What's Spinning

So, my dad gave me a music for pleasure, (cheap label from the 60's / 70's) version of this when I was a teenager. It would be amazing to play this AP version to either my mum or dad, I know they would be floored by it, just like I was. I always loved Billie Holliday, but never dreamt I could be this be close to the band. Truly amazing that something recorded over 60 year ago can sound this good.


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The Jeff Clyne / Ian Carr Quartet - Springboard (Polydor, 1969 First Pressing)

I love this album so much. One minute it is incredibly atmospheric and laid back and the next it's a full force of energy. Free, but not too free that it requires a lot of focus to listen to. I really like the witty liner notes as well, written by John Steven's 6-year old son. I'm actually just about finished reading trumpeter Ian Carr's biography and it was around this time that the scene began to experiment with different types of jazz. Carr dabbled in free-jazz (such as on this album) but found it to be too limiting so he began to explore jazz-rock, which led him to create Nucleus.

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