BlessedBarium

This might seem like a rather weird place to start with the music of John Coltrane, and in fairness it absolutely is. By no means should 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle' be your first exposure to Coltrane's broader catalogue -- and certainly not modern jazz in general. For those unfamiliar with the studio album, this will be an absolute head-scratcher (unless you're somehow big into modern jazz without ever having listened to 'A Love Supreme', in which case I have ... read more

So I don't know much about Addison Rae's online presence because I'm not generally particularly tuned in to that side of the internet: I know that she exists, and that she has a song (which I actually somewhat like?) with Charli which found its way into her first Boiler Room set, but that's about it. I didn't really listen to the singles from this album until about a day before it dropped - and that was only because I was turned onto them by a pop-head I know. Given all ... read more

[Bill Evans/Scott LaFaro: 1/3]

June 25, 1961. The setting is the legendary Village Vanguard club in New York City. Bill Evans and his trio are, unbeknownst to the audience, about perform some of the most sensitive and perfectly-realised jazz music ever to be recorded. The three men - Bill Evans himself, the young virtuoso bassist Scott LaFaro, and ex-bop drummer Paul Motian - play five sets' worth of material across the afternoon and evening, totalling about two and a half hours of music. ... read more

I'm not super familiar with the whole Swedish sadboy/Drain Gang movement in general, but this is an album which I do have some familiarity with. It took me a while to get round to listening through whole of 'Cold Visions', partly because I wasn't sure it was really the kind of thing I would actually like and partly because it's a 30-track monster, but there were a few individual songs which I knew I liked already - notably 'WODRAINER', 'FLATLINE' and ... read more