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Eric Clapton

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Eric Patrick Clapton was born on 30 March 1945 in his grandparents’ home at 1 The Green, Ripley, Surrey, England. He was the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton (b. 7 January 1929, d. March 1999) and Edward Walter Fryer (b. 21 March 1920, d. 1985), a 24-year-old Canadian soldier stationed in England during World War II. Before Eric was born, Fryer returned to his wife in Canada. It was extraordinarily difficult for an unmarried 16-year-old to raise a child on her own in the mid-1940s. Pat’s parents, Rose and Jack Clapp, stepped in as surrogate parents and raised Eric as their own

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Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971

Label: Real Gone Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day; Crazy Love; Kansas City; Rock and Roll Gypsies; Tracks Of My Tears; Every Night Is Saturday Night; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Slinky Jam; Qualified; Washita Love Child ( jam 1); Washita Love Child (jam 2); kiowa teepee (Washita Love Child); Washita Love Child; Ain’t No Beatle; Caravan; Pat's Song (Golden Sun Goddess); Ululu.

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Article: Album Review

Matt Schofield: Many Moons Vol. 1

Read "Many Moons Vol. 1" reviewed by Doug Collette


The blues boom that exploded in England during the mid-to-late 1960s bequeathed more than a few guitar heroes to the world, including, but not limited to, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. But none of those fretboarders or their contemporaries and descendants has been any more loyal to the genre than Matt Schofield.

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Article: So You Don't Like Jazz

All About Music—My AAJ Experience

Read "All About Music—My AAJ Experience" reviewed by Alan Bryson


Music & Taste Music and food have a lot in common. Variety is the key--without it, even the best prepared food loses its appeal. It is telling that we speak of “musical taste," even though we experience music through our ears. Genres like jazz and classical music weave together themes, patterns, harmonies, and mathematical ...

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Article: Album Review

Jesse Ed Davis: Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971

Read "Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971" reviewed by Doug Collette


Originally reissued in November 2024 as a limited-edition vinyl set, the seventy-four-some minutes of The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971 derives from sessions for Jesse Ed Davis' debut LP Jesse Davis (Atco Records,1971) and its followup of a year later, Ululu (Atco Records, 1972). One of the most unheralded musicians of his time, Jesse Ed Davis' appearance ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Chad Eby: A Closer Look at His Life, Work, and Tribute to a Legend

Read "Chad Eby: A Closer Look at His Life, Work, and Tribute to a Legend" reviewed by La-Faithia White


Saxophonist Chad Eby has been a vital presence in the North Carolina jazz scene. Since 2006, he has served as Associate Professor in the Miles Davis Jazz Studies program at the university of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he plays a key role in shaping the next generation of jazz musicians. In addition to his work ...

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Article: Live Review

Vlatko Stefanovski 50th Anniversary Concert in Skopje

Read "Vlatko Stefanovski 50th Anniversary Concert in Skopje" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Vlatko Stefanovski Macedonian Philharmonic HallSkopje, Macedonia May 10, 2025 There are moments in a music lover's life when time stands still, when decades of sound, emotion, and history converge into a single, unforgettable evening. That's what happened on May 10 at the Macedonian Philharmonic Hall in Skopje, as Vlatko Stefanovski marked ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971

Read "A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971" reviewed by Peter Jones


Throughout the 1950s (and beyond), modernist British jazz musicians were in thrall to the American bebop stars they had been trying to emulate since the late 1940s. It was the pinnacle to which they aspired, and gradually their efforts lifted the overall standard of UK jazz. But by the early 1960s, the international success ...

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The Best of Friends

Label: BMG
Released: 2024
Track listing: Boogie Chillen; This Is Hip; The Healer; I Cover the Waterfront; Boom Boom; I’m in the Mood; Burnin’ Hell; Tupelo; Baby Lee; Dimples; Chill Out (Things Gonna Change); Big Legs, Tight Skirt; Don’t Look Back; Up and Down.

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The Blues According To Rory Block

Read "The Blues According To Rory Block" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and innovative women in music, to not know would be criminal. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Block grew up ...


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