The mesmerising and moving, Music From The Welsh Mines finally gets its re-release on CD, this very special recording by one of Wales’ foremost choirs will be accompanied for the first time with a bonus disc Songs Of Peace & Goodwill – a collection of Christmas carols record in 1958, one year after the original album which has…
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David Amram’s Jazz BIO 2018 Ever since meeting, jamming with and being mentored by Dizzy Gillespie in 1951 and Charlie Parker in 1952,.David Amram has continued over the past 66 years as one of the first pioneers, along with Julius Watkins, to include the French horn as an improvising voice in jazz. He has also pioneered the use…
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moochin’ about are very proud to announce [PAIS] as our new distributors for the UK & across the world… Founded in 1981 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, [PIAS] champions and supports the best independent music in the world across our unrivalled international network. The labels the represent include – Ace Records, BMG Rights, Domino, Fat Possum,…
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QUINCY JONES, the mastermind behind some of the 20th and 21st century’s greatest hits turned 85 this year And to celebrate his life and legacy, Moochin’ About has collected and remastered 12 of his classic early albums available to download… This collection features…. Jazz Abroad This Is How I Feel About Jazz Go West, Man!…
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Perry Blake returns to the live scene with his first live show in France for 5 years , where he will be playing The Solidarity Festival, Montpellier… ahead of his forthcoming live shows in the UK & Portugal, this will be a great chance to get to hear some material from the forthcoming new…
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the bad news…. Due to circumstances outside of our control, this years planned RSD18 titles from Moochin’ About – which included 4 limited edition releases from – David Amram, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Paul Quinn & Chet Baker – these will now no longer be available for the 21st April… the good news… Although these titles will not be…
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Stuart Maconie compiles a playlist of some of the most extreme, experimental, avant-garde and out-there music broadcast on the Freakzone in 2017. Including tracks by Richard Dawson, Children Of Alice, Enslaved and Alice Coltrane… Freak Zone Playlist
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In 1977, President Jimmy Carter granted permission for Exprinter Tours to send a ship of Jazz Masters — Dizzy Gillespie, Earl `Fatha’ Hines, Stan Getz, David Amram with their bands — to Havana, Cuba for a historic 36 hour cultural exchange/Jazz jam with Cuba’s best young jazz musicians.Gillespie, Hines, Getz, and Amram and their bands, were the first group of…
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