Night.

Enjoy.

Like This Morning Song

So today i have a lovely gentle bossa nova infused jazzy vocal track  for this Sunday morning by another of my fave vocalists, Jon Lucien, and a cover of a Bill Withers tune, called Hello Like Before.

Enjoy.

More Jon Lucien

Another song by the man, yeah spoiling you today, and one from 1991 called Sweet Control.

Enjoy

..And Now For Something Completely Different

It is sometimes said that poetry is its own music. In the case of jazz poetry perhaps it is more than that but often poetry and music sometimes does not work well together. In my opinion, there are a few which does work, and sublimely well. A case in point is the one that Sir John Betjeman did for the Famous Charisma record label in the seventies, a label that had Lindisfarne and Monty Python, With music by Jim Parker Sir John recorded twelve of his poems on an album called banana Blush. He recorded three more albums with Jim Parker, although IMHO this is the best one.

Here is one of them - Business Girls -

Enjoy. Available on CD as well as LP.

Words Music and Poetry

Another poetry and music album that works well is the one that Lawrence Ferlinghetti put out on the Rykodisc label in 1999 , A Coney Island Of The Mind, a treasured CD in my collection,which i have selected  the track #11 aka The World Is A Beautiful Place [From Pictures of the Gone World]

Enjoy.

Nosy Flo

Took some photos of Florence looking out of the window being nosy. She does out occasionally but i think it is that she loves being nosy.





Then she turns round to see what i am doing. End of photo shoot.

Pump Pics

More pics discovered that i have not yet posted till now.



The Nelsons Blood ale i had Saturday in Faversham. A top notch 6 % ABV beer that was highly quaffable. The other picture is from the last Spoons beer festival. I love taking pictures of hand pumps.



An evening shot of Brighton's Trafalgar Street taken earlier in the year whilst it was still winter.