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Reports that Ron Mathewson has died - RIP


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30 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Very sad news. The last time I saw him was decades ago at Scott’s in the Ronnie Scott Quintet, always a great player.

Jazz In Britain have recently been issuing some of his old tape archive. RIP.

They're actually on sale today at the bandcamp site. You can get the Tubby Hayes 2 CD set at a discount with a coupon  tubs20 (today only).

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/free-flight-the-ron-mathewson-tapes-vol-3?fbclid=IwAR1VO7n5Bhk--0XIVcR7UjbdW8VC2h8rn9jA-xopzrXS5O9nfm32T2HKUqo

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21 minutes ago, bresna said:

They're actually on sale today at the bandcamp site. You can get the Tubby Hayes 2 CD set at a discount with a coupon  tubs20 (today only).

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/free-flight-the-ron-mathewson-tapes-vol-3?fbclid=IwAR1VO7n5Bhk--0XIVcR7UjbdW8VC2h8rn9jA-xopzrXS5O9nfm32T2HKUqo

Thanks for that. I have the Ray Warleigh from this archive, definitely worth hearing too.

I think I also caught Ron live with ‘Paz’, also the subject of one of those archive releases.

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1 minute ago, mjazzg said:

Playing 'Mexican Green' and his contributions are absolutely central to the success of the album.

The way he anchors ‘Trenton Place’ case in point.

I’ve ordered ‘Free Flight’. Some negative reviews about the sonics on this recording from various quarters but the music sounds damn good to me !

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On 04/12/2020 at 4:43 PM, bresna said:

They're actually on sale today at the bandcamp site. You can get the Tubby Hayes 2 CD set at a discount with a coupon  tubs20 (today only).

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/free-flight-the-ron-mathewson-tapes-vol-3?fbclid=IwAR1VO7n5Bhk--0XIVcR7UjbdW8VC2h8rn9jA-xopzrXS5O9nfm32T2HKUqo

My ‘Free Flight’ has arrived - sound is better than expected from a bandstand cassette recording and the music on the two CDs is very good. The usual expert notes from Simon Spillett as well. Worth getting !

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