Recent Posts Tagged With 'jazz'

• my top 10 guitarists

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 09:11 in Rock, solo, pop, guitar, jazz, folk, blues, pink floyd, soul, funk, led, santana

  I love compiling lists,so I thought this would be a good one to do.  It’s not based on anything except my own opinion… 10) Richie Sambora A great guitar player who is always overlooked, probably just because he’s in Bon Jovi, He ...

• The Old Grey Whistle Test

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 09:02 in Rock, jazz, blues, test, old, harris, grey, whistle, bob, bbc2

  While browsing for videos of classic tunes, I was reminded of the brilliant show I used to watch on late nights on BBC2, The Old Grey Whistle Test, an influential television music show which featured many of the greats over its 16 year lifespan.  It...

• Tribute to a Jazz Great

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 11:43 in jazz, blakey, hancock, hubbard, coltrane

  Influential american jazz trumpeter, Freddie Hubbard, passed away on the 29th December 2008 at the age of 70. Freddie achieved his greatest popular success in the 1970s with a series of crossover albums on CTI Records. His early 70s jazz albums Red ...