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Saturday Music Post

Some music for your morning -

Leon Redbone - My Walkin' Stick

Rest in peace Leon - who passed away this week.


Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters

Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell on You

Lightnin' Hopkins - Woke Up This Morning

John Lee Hooker - Hard Times

Enjoy.

Birthday Greetings to Vortex

Wishing vortex ahappy birthday today.May you have a great day.

More Music And it's War!

A bit more for you.

Eric Burdon and War- Tobacco Ruad

War - The World Is A Ghetto

War - Slippin'Into Darkness

War - Cisko Kid

Enjoy.
The jazz cat bids you a good day.

Book 53 - John Matusiak "Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal"

John Matusiak "Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal"  (The History Press)




This is a good easy to read summary of a self-made man who is perhaps remembered for the wrong reasons. The story of Thomas Wolsey whom has air oF inevitability about it in terms of his fall given the king that he served, but it is amazing what an Ipswich lad was able to achieve through wits and sheer hard work. Cardinal, Archbishop, Bishop and Abbott all at the same time. You are left feeling a little sorry for a man who allowed himself to get a little too big for his boots only to fall like several other great statesmen of the time. No Government Minister served Henry VIII more faithfully and above all other things than Cardinal Wolsey. The biblical exhortation "Put not your trust in men and prince's" could have been written just for this Ipswich working class man who rose so high above all but the King who then betrayed him. This is an impartial account that sees both the greatness and the folly of this pivotal figure.

Written in a very engaging style, making it as much of a page-turner as any good novel. I really got a sense of the man, his personality and the times that he lived in.

Canterbury Visit and CD Finds

Despite the intermittent rain, I did pop over to Canterbury to do a media survey and a chocolate shop. Glad I did because I had a £5 birthday voucher to spend at the choc place and I found some great CD's at a quid each in a charity shop.

These are the chocs I bought in the covert shop visit.



The CDs found are -

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (Motown)
Issac Hayes - Shaft OST (Stax)
Weather Report - Heavey Weather (Columbia Legacy)
Stan Getz - Spring Is Here (Concord Jazz)

All awesome albums by the way!

Totally Wired Again

The latest issue of Wire is out - July edition - with some great reviews including Abdullah Ibrahim's new jazz album - The Balance - his first for over four years.




Abdullah Ibrahim - Dreamtime

Also, Bill Frisell has a new album on ECM. Here is a live version of the title tune -

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan - Epistrophy

The Primer is on Latin freestyle.

Enjoy jazz.

Latin freestyle #1

Okay, the primer  on classic NY Latin freestyle music - disco groove on!

C Bank - One More Shot

( More disco grooves here )

Part two to follow.