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Nov 20 / 2:51pm

Jeff Clyne 1937 – 2009

Jeff was a British jazz bass legend and an important figure on the nascent British jazz rock scene with bands like Gilgamesh, Turning point and Nucleus. He just passed away at the age of 72

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2009/11/20/rip-jeff-clyne/

There's a wonderful tribute page going on Facebook with some neat Jeff Clyne stories:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=195042895208

Nick Weldon

I can't yet untangle the web of feelings I have at the moment. But here's a strange and lovely story... The tune is It Had To Be You in the key of G, and as usual Jeff is fluttering about up at the dusty end. The next chord is E7 and as Jeff begins his beautiful and effortless descent back down the G string, I know instinctively that he will land on a B. Thing is, a bee has also begun to take an interest in the bass and is now sitting exactly where Jeff's first finger is headed for, squarely on that B (bees have great intonation). I begin shouting at Jeff and waving towards the bass, "No, no, not the B, don't play the B!". Jeff finally looks back at his fingerboard, sees the bee and manages to make a diversion to the nearest E. He then shakes the bass,the insect flies off to safety, and we haven't dropped a beat! We laughed a lot together over that, in a slightly mystified way, and in the last few weeks of his life it became a musical mantra between us. "Don't play the B".

Some music examples:

and a classic electric bass performance

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Nov 20 / 1:58pm

London Jazz Festival: Cleveland Watkiss 50th Birthday Celebration. fotos by Chris Montgomery

My friend Chris' incredible photos from Cleveland Watkiss' 50th birthday gig:

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/10379922_NE7fG#718737763_buC67

Wow!

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Filed under // jazz london photography

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Nov 20 / 1:48pm

Palin Confuses Iraq And Iran In Hannity Interview (VIDEO)

via huffingtonpost.com

Sarah Palin confuses Iran and Iraq several times in an interview this week. She thinks Ahmedinejad is the President of Iraq.

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Filed under // politics stupidity

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Nov 19 / 1:56pm

Nick Tann

via nicktann.bandcamp.com

Me like.
Neat singersongwritery stuff from Nick Tann
Preview, download, buy digitally buy the disc!

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Nov 19 / 5:08am

Cigdem Aslan and She'Koyokh in Munich: video

My good friend Cigdem Aslan sings with me in Luna Kalamata. She also sings with the excellent She'Koyokh.

Here is some excellent video of the band:

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Nov 16 / 12:18pm

David Pastorius and Local 518

I'm excited about this new record.

David has a famous uncle but has his own sound and this is a great sounding band that grooves its posterior off!

Preview it at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidpastorius

Looking forward to listening to the whole CD soon!

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Filed under // david pastorius groove music rock

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Nov 16 / 11:28am

Steve Coleman gives music away « Phil Wain

via philwbass.wordpress.com

Apologies for the blog linking to blog but I think what Steve Coleman is doing here deserves a wide audience and, rather than write again, here is a link to my wordpress blog on the news that the wonderful Steve Coleman is making a lot of his music available for free.

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Nov 15 / 2:03pm

Resonance Records - Scott LaFaro - I Hear a Rhapsody - SoundCloud

Scott LaFaro - I Hear a Rhapsody by Resonance Records

via soundcloud.com

Resonance Records posted this sample track on Soundcloud. Looking forward to buying Pieces of Jade - the 'new' Scott LaFaro CD on Resonance Records. Essential CD methinks!

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Nov 15 / 1:50pm