My Only Desire Vinyl & CDs

Review: Bassist and composer Graham Collier's Down Another Road is a real piece of British jazz history. It was recorded live in 1969 at Stockholm's Jazz Day festival with a superstar six-piece band featuring jazz heavyweights Harry Beckett, Stan Sulzmann, Karl Jenkins and John Marshall. This recording has never been released before while an OG will cost over 200 pounds, such is its cult status. It is said to be his best album by fans who know and it has lots of highly melodic tunes with pop themes, 60s groove and on-point drumming. On this version, the abstract 'Danish Blue' is replaced by the free jazz epic 'Burblings for Bob'.

Review: Following on from their release of Graham Collier's outstanding performance from Stockholm Jazz Days in 1969, thoughtfully curated label My Only Desire turn their attention to Brit Jazz with a new series of 7" records shining a light on less-heralded talents. Kevin Figes is a saxophonist, flutist and composer who has previously played with the likes of Keith Tippett and released an album on Pig Records in 2021. Here, he's playing with a full band line-up including Riaan Vosloo on bass, Tony Orrell on drums, Jim Blomfield on piano, Raphael Clarkson on trombone and Peter Judge on trumpet. The two pieces - one composed by Elton Dean and the other by the aforementioned Tippett - are a fine tribute to the legacy of British jazz.

Review: Fabled jazz-rock group Soft Machine present this heartfelt tribute to one of the greats of British jazz - trumpeter Harry Beckett - covering his stunning 'The Dew At Dawn' on this limited edition 7" vinyl, with a cover of a classic Softs tune on the B-side. This is the second 7" in My Only Desire Records' Brit Jazz 45s series, which sees some of their favourite contemporary jazz acts each making brand new studio recordings of two classic compositions from the golden era of 60s and 70s British jazz.