Monthly Archive for August 2008
Little Buck - Little Boy Blue/Everybody’s LoveNew Orleans based label Seven B is definitely something of a mixed bag & can usually be categorised as 45s Eddie Bo was involved with & ones that he had no part of. Finding 45s on this label will either land you with unbearably cheesy country, slightly more tolerable piano instrumentals or some […]
Oliver Spinetto & Harry Francis - Zodiac 45Here’s an interesting record from a bygone era. Not only were Auckland’s Zodiac Records one of the biggest local independent labels of the 50s & 60s, as an aspiring musician you could also use their facilities to cut your own record. This 45 was recorded on the 5th of October 1955 in […]
Hal Singer / Jef Gilson: Soul of AfricaI’ve got myself lost in this Lp more than once…Perhaps it’s a romantic thing but I do seem to conjure up a sense of sophistication when I listen to French jazz…It seems even the cover has a touch more panache than comparable releases…? Soul of Africa is a very listenable spiritual outing, which I’ve come […]
Jef Gilson: A Gaveau – SFP. 1965Featuring the Jef Gilson Big Band recorded at the Salle Gaveau concert hall (Hence the title) The track Modalite Pour Mimi is a swinging, piece that features some great blowing over a lovely rhythm. The whole band seem absorbed in this groove which sounds unmistakably French. There is also a vocal version of this on […]