Blackclassical, music from the black museum, the blog...

[Hayes]

This blog disappeared a while ago, which was a crying shame as it provided some excellent mixes. I think I found it via a link here, shortly before it stopped being active. Does anyone know who was behind it and if they're doing anything else these days? I'd be happy to upload any of the 5 or so mixes I managed to get from the blog before it shut. Deep, deep spiritual vibes.

[reza]

That'll be my friend Greg , he used to contribute to my blog for several years before he set up his own , we run a private jazz blog together so I'm still in touch if you need

[Blast kid]

@Hayes: he did a few mixes for The Jazz Meet in recent years: https://www.mixcloud.com/thejazzmeet/

[Hayes]

This makes me happy, thanks both! I'll check out those mixes for a new fix. Nice to hear he's still going. Reza, is that blog private, or about private press stuff? Can I have a look?

I seem to remember one of the last posts on his blog was about finding a test-press (only?) lp but it niggles at me that I can't remember who the artist was. Maybe it was Wendell Harrison or Tribe related?

[reza]

Cant remember which "test press" too long ago
And sorry mate its private, just personal friends

[Hayes]

No worries, I'm looking forward to checking his other mixes out.

[reza]

There's a liitle 12 hour long mix here , to stream click on the mp3 link or use the player

https://archive.org/details/BlackCla...alJazz19552012

[Jazzman Gerald]

Greg has an very impressive jazz collection and is very knowledgeable. The test press you refer to MIGHT be Wendell Harrison, I did hear a rumour many years ago that there was one, but this info has been unsubstantiated in all that time. Or it could be Hannibal, or Ron Everett, both of which are documented. Or perhaps something else of course. I'll ask him and find out.

[Hayes]

Thanks Jazzman, appreciated.

My word, that mix looks good! Downloading now.

[Jazzman Gerald]

Yes it was the Hannibal Peterson

***SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT***

Speaking of Spiritual Jazz, #6 in our series is due out on our website tomorrow, and in the shops in a week or two

[Hayes]

Thank you, I can finally scratch that itch... and shameless plug most welcome, looking good!

[blackclassical]

Hello are you looking for anything specific mix wise thereis a lot of stuffon internet archive search for blackclassical or "black classical" same goes for mixcloud most stuff is tagged mainly radio shows etc.

Hi reza hi gerald thanks for the kind words

[Hayes]

Hello blackclassical / Gregg! I wasn't looking for anything in particular just more of the same after caning the few mixes I'd managed to d/l before your blog went down. I'd already done a quick search but it seemed like the 'black classical' tag had been appropriated by others so thought I'd ask here before wading through the hits... The mix Reza linked to is definitely hitting the spot now, thats going to last me some time before I need to look elsewhere. Thanks for putting all the mixes up, much appreciated!