Harvest of Highlights

  • Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder

    Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1964 album on the Blue Note has remained one of the foundation LP’s in the classic Jazz labels catalogue. Even at the time, the title track achieved some unexpected crossover success in the pop and R&B charts thanks to the relentless hard shuffle of the rhythm and the hook heavy lead… Read more

  • Fresh Juice 28th April 2025

    Echolalia – In The Pub To mark the regular return of this sites Fresh Juice feature, I would ideally have liked to follow the tradition of sourcing the best video clips to represent the song choice but for this, I also wanted to return with something that has a bit of punch and this certainly… Read more

  • April 2025 Playlist

    Before embarking on a house move (which is the reason this monthly playlist post is so late by the way) I indulged a musical itch I have been dying to scratch for many years attending a Friday night show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. As a jazz lover whose appreciation and journey into… Read more

  • March 2025 Playlist

    I cannot claim to have worried too much about the impact AI might have on my musical world. I trust my own ears to recognize the authenticity in older music and I would argue my tastes in newer releases tend to lead me towards the more organic sounds played by legitimate musicians and even in… Read more

  • February 2025 Playlist

    Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 Toccata’ opens a three-disc set of Bach’s Organ Works played by Karl Richter that I have been listening to. As far as pieces of classical music go, this is as famous a piece that you could find even if its full title may not… Read more

  • January 2025 Playlist

    It seems like there was a lot of mess around me at the end of 2024, not literal mess as that is always there, more like life mess that needed wading through before I could get the new year started. So, this monthly playlist is a little later in the month than usual but, I… Read more