Happy Birthday Roy Babbington of Soft Machine, Nucleus, Delivery, etc

Cheers to Roy Babbington on his 85th birthday. Here's a Nucleus performance (1972), Soft Machine (1973) and more. 

Remembering UK trumpet titan Ian Carr on his birthday

Remembering trumpet playing bandlcader Ian Carr with a few early 70s Nucleus clips and one with Don Rendell. 

Richard Morton Jack publishes Labyrinth, the definitive guide to 60s British jazz

Labyrinth: British Jazz On Record, 1960-75 comes packed with reviews of 300 UK jazz gems penned by Richard Morton Jack

Here's the scoop...

Labyrinth is a massive hardback book, 375 pages in length, printed on high-quality art paper, with an embossed cover and cloth quarter-binding, written by Richard Morton Jack (Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums, Nick Drake: The Life, The Sunbeam Guide To Led Zeppelin). This limited edition record guide is the most comprehensive overview of the subject ever published. It celebrates over three hundred albums, offering detailed background info about each, alongside excerpts from original reviews and masses of high-quality images that reproduce their fabulous artwork and labels at near-full size. It also features a fascinating introduction by Tony Reeves (Mike Taylor Quartet, New Jazz Orchestra, Colosseum etc). 

Covering abstract jazz, avant-garde jazz, serial jazz, free jazz, Indo-jazz, jazz-rock and more, it tells a story Britain should be proud of: open-minded and creative musicians pushing the boundaries of their art in the face of penury and indifference, and welcoming influences from a range of other cultures via immigrant musicians such as Joe Harriott (Jamaica), Amancio D’Silva (India), Guy Warren (Ghana) and Harry Beckett (Barbados). Get a copy via Soundohm right here. Check out Ritchie Unterberger's interview with Richard Morton Jack right here. 

Whaddya mean you don't know The Jazz Stars

The Jazz Stars were UK greats Joe Harriott, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Don Rendell, Ronnie Ross, Allan Ganley, Terry Shannon & Lennie Bush.

Happy Birthday Joe Harriott

Remembering the great saxophonist with a couple of stellar performances for Argo. 

RIP Don Rendell, 1926-2015

Remembering UK jazz saxophone great Don Rendell with a couple of performances featuring Ian Carr.

Happy Birthday Don Rendell

Celebrating the birthday of British jazz great Don Rendell with a vintage live clip & 2 overlooked classics. 

RIP jazz pianist Michael Garrick, 1933-2011

Discussion with Michael Garrick and Don Rendell, Part 1


Part 2




Black Marigolds by Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet



Dusk Fire by Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet



Ursula by Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet Live 1966





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Guadian obituary