Stoney Lane

“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.” – The Duke

Good Vibes

Vibes maestro Jim Hart has a new album out with his quartet, Gemini …

Released through the tip top Loop records label, the album Narrada features Jim Hart on Vibraphone, Ivo Neame on Sax, Jasper Hoiby on Double Bass and Dave Smith on Drums, and has already received a 4* Guardian review before the album launch at The Vortex – part of the London Jazz Festival on November 17th.

You can buy the album online from JimHart.co.uk, or grab a copy from one of Gemini’s November gigs around the UK, including The Yardbird in Birmingham on Thursday 26th.

Check out the cracking video of Jim and Gwilym Symcock below …

Milt and Monk

No better way to kick a blog off than with this stonker of a track from July 1948 … Evidence, with the Milt Jackson and Thelonious Monk Quintet, discovered via Clive Davis’ excellent blog.