Tribute To Lemmy w/ Ian Blurton & friends @ The Silver Dollar, Thursday

Here's a Lemmy documentary to get you up to speed for Thursday night's multi-band salute at the Silver Dollar.

Happy Birthday Okay Temiz!

Celebrating the 77th birthday of the Turkish percussion master with a couple of typically virtuosic performances.

Timmy's Organism launches 2016 tour with Heartless Heathen video

Timmy's Organism kicks off their Audio Social Dissent tour at the Ace of Cups in Columbus, OH tonight.

Audio Social Dissent Tour Dates

2/10 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups*
2/11 Nashville, TN - The End*
2/12 Atlanta, GA - The Earl*
2/13 Orlando, FL - The Social*
2/14 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder*
2/16 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506*
2/17 Washington, DC - DC9*
2/18 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's*
2/19 New York, NY - Cake Shop*
2/20 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade*
2/21 Allston, MA - Great Scott*
2/23 Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class Lounge^
2/24 Detroit, MI - Marble Bar^
2/25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle^
2/26 Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club^
2/27 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry^
2/28 Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge^
3/01 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge^
3/02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge^
3/04 Seattle, WA - Barboza^
3/05 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios^
3/07 San Francisco, CA - The Independent^
3/09 Bakersfield, CA - Babylon BKFD^
3/10 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo^
3/11 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room^
3/12 San Diego, CA - The Hideout^
3/13 Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge^
3/17 Austin, TX – SXSW
* - dates with Regression 696
^ - dates with Wolf Eyes

Chris McGregor's early recording with 17-piece big band finally reissued

Check out the track "Switch" from Jazzman Records limited-edition reissue of Jazz – The African Sound below.

Jazz – The African Sound, Chris McGregor's one off album with the Castle Lager Big Band, is an overlooked jazz classic, and a true holy grail for collectors of jazz and world-jazz. A cornerstone of South Africa's illustrious jazz history, it has been out of print since before the end of apartheid. Never before released outside of the country, this painstakingly restored reissue is the long-delayed first chance to hear Chris McGregor's debut recording as leader. As well as fully restored audio, the package features unpublished photographs by Basil Breakey and new sleeve notes by author Francis Gooding.

Ten years before the Brotherhood of Breath blew the cobwebs out of British jazz, Chris McGregor had already recorded as leader with a big band comprised of South Africa's leading jazz lights. Put together in 1963, the Castle Lager Big Band was a multi-racial group, a risky endeavour in apartheid South Africa. Modernist in outlook, and dedicated to showcasing South African composers, the 17-piece band featured a galaxy of South African jazz stars, including Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, and Kippie Moeketsi.

Though the band lasted only a few weeks and played a just a handful of shows, they made it into the studio to record. The result was Jazz - The African Sound, a unique masterpiece of afro-Ellingtonia that the band hoped would put South African jazz on the international map. But history intervened, and their jazz message to the world never arrived. Until now that is, and more than fifty years after it was first recorded, Jazz – The African Sound is finally back in print in a limited edition of 500 copies on Jazzman Records.

Dylan LeBlanc @ The Drake Hotel, tonight

 Dylan's new album Cautionary Tale is out on Single Lock Records run by Alabama Shakes' Ben Tanner.

Whaddya mean you don't know D.B. Shrier?

A proper reissue of Philly saxophonist D.B. Shrier's Emerges album from 1967 seems way overdue. 

Happy Birthday MC Abdominal!

Cheers to Toronto's dopest rhyme ripper – with his own sign in Kensington Market – MC Abdominal on his day.