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Post by robtrinidad on Jan 21, 2017 15:09:41 GMT
hi everyone, new here, must say been fascinating reading all the posts & great LJC articles on main site...I've just started collections old vinyl last few years, through psychadelic 60's rock & jazz, then naturally gravitated towards spiritual jazz...and then of course Alice Coltrane ...onto John....then down the rabbit hole to BLUE NOTE...absolutely love the whole mythology surrounding the label..
i've been buying it on eBay and obviously blown away, literally, by the eye popping prices that spring up
Quite daunting coming into this, and seeing the years and years worth of knowledge accumulated by people on here ...but just great to absorb
I Collected old American pulp paperback first editions from the 1950s for many years... so maybe it's something about the old Americana that grabs me ( used to live there, now in London )
anyway, don't wanna bore any of you too much, so two questions that spring to mind, if any vets would be so kind as to answer..
I have Internet radio and I found a couple of stations that play 50's 60's Jazz etc...but any recommendations out there for a real education ?
Secondly jazz record shops in London? Any good ones ? I am in West London by the way
thanks so much
Rob
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Post by Martin on Jan 21, 2017 17:53:15 GMT
Welcome aboard Rob! I can't help with Internet radio stations but, given you're in West London, the obvious record shop to start with would be Honest Jon's on Portobello Road.
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Post by alunsevern on Jan 23, 2017 15:14:40 GMT
Rob, I can't help much with internet radio stations for jazz, but NPR does have an extraordinary archive of streamed recordings from the Village Vanguard. The navigation is a bit strange and seems to hide a lot of what is there but this link seems to capture everything: www.npr.org/series/90611896/live-at-the-village-vanguard/archiveAs regards jazz "education" (which you mentioned) I would recommend as indispensable the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD produced by Richard Cook and Brian Morton up until Cook's untimely death aged just 50 a few years ago. The Guide isn't produced any longer in its original form, nor will it be again, I don't think, but buy any of the later editions you can find and experience one of the most erudite, most literate, most deeply informed sources of information about jazz recordings that has ever existed. People sometimes talk about reference books that are so good you pull them off the shelf to check something a three hours later you are still reading. This is that kind of book. |
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Post by gst on Jan 23, 2017 17:27:43 GMT
Welcome!
As far as internet radio stations are concerned I rather like KJazz (http://www.kkjz.org/). I don't listen to it as often anymore as i've moved out of Los Angeles, but I imagine it's much the same. They also have a few hours a week devoted to blues which i also enjoy.
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Post by robtrinidad on Jan 24, 2017 12:09:56 GMT
Welcome aboard Rob! I can't help with Internet radio stations but, given you're in West London, the obvious record shop to start with would be Honest Jon's on Portobello Road. thanks Martin, oh yes I last went there years back, mid 90's, and assumed it was mainly new stuff - I will take a look ! |
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Post by robtrinidad on Jan 24, 2017 12:17:13 GMT
Rob, I can't help much with internet radio stations for jazz, but NPR does have an extraordinary archive of streamed recordings from the Village Vanguard. The navigation is a bit strange and seems to hide a lot of what is there but this link seems to capture everything: www.npr.org/series/90611896/live-at-the-village-vanguard/archiveAs regards jazz "education" (which you mentioned) I would recommend as indispensable the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD produced by Richard Cook and Brian Morton up until Cook's untimely death aged just 50 a few years ago. The Guide isn't produced any longer in its original form, nor will it be again, I don't think, but buy any of the later editions you can find and experience one of the most erudite, most literate, most deeply informed sources of information about jazz recordings that has ever existed. People sometimes talk about reference books that are so good you pull them off the shelf to check something a three hours later you are still reading. This is that kind of book. thanks Alun, I will check out NPR, looks very interesting. And my office is just by Foyles in town, so am going to head there this afternoon and look out for that book - remember going in there a few years ago, to Ray's Jazz, before the poor chap passed on,lovely guy. Then more recently going in and getting some advice from the slightly dismissive dude working there - hilarious  |
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Post by robtrinidad on Jan 24, 2017 12:21:37 GMT
Welcome! As far as internet radio stations are concerned I rather like KJazz (http://www.kkjz.org/). I don't listen to it as often anymore as i've moved out of Los Angeles, but I imagine it's much the same. They also have a few hours a week devoted to blues which i also enjoy. thanks gst ! just tuned in to KJazz, good call much appreciated ! A very good one for jazz I found on sunday morning is WAER 88.3 FM, Syracuse NY |
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