La vie en musique

I used to highlight a great album on this page - until I ran out of truly great albums on my shelves. Now I'm going to use it to write my follow-up(s) to '50 Coolest Soul Videos On YouTube' by spotlighting each week a video of a great jazz artist or artists playing live. As before, the key criteria are that it must be cool, soulful and live. Not dubbed or made for MTV or such like. When the 50 weeks are up, I may well turn my attention to Brazil.

Friday, 1 August 2025

Cannonball Adderley Sextet - ‘Jive Samba’

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Picking up for a mere song the other day a still-sealed copy of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet recorded live in concert by the Europe1 ra...
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra feat. Wayne Shorter - ‘Yes or No’

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Opinions vary about Wynton Marsalis. For one who plays the trumpet so brilliantly and composes so prolifically, he attracts a lot of oppro...
Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Madeleine Peyroux - 'Dance Me To The End Of Love'

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I confess. I once owned a 7” single by Dean Martin: a slurred version of the bluegrass musician John Hartford’s song, ‘Gentle On My Mind’. T...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024

James Carter - 'I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone'

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Although you could put up a very strong case in its favour, even if James Carter weren’t the finest saxophonist of his generation, he’s un...
Sunday, 25 August 2024

Chet Baker & Stan Getz - 'Just Friends'

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I’m fond of the word ‘raddled’: it’s almost an onomatopoeic way to describe Chet Baker’s shocking physical dilapidation that resulted from...
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Mark Sampson: Man of Straw
Born in London, raised in Belfast, further-educated at Exeter and Sussex universities, I'm a semi-retired dilettante, a family man and tireless dog-walker. As a music journalist, I write for 'Songlines' magazine and 'Sounds & Colours'. As an intermittent DJ, I host the eclectic 'Tropical Hot Dog Night' once a month for Decibel FM.
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