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Post by Terry J on Nov 28, 2022 2:02:32 GMT
Goodbye to Czech jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Pavel Smetáček.
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Post by Terry J on Nov 29, 2022 0:17:38 GMT
Previously ‘Track of the Day’ ran down a chart of the ‘Top 300 Jazz Artists’ as determined on ‘Rate Your Music’. The new theme is ‘artists that didn’t make the charts’.
Here we have John Tchicai and Archie Shepp finding their feet in an early recording.
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Post by Terry J on Nov 30, 2022 17:26:34 GMT
John Tchicai experiments with strings.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 1, 2022 17:03:19 GMT
I thought we should note the passing of Christine McVie by playing a track from her days with Chicken Shack under the name Christine Perfect.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 2, 2022 10:40:07 GMT
This is another interesting track from John Tchicai.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 3, 2022 14:56:33 GMT
This is an absolutely great track.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 4, 2022 13:11:19 GMT
This is a tribute track to the Australian born American saxophonist Andrew Speight. Sadly, he died at the age of 58 after his vehicle was struck by 2 trains in the Bay area of California.
His band, the Andrew Speight Quartet, won the 1999 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album with their self-titled album. Unfortunately, I cannot find any of his recorded work online, so this video shows him performing live.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 5, 2022 11:07:31 GMT
Here is track from John Tchicai that is surprisingly funky.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 6, 2022 20:19:01 GMT
Yet another track which shows that John Tchicai deserved greater recognistion.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 7, 2022 20:45:24 GMT
This is the last track from John Tchicai.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 8, 2022 14:12:37 GMT
John Tchicai was serious jazz for our next artist 'who didn't make the charts' we go to the opposite end of the spectrum. This is American saxophonist Groover Washington Junior.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 9, 2022 10:38:26 GMT
Here Groover Washington shows that he can play alongside the greats.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 10, 2022 16:40:04 GMT
I have always had a soft spot for this track.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 11, 2022 12:55:05 GMT
This is Groover Washington playing with Kenny Burrell.
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Post by Terry J on Dec 12, 2022 11:55:44 GMT
This is a classic Groover Washington track.
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