Music is wonderful

[jon-nyc]

@ShiroKuro said:

@AndyD said:

Tom Lehrer

Who is Tom Lehrer?

I like to think of him as the 20th century’s precursor to Tim Minchin.

[ShiroKuro]

@jon-nyc

[Mark]

The Tim Minchin video is really good.

[RealPlayer]

Love the mellow sound of the brass!

[AndyD]

Very little information about the band is to be found.
It seems to be the only recording available by the original City of London Brass. The band was made up of students from the London Music Colleges and other London educational institutions, so had youthful, talented, semi-pro players.
Formed in 1971 and lasted maybe only 4 years.
Guessing it depended on their conductor, Geoffrey Brand who died recently at the age of 97, and was an influential and inspirational band/trumpet man over decades.

[AndyD]

Friday night, eyes shut after driving to London today, I could be in a Harlam club listening...

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Such good jazz musicians, individually & as a band, playing a Nat King Cole favourite.

[AndyD]

Jackson Browne anyone?
That man could hold a tune, wish I could've seen him live.

The Loadout, on stage 1978.
Brings back seeing the large lorries, the roadies moving trunks into Newcastle City Hall:

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[Steve Miller]

We saw Jackson Brown at an Indian casino a few years ago. Hair was gray but he sounded great!

He had just released a new song called The Dreamer and performed it live. Certainly some of his best work.

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[Bernard]

I just discovered this group last night. They've been around since 2008! Techno swing...

There's a great mike handoff about 3/4 way through.

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A bit more techo:

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[AndyD]

@bernard
foot tapping techno jazz, love it, super lead singer though I'm going to have to find the lyrics

@steve-miller
I think Jackson is even more of a poet than a musician tbh