#london jazz

[twistedsoulmusic]

London-based jazz musician Alfa Mist recently released his latest album, ‘Variables’. The album consists of 10 tracks, each showcasing his signature style of blending jazz with hip-hop and neo-soul. 

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[ongawdclub]

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W i n e h o u s e

[greasyfilms]

Percival Mackey's band pose on the roof of the London Palladium with actress Monti Ryan, Mackey's wife. 1927.

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

🔸July/October 1978 - Queen Story!

"Jazz"

Queen's seventh studio album was the first to be recorded outside of the UK. Sessions for Jazz began at Mountain Studios in Switzerland, in July 1978, and later moved to Super Bear studios in Nice, France, concluding in October. Producer Roy Thomas Baker had been absent on the previous two LPs, but for this project the team was reunited - though it would prove to be the last Queen/Baker production. Geoff Workman and John Etchells were the engineers.

"Jazz" was released in the UK on 10th November 1978 and four days later in America, reached number 2, chart for 27 weeks, achieved Platinum status.

Singles from this album: Fat Bottomed Girls / Bicycle Race / Don’t Stop Me Now / Jealousy.

(source queenonline.com)

📸 Pic: Summer 1978, Nice, France - Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon relaxing in swimming pool at Super Bear Studios (in the village of Berre-les-Alpes in the hills 23k north of Nice) during a break from the recording sessions of 'Jazz' album

[labyrinthofstreams]

Julie London

[twistedsoulmusic]

Hot and fresh jazz is coming from the UK capital from London Brew. An array of the finest talents from London Jazz’s thriving scene make up the project. Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Benji B, Dave Okumu, and Tom Skinner are among the notables involved. In case the name didn’t tip you off, it is a re-imagining of Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’ that channels the spirit of that masterpiece. As individual artists in their own rights, their discographies attest to their talents and enrich the sound. The result is vibrant, energising, challenging and transcendent music that will delight jazz heads old and new.

[411-file]

“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul.”

[itsbarbiebiiittchhhhh]

Julie London ‘Calendar Girl’ album cover

[zeebreezin]

Practicing some character design with a background NPC: meet Flavian, the Infernal Saxophonist. A master of infernal brass and the Circle of Sevenths, Flavian made his fortune off making dubious deals with soldiers during London’s war against hell, all of which ended up with a few more of London’s military secrets in his lap. Ever since, he’s been working double duty - both on tour as a Saxophonist, and as the horn blower that signals the infernal hunt. …He’s also the war-profiteering butch that owns Laurence’s soul.

[birdylion]

I loved that little moment in The Masquerades of spring when

Nightingale and Gussie are in the jazz club and Nightingale is enraptured and Gussie thinks "another convert to the cause". I love that we got to see Nightingale fall in love with jazz

[mote-historie]

Harriet Meserole, A Vintage Illustration of a Woman in Cloche Hat, Smart Fashions, London Seasons, Vogue Magazine Cover, 1927.

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more bloopers

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[ongawdclub]

A m y W i n e h o u s e

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

July/October 1978 - Queen Story!

"Jazz"

🔸Queen's seventh studio album was the first to be recorded outside of the UK. Sessions for Jazz began at Mountain Studios in Switzerland, in July 1978, and later moved to Super Bear studios in Nice, France, concluding in October. Producer Roy Thomas Baker had been absent on the previous two LPs, but for this project the team was reunited - though it would prove to be the last Queen/Baker production. Geoff Workman and John Etchells were the engineers.

Jazz was released in the UK on 10th November 1978 and four days later in America.

Singles from this album: 'Fat Bottomed Girls' / 'Bicycle Race' / 'Don’t Stop Me Now' /'Jealousy'

(source ➡️ queenonline.com)

Pic: Summer 1978, Nice, France - Queen at Super Bear Studios (in the village of Berre-les-Alpes in the hills 23k north of Nice) during a break from the recording sessions of 'Jazz' album

Photographer Chris Hopper 📸