Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader
Above is my paperback copy of ol' Bill Burroughs' masterpiece The Naked Lunch. It's the second reprint of the Corgi edition, from 1969 (the year I was born). When new, it cost 7s.6d. - whatever the...
View ArticleMiles Davis Quintet - The Theme
If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know. This famous quotation, attributed to Louis Armstrong, kind of sums up everything jazz is about, and why it makes so many people pissed off- while...
View ArticleMiles Davis All Stars - Walkin'
(Volume nine of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond....
View ArticleMiles Davis - Directions
Patience, people... The famous For The Sake Of The Song end-of-year list will be revealed shortly, but let's start with the best of the oldies-but-goldies bunch released during 2015. Don't you dare...
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