Honest Jon's
278 Portobello Road
London
W10 5TE
England

Monday-Saturday 10 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

Honest Jon's
Unit 115
Lower Stable Street
Coal Drops Yard
London
N1C 4DR

Monday-Saturday 11 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

+44(0)208 969 9822 mail@honestjons.com

Established 1974.

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Ethan Iverson Quartet

Common Practice

ECM

After recent recordings with Mark Turner and Billy Hart, the pianist leads his own quartet through a programme of standards and blues, live at the Village Vanguard.
‘Its prime melodic voice is the veteran trumpeter Tom Harrell. Iverson extols the poetic vulnerability in his playing, particularly in such ballads as The Man I Love and Polka Dots and Moonbeam. The album’s effervescent swing is thanks to the top-flight rhythm team of bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric McPherson, whose subtle invention helps drive Denzil Best’s bebop groover Wee and two irresistibly bluesy Iverson originals.’

Donovan Joseph

Mood For Loving

Joseph Sound / Common Ground

Brother Dan

Eastern Organ

Common Ground

A knockout, proto-Pablo, rocksteady organ instrumental. Dandy Livingstone, surprisingly enough, riding east of the River Nile. Originally out on Trojan in 1968.

Paulette Pearce

Live And Learn

Small Axe / Common Ground

Conscious lovers — Paulette’s own upful, considered advice, delivered with fresh, youthful persuasiveness, and deadly horns. Another killer one-away.

Lascelles Denton

Prince Pharoah

Gingles / Common Ground

Ace mid-seventies roots and dub. Doomily austere and on-point, with both piano and organ, crisp high-hats, and and wickedly effective backing vocals.
An unmissable one-away, produced and arranged by Denton as the solitary release on his own label.

Tropical Energy Featuring Faybiene Miranda

La Destinee

Common Ground

Sensational French-language do-over of the 45 Faybiene had recently cut for Jack Ruby (following up her hit Prophecy), before moving in 1977 from Kingston to Montreal with Joe Cooper (who plays organ on Police & Thieves).
Zonked, sublime and rugged like Half Moon in Toronto, with a crazy whistling effect throughout, and spaced-out dub.
Bim.

Faybiene Miranda was one of a kind — a Joni Mitchell fan from Panama City who co-published with Mutubaruka. Soon after Tropical Energy broke up she toured the UK with Benjamin Zephaniah, reading her poetry. Before her death in 2013 she was living in Brooklyn, amongst Steel Pulse crew.

King Shark

Escape By Night

Montego / Common Ground

Orville Woods

I'm Alone

Bronco / Common Ground

Essiel Pele

Money Cry

Uhuru / Common Ground

Devon Scott

Ghetto Cry

Green Farm / Common Ground

Fitzroy Henry

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Rockers / Common Ground

Unity Stars

Africa

Sir Collins Music Wheel / Common Ground

Laul Thomas

Jammin' To The Rockers

Wirl / Common Ground

Theo Bylhout

Get Down Cause Ain't Funky

Ted & Way / Common Ground

The Resurrection Of St. Vincent

Me Pay Too Small

Trex / Common Ground

The Checkmates

Disco Groove

Wirl / Common Ground

The Blue Rhythm Combo

In My Dreams

Wirl / Common Ground

Exodus

Shine On Jamaica

Wirl / Common Ground

Prince Lincoln Thompson & The Royal Rasses

One Common Need

Burning Rockers

JR

What Can I Say

Must Dance / Common Ground

Killer UK lovers. Jeniffer Redman at the mic; Jah Bunny at the controls. Bubbler worries.

Dandy & His Group

East Of Suez

Common Ground

Dandy & His Group

Jungle Walk

Common Ground

Uni-Rock Movement

Music Man

House Of Eve / Common Ground

Dynamic Disciples

Satan

Purified Record / Common Ground

Richard Stoute

Vehicle

Wirl / Common Ground

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