Category Archives: Jazz

The Greatest Jazz Pianist……………………….

Posted on October 31, 2018 by kindadukish

I have been listening to jazz music for the best part of fifty odd years and have developed a love of most genres of the music from early New Orleans to the Avant Garde, although I have to confess that … Continue reading →

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Marsden Jazz festival is sidelined for a visit to Standedge Tunnel and a boat trip!

Posted on October 8, 2017 by kindadukish

Today was the final day of the Marsden Jazz festival here in West Yorkshire. Marsden is tucked at the foot of the Pennine Hills and as such suffers from very variable weather. Yesterday was grey, grim and raining but today … Continue reading →

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Magali Datzira……bass player extraordinaire and singer sublime

Posted on October 2, 2016 by kindadukish

I have written about this very talented your lady previously. as a member of the Saint Andreu Jazz Band from Barcelona. An incredibly talented bass player she has now been encouraged by the leader of the band Joan Chammoro to … Continue reading →

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Stephane Grappelli…..pianist extraordinaire

Posted on September 14, 2016 by kindadukish

Between 1978 and 1992 I lived in Sheffield and was a regular attender at music events in the city, in particular the Leadmill and the Crucible Theatre. Amongst the artists I went to see were Ornate Coleman (twice), Abdullah Ibrahim, … Continue reading →

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Jacques Loussier Trio……Prelude No 1 (musical purists turn away now!)

Posted on September 10, 2016 by kindadukish

Back in the mid / late 1960s I was heavily into jazz and particularly some of the avant grade  and jazz/rock stuff coming out of America at the time e.g. Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler,  Miles Davis, Weather … Continue reading →

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Angelina Jordan……an Ella in the making!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by kindadukish

There are certain songs that should only ever be sung by one singer and in particular I am thinking of Cole Porters “Every time we say good by”. Covered by hundreds if not thousands of artists, but for me there … Continue reading →

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Rita Payes, another gem from the Saint Andreu Jazz band of Barcelona………..

Posted on August 8, 2016 by kindadukish

Rita Payés Rome, was born in 1999 in Vilassar de Mar (Barcelona). She has lived Music with intensity and proximity since she was a child (her parents are musicians) and began studying at the School of Music in Premià de … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Waltz and memories of childhood………..

Posted on August 7, 2016 by kindadukish

My earliest memories of hearing music in my childhood (mid late fifties) was my mother singing as she did all the household duties. Remember, for working class families the norm was for the mother to stay at home and look … Continue reading →

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Rob Wasserman……..bassist extraordinaire

Posted on July 22, 2016 by kindadukish

A couple of days ago I was doing a musical search on YouTube and came across a track by an artist I had never heard of, namely Rob Wasserman I discovered that Wasserman was a Grammy-winning highly respected bass player and … Continue reading →

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Saint Andreu Jazz Band……..even more talent!

Posted on July 8, 2016 by kindadukish

Over the past 6 months or so I have highlighted the tremendous talents of the Saint Andreu Jazz Band from Barcelona including Andrea Motis, Eva Fernandez, Magali Datzira, Alba Esteban and the ever precocious Elsa Armengou. Well now they have … Continue reading →

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