Ben Watt - Forget

I came across this gem of an album purely by chance  and downloaded 'Hendra' from iTunes. This track, "Forget" is my favourite... 'the Sussex Downs after rain falls is as lovely as it gets...'

Ben Watt formed the band Everything But The Girl in 1983 with his long time partner Tracey Thorn. This album Hendra is Watt's first solo studio recording for 30 years. He wrote and recorded with Thorn for 18 years—together they created nine studio albums as Everything but the Girl (EBTG). This solo album contains ten great tracks. Take a listen...

We Live Here

This is the title of a Pat Metheny Group album recorded in 1994. It has the best first four track thread of any album I know.

Check this out if you enjoy jazz funk guitar and accompaniment. Play it loud if you are driving the open road or indeed if you are relaxing with a glass of something in your garden. It is timeless music to enjoy and just make you feel good.

One of my top 10 albums of all time! Download from iTunes. Love it!

Jazz Funk on a Higher Plane

I don't often post about music. Wait a minute. Have I ever posted about music? Anyway, today I came across Patrice Rushen whilst on a trawl through iTunes. I find it hard to believe that I had not heard her music before now. This virtuoso of the jazz keyboard and R&B vocalist was new to me. What a find! This wonderful lady is now 60 years of age and has enjoyed phenomenal success as music director, jazz pianist and vocalist.

This album I am listening to as I type is a revelation: 'Signature' by Patrice Rushen. 10 tracks of sublime jazz/funk. A stunning album recorded in 1997. Her take on the track 'Sweetest Taboo' that I have on an album recorded by Sade, who I always associate it with, is quite simply superb. Her virtuosity on keyboards is stunning.

It is a joy to come across talent like this. Talent that has been around for many years and talent that I was ignorant of, until today.

If you enjoy this genre of music I recommend that you take a listen to Patrice. Simply divine stuff...

Upgrading to iOS7

I have finally completed upgrading my iPhone 4S (have a 5S on order), iPod Touch 5th Generation and iPad2 to iOS7. If you are yet to complete this upgrade I assure you it is well worth it. The new user interface is fantastic, but be warned. It takes anything up to 1½ hours to complete the download and install! When all this is done you then need to wait quite a while for your music to re-download from iTunes or iCloud.

Apps re-configured for iOS7 are a joy to use.

Great stuff Apple.