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Vinyl MaelstromAuthor: Ian Forth
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VM Enthusiasts: Jazz and Blues with Tony Bishop
Saturday, 4 May, 2024
Curious about jazz and blues but don't know where to begin? Join aficionado Tony Bishop, legendary jazz and blues singer and harmonica player on the London circuit, who will give you a whirlwind expert briefing to hold down your end of the coffee machine conversation with the annoying boffin from accounts.Tony glides effortlessly through a short history of the genres as they emerged from their sleazy New Orleans origins early in the last century; the creation of Bluenote and Chess records; the great rupture in jazz around about 1959; some more modern developments; and then finally his picks of porky prime cuts to start us on our journeys.Tony's choices were:BluesDeath letter, Son HousDrop down mama, Sleepy John Estes29 ways, Willie DixonJuke, Little WalterHellhound on my trail, Robert JohnsonJazzKind of blue, Miles DavisTime out, Dave BrubeckMy favourite things, John ColtraneWatermelon man, Herbie HancockElla Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington SongbookView with a room, Julian LageHere's a Spotify playlist of Tony's "First XI".https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pVruox3Yo0xr7HCbWW6PR?si=50bdcfffa6d043d4To get the download on why these bubbled to the top, tune into the episode. Thanks, Tony!Be expertly briefed each week on a wide variety of intriguing musical topics.
