A Lark Ascending

My favourites.

As a kid I loved this, even though it met almost universal ridicule. Malcolm Arnold, never one to tolerate classical music snobbery, was highly praiseworthy of Lord and gave his musicians a good telling off for being so snooty about him. Yes, it's pastiche Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov rather than pastiche Stockhausen but enjoyable once you suspend your disbelief.

Did not expect that! Had a brief flirtation with heavy rock at the start of my listening years and the DP of the 'In Rock/Fireball' era was a favourite - it was always the organ of Lord that attracted me most. Rather liked his (admittedly rather sedate and derivative) flute orchestral piece of a couple of years back. RIP

How high is the sky?

They have to start early as the Hound comes out at night ! I'll remember to zip up at night! I thought it was concern that those wild, jazz sounds might carry at night and send the inhabitants of a nearby institution into a frenzy, causing a riot in cell block F.

Great JRR tonight. Lots of classics (Armstrong, Mobley, Teagarden, Mulligan, Ayler, Young), some older things I did not know but liked (Wild Bill Davison, Big Maceo Merriweather) and a couple of interesting newer things (Respectable Groove, Jack Davies).

I'm looking forward to Mike Westbrook on Dartmoor a week tomorrow. Apparently starts at midday rather than an evening concert. Could also belt down to St. Ives (the real one, not the East Anglian impersonation) from Bude two days later. And I'm actually staying in St. Ives when this interesting sounding band are on: 4-SIDED TRIANGLE: KEVIN FIGES (sx), DAN MOORE (Rhodes), MIKE OUTRAM (gt), MARK WHITLAM (dm) More live jazz in one week than I've seen all year.

Someone clearly forgot to tell him that Eric is Harry's evil side-kick.

Sounds good. I have some very nice Matt Wates CDs. Hope the weather is kinder to you.

Now to freak you out - Veryan Weston lives in Welwyn Amazing! This probably isn't the thread to ask why!

Just started on: My favourite Coxhill title.

I think you'll find that if you draw round each ear with a magic marker and then put both ears in the freezer, your troubles will vanish. Failing this, try reversing the polarity of your brain.

What? No 'I Want You Back'?

This one is highly recommended: 2 CDs drawing from well beyond the original LP. Steve Miller (no, not that one) was a lesser known Canterbury keyboard player - think he was in Delivery, Caravan for one album. I love this one: Again 2CDs - draws off a long swathe of his career and encompasses the full range of his styles and interests. And for the more 'mainstream' Lol:

Shocking! I'll have you know that Chris Barber was born in Welwyn Garden City. Has Welwyn Garden City been there long enough for anyone to have been born there? You'll be telling me next that Jamie Cullum was born in Milton Keynes. ************** Another vote for 'Ear of the Beholder'. Could anyone get away with a record like that today? Too off-the-wall for the record company execs, too daft and self-deprecating for the serious avant world. Must look out for that Welfare State record - I semi-remember it from the time. What with Welfare State and National Health, twas a different time. Someone missed the chance to form a band called The Bog Standard Comprehensive.

Not jazz, but I fancy the first 12 seconds or so of this:

When I first joined a jazz bulletin board somewhere around 1999 people were debating the merits of Diana Krall. Then again, they'd already been going on Dave Brubeck for 50 years.

Very, very sad. Lol came out of the same mould as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, a quite unique way of approaching music. Still recall seeing him in a university cafeteria with just candles round the tables and an audience of just a few (think it might have been during the 1974 power cuts). As well as being an intriguing free improvisor he could play marvellous bebop - still cherish a memory of him doing 'Embraceable You' with a band in the late 80s/early 90s in Nottingham. And how many other jazz musicians would choose to live in Welwyn Garden City?

The Wichita Lineman's got his work cut out there.

But like other religions it has warring sects, Messiahs (disclaimed by other sects) and High Priests who claim to perceive True Enlightenment. Harry Allen was recently placed under interdict.

What are records?

Are you talking about capturing streams with software like Audible, or the kind of offline options I referred to above (where you download the tracks, but they have to be synced monthly to verify you're still a subscriber)? I am talking about software to capture streams. Well I'm naive enough to believe I'll still be paying for music I'd like to own. Maybe that will be gone too.

I think you're underestimating the compulsion to own or collect. Streaming will probably become the prime way people listen. And I'm sure other formats will replace the download. But I'm sure most of us nutters will still be hoarding.

The computer keyboard