Early Chick Corea Concert Prepared For Release

June 16, 2026

In 1972 Chick Corea seemed to be flying high for that was the year when the great ivories driver issued an album titled “Return To Forever” and the ensemble of the same name emerged into existence. Before the band came to the scene, though, Corea took to the road without his crew of fellow musicians, and when he appeared in front of an audience in Sendesaal on October 29th, 1972 to entertain jazz-loving folks and tape his performance for Radio Bremen, Chick had a lot of surprises up his sleeve. A document of the outing made a great bootleg – but July 17th will finally see it restored and finally released in full.

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Dave Greenslade Passed Away

June 14, 2026

“I live within the concept of time. We all live within it, within its restrictions. It’s an important thing: it’s the only thing we’ve all got while we’re still alive. So we have to make the most of it,” Dave Greenslade told this scribe last year, and now one of the most brilliant British keyboard players has left our mortal coil. He might be forever associated with COLOSSEUM and GREENSLADE, but there was much to the veteran’s oeuvre, even though Dave never let neither conceptual thinking nor creative successes get in the way of his personality, and Greenslade remained soft-spoken and good-humored to the very end.

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Lenny Kaye Locates An Area For First Solo Platter

June 12, 2026

To release one’s debut solo album on the brink of becoming octogenarian may see strange – but not for Lenny Kaye. Lenny Kaye has simply been busy – for decades. He would have been part of rock history without playing a single lick – Lenny’s place was secured when he compiled the legendary “Nuggets” – but when Kay became a creative sidekick to Patti Smith, with whom he co-authored “Redondo Beach” and other songs, and stayed with her for many years, a different aspect of the guitarist’s talent became public. Add in the veteran’s work as a producer for the likes of Suzanne Vega – his touch is very much felt on “Tom’s Diner” – and it’s quite clear why he didn’t have time for a solo career. Until now.

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MUNGO JERRY Dare To Defy Definition

June 10, 2026

To many, MUNGO JERRY is a thing of the past; to Ray Dorset, the band always signified the present. And while his combo’s 2022 album “Somelight” attained some traction, its follow-up “Undefinable” that was released a couple of weeks ago may attract more listeners, because this record seems more varied.

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The Whole Oeuvre Of Bill Wyman’s RHYTHM KINGS Will See Definitive Repackaging

June 8, 2026

Talking of THE ROLLING STONES, most people see the Glimmer Twins as the ultimate rockers, while in fact it was Bill Wyman who seemed the most solid performer in that regard, what with him being older than the rest of the band. Wyman may have written – or allowed to write – only two pieces for the group, 1967’s “In Another Land” and “Downtown Suzie” from 1969, yet ever since the bassist released his star-studded “Willie And the Poor Boys” album in 1985, his reputation soared anew, and when the veteran corralled such friends as Eric Clapton, Albert Lee and Gary Brooker into a project named RHYTHM KINGS, he couldn’t be stopped.

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