Groovin' High (The Age Of Modern Jazz Begins) - Various Artists

Advantages: A Passionate Desire, May Burn A Gem-Like Fire...
Disadvantages: Consumed By Flames Of Woe; We All Someday Must Go...

...musical well, and music primed my passion-well. I think you only have to be passionate about one thing, and it ends up translating into your passion for everything else. B. THE DOORS FROM OPPRESSION I decided that LMF was my favourite song at a prepubescent time of my life when my only source of respite from my lovingly-domineering parents WAS my lovingly-domineering, music-playing parents (i.e., my father's aging rock & roll LP collection, served as "the Door" to spiritual freedom when physical freedom was not to be had. ) LMF has since become a sacred and inviolable personal symbol of spiritual freedom and renewal; of the ever-present possibility of the reality of magic, even in a dying, life-oppressive landscape in which the ill-advised attempt to use modern technology as both Science AND Religion has effectively precluded its... Read review

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Advantages: Great jazz tunes from the Golden Age
Disadvantages: None

...guitar to back a song sung by man asking "Whose Honey Are You?" Indian Summer, by Sidney Bechet is a simple jazz refrain, which is as warm and as welcome as an Indian Summer. Sidney Bechet, feel some people, is one of the neglected heroes of the Golden Age of Jazz. He should not be. Art Tatum's Stormy Weather is a good tune, much performed down to this day by score upon score of artistes. This version is a good, simple version of this classic tune. Just played on the piano, using a lilting style that is fully conversant with the jazz idiom. I paid about £5.00 for this, check on Ciao for the current price using the Ciao price comparison service.... Read review

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Advantages: Well compiled collection
Disadvantages: Not all best tracks included

...surprised to find Soul Limbo included as the bright opening track on disc 3, its high tempo Calypso/Jazz fusion having been heard on the Test Match credits for many a year. Any Soul compilation worth its salt has to include tracks by artist such as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and Isaac Hayes and a Stax compilation is fortunate enough to be able to include tracks form these artist since they were all signed to the record label in the 60’s and early 70’s. We get the obvious standards such as ‘Dock Of The Bay’, ‘(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction’ and ‘Mr Pitiful’ as well as my personal favourite ‘I’ve Been Loving You Too Long’ from Otis Redding choices that illustrate the depth and breath of style that he could achieve with his voice. I don’t think another soul artist has ever bettered the emotive plaintive qualities of his vocals. Sam and Dave... Read review

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