More untimely deaths of musicians, 2016 is getting bad with that respect, so examples of work by Victor Bailey and Leon Russell. Managed to get the new Umphrey's McGee, so a couple of excellent examples of road tested jam mashes... one joy is this American band getting the SE English accent of Daman Alban right. Another from the orchestrated EST, "EST Symphony". Interesting recent discovery of 70's jazz rock by Synchro. Long time since I played Czech prog band Collegium Musicum... check out the bass solo here dating from 1973. Last sample of Jens Johansson for a while, here with Stratovarius, when IMHO he becomes distinctly average. Also dipping into new albums by Glass Hammer and Dizrhymia.  

Alternative Alternative Show

17^th November 2016 

9pm – 11pm GMT

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Inevitably, in a year suffering from far too many deaths of prominent musicians, yet another tribute, this time to Mose Allison. A different Donny McCaslin album to sample... I see his music is labelled 'electro jazz' in some places. Interesting Nigerian influenced jazz  by the award winning Danish band KutiMangoes. Jens Johansson has become our artist of the term, by default it seems, here with Hellborg and Baker (these two appeared on PIL's 'Album'... note this has been reissued, remastered recently ... with extra tracks??). A new Harvey Mandel is welcomed. And thanks to Kim out in Seattle for the PE/Pet+1 album 'Pop'.. Plus lots more:

Alternative Alternative Show

24^th November 2016 

9pm – 11pm GMT

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Apologies wrt this belated posting, I had been waiting for a delivery from Amazon to play tonight and as yet (midday Thursday) that hasn't appeared.

This in fact is my last broadcast before Christmas, and I'll explain by separate message.

As hinted, I had hoped for a copy of Richie Blackmore's 'Live In Germany' release by now. A colleague had seen the band at Birmingham's NEC earlier this year. I had warned to watch out for Jens Johansson,  and the report back that he had been impressive, especially doing those Jon Lord breaks a treat. BUT>>>>> instead to complete the run of Johansson samples as musician of the term, I've turned to something off his heavy fusion album 'Fission', here with Mike Stern guesting. F-word alert: playing The Who version back to back with the original version Mose Allison's 'Young Man Blues'. Separate listeners suggested and then loaned me respectively Ivo Neame and the Beyond Turbines albums for radioplay. I forget who posted the You Tube clip of Morgaua Quartet playing arrangements of  some classic early progressive music tunes, but it was enough for me to buy the albums. So much else worth of comment/references, only at this moment  say: as a fan of RPWL , I grabbed their new recording, which is a reenactment of Pink Floyd's 1969 live show music...i.e. a period when still enjoyed a lot of PF's music..tonight I'm going for a variant of 'Granchester Meadows'.

Alternative Alternative Show

1^st December 2016 

9pm – 11pm GMT

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Musician of the term : Jens Johansson

Happy new year to all my friends old and new, especially those after some time of non-contact, make up their minds to make contact ... please try.

Inevitably have to spend time remembering the powerhouse fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon and his music, whose death from cancer was announced just before Christmas. Early word on the internet by those lucky few who have checked out the web-streaming of the album by Wingfield Reuter Stavi Sirkis, 'The Stonehouse' (out mid February), is that already this is the best best jazz release of 2017..... thanks to label owner Leonardo for providing the promo. The darling of international jazz magazines in 2016, Kamasi Washington, has a new album out playing with the interestingly named band, Throttle Elevator Music. My favourite PIL album has undergone remastering and the addition of 3 new CDs of recordings, (amazingly for me, there is a cover of Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' included); tempted by various of the new recordings (e.g. the Ginger Baker dominated/Vai muted remix of 'Ease') but gone for something off the original remaster. The Rush '2112 40th Anniversary' issue seems rather a mess once you get passed the remaster of the original album (CD1), but check out Steven Wilson's cover from CD2. More from my belated discovery of 2016, Anakadota, with IHMO rare new progressive music that is pushing the boundaries. Some modern Argentine psychedelia from a free download!!!! issued by Vlad Tepes, rated by a couple of reviewers as one of the top 20 releases of 2016. We finished by dipping into

the modern serious music/minimalism catalogue.

Alternative Alternative Show

12^th January 2017

9pm – 11pm GMT