the Trip session 65 “no room for squares”-jazzorizit- special with vintage vinyl on 28th August 2010, Playlist and Ramblings. More at HYPERLINK "http://www.jimz.biz" www.jimz.biz, and Jim B Donovan on facebook…..
Well if you had said to me ten years ago, that I would still be playing out on a Saturday night at a packed bar in the middle of Reading, and playing “jazz” at that, I would have thought it was all a dream. However I think it happened in reality last night. The “plot” was to do a “Sod the Reading Festival “, special and revive my old “jazzorizit” night “No Room For Squares”. Let’s hope after last night that we can get the night back, as I am now able to leave my equipment in situ., and this has already lead to another night starting on the last thursday “Tracks and Grooves”, with the Mighty AC throwing the tunes on. However all good things have a downside. This one is that the equipment I am using is my spare kit, and is not quite, in my view, in spite of masses of testing, up to my normal rig. It seemed to get us through ok however , but I had a glitch with one turntable-that you would hardly notice- but the recording which I could not have set up right only recorded one channel, and that in mono. Plus every other tune has low volume on the playback. It might take some time therefore to copy it for the afroba to play back, and even may not copy well at all, so a month might go missing!
So nice to see a lot of regular faces, and new ones, especially the guy, who said he “had never been to a night like it”. I just hope that was a compliment! Plus lots of interest in the tunes and competitions. Also nice to see Nigel and his wife, who are involved with “jazz in reading”, it could lead to some “live” jazz at the afroba. Tim ibetya popped in towards the end, and photographed nicely for my facebook page. We also had some genuine reading festival mud in the place to add to the atmosphere!!! The night was dedicated to the late Abbey Lincoln, and the next session is back to “normal” on September 25th, with “Tracks and Grooves” the following thursday Sept 30th. Be there or be somewhere else!
BCNU - Hopefully- Jim.
FLINTSTONES...YOU CAN’T GO BACK IN TIME, classic 60’s voice sample.
MILES DAVIS…HUMAN NATURE, md goes mj.
BOBBI HUMPHREY…YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD, lovely bluenoter.
GARY BARTZ…I’VE KNOWN RIVERS, classic original.
MICHAEL WHITE…GO WITH THE FLOW, cool or wot!
MARK MURPHY…STOLEN MOMENTS, vocal version of oliver nelson classic.
GIL SCOTT HERON…THE BOTTLE, the 1990 live and long version.
ASTRID GILBERTO…GIRL FROM IPENEMA, 60’s bossa cool.
QUINCY JONES…WHAT’S GOING ON, great jazzy take on marvin.
MILES DAVIS…SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME, vintage miles.
ABBEY LINCOLN…NEVER LEAVE ME, bless her, rip abbey.
JULIE LONDON…LIGHT MY FIRE, Julie grooves.
BILLIE HOLLIDAY…I CAN’T GET STARTED, first ever play for billie.
KENNY RANKIN…PEACEFUL, tune covered by georgie fame.
ABBEY LINCOLN…WHEN MALINDY SINGS, another cult abbey.
DJ KRUSH/TOSHINORI KONDO…THE SUN IS SHINING, jazz meets hip hop meets marley.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG…THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN, one of louis’ last and grooviest tracks.
PEPE BRADDOCK…DEEP BURNT, hit of the evening with the freddie hubbard “little sunflower” sample.
ANGELA BOFILL…PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND, jazzy version of philly soul tune.
GRANT GREEN…A DAY IN THE LIFE, our hot afro fave.
MARLENA SHAW…WOMAN OF THE GHETTO, and another.
GIL SCOTT HERON...I’M NEW HERE, gil featured in the new waxpoetics and his latest lp cut, requested.
MADLIB…MONTARA, maddie invades blue note.
HARRY BECKETT…WARM SMILES, great brit jazz from the late harry.
GROVER WASHINGTON JNR…SUMMER SONG, for the weather!!
ROY AYERS…EVERYBODY LOVES THE SUNSHINE, and another!
JOE BATAAN…THE BOTTLE, over here recently, a cover of gil scott heron tune.
STAN KENTON…LIVE AND LET DIE, competition tune off seven.
TOMMY McCOOK…PERSIAN SKA, skajazz?
ELLA FITZGERALD…JAZZ SAMBA, classic and classy ella.
MONGO SANTAMARIA…GREEN ONIONS, hot latin dancer.
VINCE MONTANA…HEAVY VIBES, jazzdisco!
PEPE BRADDOCK again,
BLACKALICIOUS…SWAN LAKE, INSTRUMENTAL, with shadow cutting up “people make the world go round”.
ABBEY LINCOLN…MALINDY again,
MILES DAVIS…ALL BLUES, THE one.
GEORGE SHEARING…THE WORLD IS A GHETTO, sir george-britjazzer-covers war in the 1970’s
FREDDIE HUBBARD/AL JARREAU…LITTLE SUNFLOWER, with the sample used in “deep burnt”
ST. GERMAIN…ROSE ROUGE, jazzhouse!
PEGGY LEE…FEVER/I’M A WOMAN, two pegz classics.
ROLANDO ALPHONSO…EL PUSSY CAT, more skajazz.
TITO PUENTE…FAT MAMA, latin clanker.
RAY BARETTO…EL WATUSI, and another.
TULLIO DE PISCOPO…STOP BAJAN, jazzdisco?
BARRY DE VORZON…WARRIORS THEME, filmjazzdisco?
SIVUCCA…AIN’T NO SUNSHINE, our man sivucca covers bill withers classic.
JAMES TAYLOR…MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, britflacidjazz.
JOHN SCHOEDER…SOUTH AMERICAN GETAWAY, gilles p. fave.
HERBIE HANCOCK…WIGGLE WAGGLE, sampled to def.
4-HERO…BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN, jazzorizit, big afro fave.
LAST POETS…IT’S A TRIP, well was it?
ST.GERMAIN…SO FLUTE, more housejazz.
MADLIB…SLIMS RETURN, maddie returns for one last one.
JIMMY SMITH…HANG EM’ HIGH, funkydiscojazz?
COUNT BASIE…GREEN ONIONS, bigbandsouljazz!
GANGSTARR…ABOVE THE CLOUDS, using a johnny dankworth sample
DJ PREMIER…IN DEEP CONCENTRATION, which I was not, after five and a half hours!
JAZZMATAZZ…WHEN YOU’RE NEAR, miscue, but worth it.
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN…SWING TO BOP, the root of modern jazz from 1941.
The trip”hasnowreachedthegrandoldageof65timetoretirediscuss!” production, 2010.
