July 26 - As We Used To Sing

Today's "song" is an instrumental by Norwegian trio Bushman's Revenge. They have a very interesting approach to music that is neither quite jazz or quite rock, yet still being completely jazz and rock. However, don't make the mistake of calling this jazzrock and think about some of the music from the 70s and 80s that fell in that category. And there isn't much about this that is smooth - this is uncompromising in sound, yet with an undeniable sense of melody and harmony. To me, this is great music. Today's piece is called As We Used To Sing, and was originally done by Sonny Sharrock. Don't worry, I didn't know who he was either, but I do now (his album Ask The Ages is great - and that's where this number is harvested from). As We Used To Sing opens Bushmen's Revenge's 2012 album A Little Bit of Big Bonanza, and it puts me in a good mood. Sounds good for today!