I wasn’t going to let something like self-imposed parameters get in the way
the intrinsic human elements existing in the creases
black musicians listened to his records and were inspired by his famous ‘blue yodels’ which can be heard in the vocal delivery of two Delta legends Howlin' Wolf and Tommy Johnson
we have new member Ville Valavuo joining Jaakko Hietakangas to form what is arguably the scene’s deadliest six string tag-team
steaming themselves with panoply of very frail looking septuagenarians
Joe McPhee - Black Magic Man LP book I wasn’t going to letThe other week Superior Viaduct reissued three albums from free jazz music lifer and all round store jazz favourite, Joe McPhee, that were originally issued on the European imprint, Hat Hut. I aint gonna lie, its an undertaking to get across these, but ultimately rewarding! Black Magic Man is the most immediate out of these three, primarily because its drawn from the same gig at Vassar College in upstate NY back in 1970 as his classic, Nation Time