Bill O'Connell - A Change Is Gonna ComeIt may be wintertime at this writing, a winter further darkened by the Covid crisis, but Bill O'Connell's optimistically titled A Change is Gonna Come exudes some welcome warmth and sunshine. Even Bill's original "Covid Blues" displays a subtle sense of playfulness, entrusting the slightly off kilter blues number to the distinctive tone color of Craig Handy's soprano saxophone. Likewise the plaintive melody of Sam Cooke's title track contains a note

1-Les Mille Et Une Nuits

but not with a specific theme that is then subsequently varied: rather

Feste Champetre (Country Fair)

"Do no harm but take what you need

Huey 'Piano' Smith was one of the many influential musical figures to emerge from New Orleans during the 1950s

Something sinister is going on in Academy City

Golden Gate3

combined with this kinda summer feel of Rocker's 'Mighty Thor'

earth and fire

Sinnamon is featured here with their classic 1990 12” maxi single “Always There (Always In My Life)” which features a vocal and dub version plus a hip hop version of “Thanks To You” and bonus track “It’s Party Time Tonite

From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

"Heroes" and "Lodger" - and processes notions from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's award-winning movie "The Lives Of Others"