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Recorded in 2006, the story of the album itself is interesting. Art was playing with a band at a very upscale resort in the Seychelles Islands, off the coast of East Africa, when a “British Industrialist” invited him to record for his label MacJazz. He was invited to form a band for the engagement and brought in David Cross on trumpet. Two very busy British musicians, Bill Stagg, guitar, and Mike Godwin, bass, joined them in studio for what turned into an ambitious 24 track, 75 minute album with almost no rehearsal and very few takes, all recorded in one session. In other genres, and with less skilled musicians, that would be a disaster, in jazz it can sometimes be an asset. The warmth and entertainment of a live performance comes through.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has turned into a museum. Time for change
Kate Bush, Foo Fighters and Dionne Warwick are among the artists who are, amazingly, not yet inducted. Did rock and pop grind to a halt around 1986?
Tina Turner in 1964. Credit: Getty
Who’s famouser, Carole King or Jay-Z? Has Kate Bush really done enough to be worthy of the respect of her peers? Have Foo Fighters paid their dues yet? Is it still far too soon to recognise the brilliance of Dionne Warwick or New York Dolls?
Such are the frankly ludicrous questions being asked of the 1,000 ‘rock experts’ expected to vote on the 2021 shortlist of aforementioned inductees – which also includes Mary J Blige and LL Cool J, among others – to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (checks post, suspects I’ve been overlooked in favour of Peter Crouch again). Whether the ballot includes a box marked ‘all of the above’ is not revealed, but it needs one. Twitter’s response to the 16-strong list, of which around six