The 1940s jazz giant Billy Corgan could never connect with: “I’m not as big a fan of his playing”
Unexpected tastes.
Jazz
‘Eleki boom’: How The Ventures became the biggest American band in Japan
A universally understood brand of rock.
Alexander Dorogokupetz: The strange disappearance of the boy who egged Frank Sinatra in 1944
A professed “Sinatra hater”.
Marco Benevento – ‘Glera’ album review: A genre-defying hark back to the age of library LPs
An expansive offering…
The 1962 song Nile Rodgers hails as his favourite of all time: “Something unique and special”
The most important record in his life.
The “beautiful” song Glenn Frey needed to sound perfect: “Such a great player”
Trying to get the magical take.
How Duke Ellington helped to inspire one of prog-rock’s greatest freakouts in 1969
A wide-reaching influence.
Marlon Brando’s 1990s mission to revolutionise conga drumming: “It’s a pretty far-out invention”
Everyone has to have a hobby after all.
The musician Bob Dylan called too good to understand: “So groundbreaking”
Well ahead of everyone else.
