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"BOBBY WERRINS CD HANDBAG!"

Let’s pick up the memoirs of my time with the wee Scottish maestro

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Spike WellsFebruary 19, 2021
RILEY! (not old mother but young brother)

On Friday next week (February 5th), Ubuntu records

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Spike WellsJanuary 26, 2021
MODE FOR JOE

We’ve only just taken in the death

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Spike WellsJanuary 19, 2021
PRESTIGIOUS? MOI?? DEXTER GORDON BEYOND BLUE NOTE

Long, tall Dexter of the huge sound

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Spike WellsDecember 24, 2020
AND NOW RON HAS GONE

It’s getting to feel a bit lonely

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Spike WellsDecember 7, 2020
WALLY REMEMBERS episode #1

Martin Drew used to say that Ronnie was a “farver figure” to him

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Spike WellsNovember 30, 2020
"HANG OUT YOUR WASHING ON THE ZILDJIAN LINE!"

I’ve sung the praises

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Spike WellsNovember 12, 2020
I SHOULDN'T BE SO LUCKY! THE TENOR DIVISIONS

I found myself the other day being subjected on Facebook

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Spike WellsOctober 19, 2020
BRUSHES! STICKS! ACTION!

I was always rather in awe of pianist COLIN PURBROOK

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Spike WellsOctober 6, 2020
IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT 15/16 BEAT DISPLACEMENT

In the beginning, there was Bill Johnson, who claimed to have invented slap bass

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Spike WellsSeptember 14, 2020
GOODBYE, PETER KING

Pete died on Sunday 23rd August

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Spike WellsAugust 30, 2020
THE YEAR OF THE MUSICIAN, WOULD-BE PRIEST AND RATHER-NOT-BE LAWYER

…which was 1991

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Spike WellsAugust 20, 2020
STICKS, CAMERA, ACTION!

One of the things that has got me through

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Spike WellsAugust 3, 2020
"WHEN SONNY GETS RED" - THE SYLVESTER KYNER STORY

Seam bowlers in cricket can be divided

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Spike WellsJuly 15, 2020
BABBLING BROOKS

Have you discovered TINA BROOKS?

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Spike WellsJuly 2, 2020
I LOVE THOSE CHRISTMAS CARDS................

Jazz friends and fans come in all shapes and sizes

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Spike WellsJune 15, 2020
AMERICA'S ALL-TIME GREATEST PRESIDENT #5 - POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?

Lester Young, my favourite jazz musician, has been

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Spike WellsMay 27, 2020
RON RUBIN remembered by Matthew Wright

Sadly the bass player and pianist Ron Rubin died suddenly

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Spike WellsMay 14, 2020
DESERT ISLAND DISCS

Becalmed musicians are daily selecting

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Spike WellsApril 29, 2020
IN THE LAND OF OO LÀ LÀ! DIZZY IN PARIS

I told you how, as a schoolboy

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Spike WellsApril 16, 2020
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