Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane – Same
Eric Dolphy – Out There
Johnny Griffin – The Congregation
Oliver Nelson – Screamin’ the Blues
It’s becoming a habit to go to HMV on a Friday and buy some jazz CDs...
Today, I bought two – Oliver Nelson and Johnny Griffin (see above) and swithered over titles by Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Art Blakey – opting in the end for the Griffin and Nelson discs...
On the way home, I searched the trusty jukebox for some Johnny Griffin – only to find I already have the disc I bought...
The reason I didn’t realise I already had the album, is that the version I bought today has a different sleeve (today's disc is the original sleeve while the copy I bought in Barcelona a couple of years back has a reworked sleeve - both sleeves feature a painting of Mr Griffin by a pre-fame Andy Warhol no less)...
So back to HMV tomorrow...
Idiot...
At home, the evening was spent mostly watching Comic Relief...
It takes so little to help the people in need and while I kind of applaud the “celebrities” who “gave up their time” to take part in the show, a reality check tells us that these self same people are busy the rest of the time amassing fortunes for themselves for doing very little of any true value –albeit due to the vagaries of market forces – it’s a funny old world...
As with most of these telethon programmes, I often think people might pay more not to have to watch some of the half-cocked dreadful nonsense supplied in the name of comedy...
And so now we can look forward to one of the worst ever Scottish acts, The Proclaimers, having a number 1 hit due to the adoption of their song "500 Miles" by Peter Kay as a new “comedy anthem” to follow up his “Amarillo” hit...
Best sketch of the night by far was Ricky Gervais’ – a touch of brilliance amongst much mediocrity...
And Tara won Fame Academy...
...and millions were raised for the people who need it most so it wasn’t all bad...
In amongst all the Comic Relief stuff, we found time to watch yet another great episode of "Law & Order : Criminal Intent" - are there any bad episodes? Not so far...
Highlight of the Day : Ricky Gervais’ Comic Relief Sketch
2 comments:
The Proclaimers are great...!!!
They could knock Gentle Giant into a cocked hat, so there...!!!
I suppose they could since Gentle Giant split up in 1980 - if only the Proclaimers had stopped around 1986 - a year before their debut album...
Ah subjectivity - it's a great thing Jimbo...
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