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It’s Not How It Sounds #24 - Mr Ramsey Lewis at the 2013...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:32:01 +0100

It’s Not How It Sounds #24 - Mr Ramsey Lewis at the 2013 JazzFM awards.

A Reviewer's Year - what does it all mean?

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:09:28 +0100

A year in the life of a #jazz reviewer. 52 action-packed weeks filled with musical jollity and good vibes. Usually…

In figures:

283 albums received - 268 CDs, 11 downloads, 4 vinyl albums.

113 albums reviewed. I make that around 1 in 2.8.

In all honesty, I was sent a lot more download links but never got round to checking them out. Mostly, they seemed to be mere precursors to the arrival of a CD.

Every vinyl album was a joy - 100% pleasure.

CDs and downloads - not always a raft of unalloyed pleasure it must be said. But I did listen to [at least part of] all of them. Except for one or two CDs whose covers and/or titles were such affronts to good taste that I couldn’t bring myself to open them…

A Reviewer's Life - Week 52.

Thu, 30 May 2013 20:03:02 +0100

Not with a Bang…

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 1.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Oh you beautiful doll… - 1

Oh, you shouldn’t - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

It’s Not How It Sounds #23 - Mr Neil Cowley

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:47 +0100

It’s Not How It Sounds #23 - Mr Neil Cowley

A Reviewer's Life - Week 51

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:52 +0100

The penultimate episode of this gripping saga… The #jazz world mourns.

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 6.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 1.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Ooh, pretty - 3

Oh, pretty poor - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 3.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 50

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:47:31 +0100

I’m a bit of a #jazz grump this week. So many grumbles, which one to start with?

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 3.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Ooh, pretty - 1

Oh, pretty poor - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 2.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 49

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:20:15 +0100

The Album Of The Week harks back almost 100 years. Just sayin’…

Album reviews submitted – 1.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 2.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Red Hot - 1

Red flag - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

Led Bib Goes Kickstarting

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:19:49 +0100

Crowdfunding seems to be quite the new thing these days. Led Bib is the latest combo to use Kickstarter to attract album funding and the band seems worthy of support. The guys are offering some quite intriguing rewards too. Check out the band’s Kickstarter page.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 48

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:06:03 +0100

The human voice is dead good at singing words. So why waste time going all flutey or soprano saxy? Seriously, why? Just buy an instrument people.

Album reviews submitted – 3.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 10.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0. There’s always next week…

Groovy Baby - 7

Burpy baby - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 2.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 47

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:50:29 +0100

360gms of celebration…

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 5.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 1 -and it’s a DOUBLE ALBUM!!!

Positively charged - 2

Negatively charged - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 3.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 46

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:44:07 +0100

Not the finest #jazz week of the year so far. Hey ho.

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 10 .

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Hey Yeh! - 3

Hey No! - 4

Floating around in the middle ground - 3.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 45

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:49:52 +0100

The Middle Ground is a lonely place for #jazz these days.

Album reviews submitted – 0. Inertia, that’s why.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 2.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Rather groovy - 1

Rather not - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 44

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:05:54 +0100

“You must believe in Spring” or so the song says. It won’t make it any warmer though. Thermal undergarments remain key to personal comfort.

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 4.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Chilled - 3

Bloody freezin’ - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

It’s Not How It Sounds #22 - Nat Birchall and the slightly...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:55:35 +0100

It’s Not How It Sounds #22 - Nat Birchall and the slightly spooky Rachael Gladwin

A Reviewer's Life - Week 43

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:12:30 +0000

Dear #jazz lawyer. If I get on up when I should have been getting down and jiggy, resulting in a minor back injury, can I make a claim?

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 3.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

I Feel Good - 3

My sex machne has failed - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

It’s Not How It Sounds #21 - guitarist Dave Cliff

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:39:53 +0000

It’s Not How It Sounds #21 - guitarist Dave Cliff

A Reviewer's Life - Week 42

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:06:32 +0000

Seriously folks, it’s only jazz. Sometimes, it’s barely #jazz. Occasionally it clearly isn’t either…

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 8.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Faith and Hope - 3

Faith No More - 3

Floating around in the middle ground - 2.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 41

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:32:19 +0000

It’s been a busy week for Pope selectors, but not, seemingly, for #jazz album marketing executives.

Album reviews submitted – 3.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 2.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Quality, not width - 2

Width, not quality - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 40

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:45:02 +0000

The Voices Let Me Down Again - I think my entire socio-cultural #jazz paradigm is slipping out of alignment. Bah!. On the other hand, accordions have been in good supply…

Album reviews submitted – 1.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 7.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 1. Yahoo!

Cool Cats - 3

hotdogs - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 4.

A Reviewer's Life - Week 39

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:59:33 +0000

Went to see #Lincoln this week. What a con - no sign of the Cathedral and no mention of the Imp. Lots of American accents too… Still, there’s always #jazz

Album reviews submitted – 3.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 6.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Daniel Day Lewis - 5

Jerry Lewis - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.