A nice, laid back and slightly tropical / latin mix for today. I can see a bit of blue sky, there’s no sign of yesterday’s torrential rain, and this is just what I was in the mood for, after completely immersing myself in old school hip hop all day yesterday. Quite pleased with this selection, [...]
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If you haven’t come across one of these before, it’s a playlist I’ve made using Spotify. If you live somewhere you can use the service (currently Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands), then you can simply download the software, then click the link below, and enjoy two hours of jazz chosen [...]
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Every now and then, a friend asks me to make up a Sunday Jazz Spotify playlist. This time, it was the turn of Nick in Belfast. Here’s what I came up with: Click here to listen Gary Burton – Boston Marathon Peggy Lee – Black Coffee Gil Scott-Heron – Ain’t No New Thing Jimmy Smith [...]
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I haven’t done a Dubber’s Sunday Jazz Spotify playlist for a while, and hadn’t given the matter much thought either. So it was nice when I received a request for one via Twitter from my friend Dave. He specifically asked for stuff that swings and has great drum and trumpet solos. Nothing too obscure… “classics [...]
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Back on Facebook, against my better judgment Since last week’s jazz show, there’s been a new version of Spotify released. It’s very pretty and allows you to connect with your friends through music. It also integrates your current music by raiding your iTunes playlist and making it a simple, one-stop place for both your music [...]
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I’ve decided to move my weekly ‘Sunday Jazz‘ Spotify playlist here to my personal blog. My life’s fragmented enough as it is, and I thought that one extra blog post a week wouldn’t clutter this already busy blog too much. If you haven’t come across this before, essentially the idea is that it’s like a [...]
Today I launched a new weekly jazz show. But it’s not on the radio. In fact, all it is is a Spotify playlist linked from a Posterous blog page. You can find the show here: Dubber’s Sunday Jazz. It’s a two hour playlist of jazz, chosen by me. No talking – just the tunes. And [...]
