A back to front kind of week
Last week, very much concentrated on new work based on the music of Kenny Wheeler, saw a 21 per cent uplift in marlbank readership compared to the previous week. Meaningless let’s be frank beyond anal trainspottery and the lure of vanity metrics but great, eh, that the flock is getting a bit bigger. Ewe never had it so good.
Oh, and we will sheepishly lob in the fun fact given Wheeler was a well known palindrome lover even if the irony isn’t lost that aibohphobia, a palindrome itself, is the fear of palindromes.
‘You fear jazz. You fear the lack of rules’ (The Mighty Boosh)
It’s not one man and his dog round here. Well, not recently, anyway.
But of course we aren’t getting zillions of readers either.
So, big up the trickle.
Welcome new readers, strays, blow-ins, rescue animals, canines, all. Woof. Sniff around
Pedigree chunks
Last week’s popular stories
- Wheeler With Words
- Kind of Kenny
- Stunning from Arild Andersen
- Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories
- Etudes / Quietudes
Thanks for being a reader. Keep in touch.
WHAT’S GNU
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Cory Wong and Joshua Redman, On A Random Tuesday (Live at The Blue Note) featuring Joshua Redman, Roundwound Media ****
One of the best live albums that I have come across this year. Wong & Redman hit it off big time
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How Many Takes Does It Need?
Like a contact sheet an array of takes confronts you with a choice but how many takes does a tune need?
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Mads Mathias, Just the Way You Are, Mingus Records ***
Familiar fare, in the large part winningly conveyed