Akilter – for the brothers
Philonise Floyd’s incredible speech in tribute to his brother George inspired and features in this mix.
we all out here
With title and inspiration from the excellent We Out Here compilation this is straight out the best jazz compilation you’ll hear for our times. Oh, and it changes every day!
On Love
The telephone becomes an instrument of torture int he demonic hands of a beloved who doesn’t ring. When Chloe called a few days later, I had rehearsed my speech too often to deliver it correctly. I was caught unprepared, handing socks on a rail. I ran to the...
On Love
One mid-morning in early December, with no thought of love or stories, I was sitting in the economy section of a British Airways jet making its way from Paris to London. We had recently crossed the Normandy coast, where a blanket of winter cloud had given way to an...