John Coltrane

The Telegraph — Anniversary series often turn out to be pious recreations of originals - and the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's signing up to Impuse didn't altogether avoid this. Rating: * * * more info

Totally Fuzzy — jazzlover said... Karl Berger - Transit (1986) Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan (2007) http://jazzarchives.blogspot.com Deaf, Dumb, Blind said... John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings [4CD] (1997) http://musistenz.blogspot.com ... more info

Guardian Music — If your children insist on listening to Justin Bieber, get out your old record collection ...Not long ago, my 11-year-old daughter Cathleen asked me to download Justin Bieber's latest song for her. "Who is Justin Bieber?" I asked, slowly, in the mann... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tongue said... PISSED JEANS - Shallow X - More Fun In The New World THE BEACH BOYS - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album KURT VILE - Constant Hitmaker fuzzlove http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com themusicologist said... musicology #0622 ChristmasComing ... more info

Guardian Music — How the tireless musical innovator came to make, in Bitches Brew, one of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all timeBetween 1945, when he hustled his way on to New York's new bebop scene as Charlie Parker's teenage trumpeter, and the turbulent year o... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Joker said... Just another Christmas-Mix 01 Ted Nugent - Deck The Halls 02 Steve Lukather - The Christmas Song 03 Yellowman - We Wish You a Merry Christmas 04 Fats Domino - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 05 B.B. King - Christmas Celebration 06 Marty ... more info

Muzjiks — So the acclaim for MBDTF has spiraled out of control. The amount of praise of Kanye West's latest album has become a national epidemic for which there is nor will be a vaccine (check Muzjiks in the coming days for more on that). What hasn't been me... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz saxophonist best known for his 1952 pop hit Moody's Mood for LoveJazz musicians often enjoy making difficult things look easy, and the saxophonist, flautist and gleefully eccentric vocalist James Moody, who has died aged 85, was particularly go... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about fessing up to messing up. This week we're after songs in tune with imperial dynastiesHello to you all. Another topic, another heated debate. If I was going to write a series of head-spinningly wonderful pop records (and whose ... more info

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info