All sorts of interesting things to explore in a playlist from The Wire
Tracks from Michael Garrick, Don Rendell/Ian Carr, Alan Skidmore, Graham Collier, John Surman, Nucleus, Harry Beckett, Keith Tippett. Enjoy
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The Wire’s British Visionary Jazz Playlist- a treasure trove
All sorts of interesting things to explore in a playlist from The Wire
Tracks from Michael Garrick, Don Rendell/Ian Carr, Alan Skidmore, Graham Collier, John Surman, Nucleus, Harry Beckett, Keith Tippett. Enjoy
I agree – some great stuff here. However, am I imagining it or does coverage in magazines like The Wire and the more intellectual rock mags so often seem to suggest that jazz from 30 or 40 years ago is much more fascinating than the jazz currently being produced? There seems to be a retro-chic element to their taste. So they will alert their readers to what John Surman was doing in his youth, but probably won't cover his latest album. Still, I am eternally grateful to The Wire for introducing me to The Books. Brilliant!
Peter you nail it as ever. The current stuff does get relegated as the celebrations whooping up 50 years of just about everything stretch on.
And on!
Peter Slavid has written in via Facebook:
I'm a bit confused – did visionary jazz stop around 1970 ??