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The Neville strides out*

Stride piano.  Something that you don’t hear every decade.
The second album I ever bought, (after Astral Weeks), was called ‘The Jazz Piano’, and featured Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith, as well as Art Tatum,  Earl Hines and many others.  All those … Continue reading

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Thomas Trotter thrillingly manipulates Albert Hall’s massive organ in front of large crowd

Pumping away vigorously, the monumental  Albert Hall organ was given a sustained pounding by Thomas Trotter on Tuesday night, stunning promenaders, who gave ecstatic applause after a magnificent and thunderous climax.*
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Jayhawks blow the bl**dy doors off in Kentish Town

Also, new camera proves quite effective, so your correspondent doubly chuffed.  

I have always liked the Jayhawks – one of those bands that should have been bigger, but would probably have been worse as a result. The essence of the … Continue reading

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