Good Morning

Laptop Refresh

It was a warmer day than the last few days and less windier. However, not yet warm enough for sunbathing.

I have been  resetting the laptop  back to factory settings as i had a couple of problems. One being a crackly noise on the sound when either listening to music or watching a TV prgramme. The other being a pinched bandwith on watching programmes resulting in jittery or slow streaming.

Both have now been resolved.  The laptop is functioning like a new machine. It had built up so much crap and unwanted apps. No wonder it was slow.

However, I would not want to do ths often as the process is time consuming. 

Sunday Selection

More Wired sounds --

Arca - Mutant

Joshua Abrams - By Way Of Odessa

Floating Points - Nespole

Floating Points - Silhouettes I,II and III

‘Silhouettes I, II and III' is taken from the debut album 'Elaenia', on Pluto Records.

Enjoy.

A Further Selection

Some more eclectic sounds -


Thundercat - Lone Wolf and Cub

Jim O'Rourke - half Life Crisis

Joanna Newsom - Divers

Mike Westbrook Orchestra - 5Love and understanding

Mike Westbrook Orchestra - Citadel/Room 315
A true classic British Jazz album, recorded 1975 (performed during 1974)
featuring John Surman.


Nigel Carter, Derek Healey, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler: Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Malcolm Griffiths: Trombone
Paul Rutherford: Trombone, Euphonium
Geoff Perkins: Bass Trombone (2,3,7)
Alf Reece: Bass Trombone (1,4,5,6,8,9,10,11)

Mike Page: Alto Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet
Alan Wakeman: Tenor & Soprano Sax, Clarinet
John Holbrooke: Tenor Sax, Flute
John Warren: Baritone Sax, Flute

Dave MacRae: Piano, Electric Piano (2,8,9,10)
Brian Godding: Guitar
Chris Laurence: Bass, Bass Guitar
Alan Jackson: Drums
John Mitchell: Percussion


Enjoy

Mike Osborne

In the current Wire mag they reviewed this download from Bandcamp and so I checked out this live jazz set and downloaded it for just two quid.


Live At The Peanuts Club
by Mike Osborne & Friends

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-peanuts-club

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/music

1.
Untitled One 18:34
2.
Untitled Two 24:27
3.
Well You Needn't 31:06
4.
Cherokee 12:26

Exactly how and when I discovered the Peanuts Club and Ossie's Friday night sessions is now lost in the midst of time. But once discovered, the trip across London to Bishopsgate and to the upstairs room above the Kings Arms became a weekly ritual. Part of the excitement was the anticipation of not knowing who might turn up. On some nights it was just Ossie with Harry and Louis laying down what has been described as 'a roving springboard' for the Trio's exploration of new ideas; on others, as the evening wore on, the small playing space expanded to include at least half of the members of the Brotherhood of Breath.

Ken May who ran the club - and who has been immortalised in 'Ken's Tune' that features on the Trio's two great live recordings issued on Ogun records - 'Border Crossing.' and 'All Night Long' - used to hang a large sheet of paper at the entrance with the names of all the musicians who had played at Peanuts. On this session, recorded around 1975/76, Ossie is joined by some of his closest collaborators and friends. The four tracks here include 2 unidentified Ossie originals and a joyous 2nd set of standards by Monk and Parker, and a little of the wildly enthusiastic audience that made those Peanuts' nights so special. I wonder if we managed to get an encore...
released April 14, 2020

Mike Osborne - Alto Sax
Elton Dean - Alto Sax (tracks 3 & 4)
Alan Skidmore - Tenor Sax
Harry Beckett - Trumpet
Marc Charig - Trumpet
Harry Miller - Bass
Louis Moholo-Moholo - Drums