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Howlin’ Wolf: Little Red Rooster

Derek Ansell -

The 1962 collection of such seminal Wolf singles as Little Red Rooster and Spoonful reappears with six bonus tracks

JJ 11/73: Paul Motian – Conception Vessel

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Fifty years ago Martin Davidson was disappointed by the uninspiring material and lack of involvement on drummer Motian's leader debut

JJ 11/73: Passport – Passport

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Fifty years ago Barry McRae enjoyed Klaus Doldinger's accomplished fusion record before deciding it wasn't good enough for many JJ readers

JJ 11/73: Barre Phillips – For All It Is

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Fifty years ago Barry McRae enjoyed four basses - Phillips, Palle Danielsson, Barry Guy and J.F. Jenny-Clarke - contrapunting with Stu Martin

Sam Eastmond: John Zorn’s Bagatelles Vol 16

Andy Hamilton -

London-based composer Eastmond arranged eight pieces by NY avant-gardist Zorn for a British band including Emma Rawicz and Charlotte Keefe

JJ 11/63: Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach – Money Jungle

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Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill observed his hero the Duke coolly cut rings around the modernisms of his radical colleagues

Audio reviews

Howlin’ Wolf: Little Red Rooster

The 1962 collection of such seminal Wolf singles as Little Red Rooster and Spoonful reappears with six bonus tracks

Sam Eastmond: John Zorn’s Bagatelles Vol 16

Josh Nelson: LA Stories – Live At Sam First

Daniel Karlsson Trio: Sorry Boss

Enemy: The Betrayal

Stan Sulzmann: On Loan With Gratitude

Chris Botti: Vol. 1

Hannah Svensson: The Other Way Around

Maddie Vogler: While We Have Time

Kevin Toney: Jazz Legacy

The Curtis Counce Group: You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce! Vol.2

Diva Jazz Orchestra: “30” – Live At Dizzy’s Club

Ornette Coleman: Tomorrow Is The Question

Aguankó: Unidad

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Dance Of The Elders

Marta Sierra & Yorgui Loeffler: C-Jam Blues

John Lee Hooker: Folk Blues

Tomas Fujiwara: Pith

Max Beesley’s High Vibes: Zeus

Almanaque: Nada Para O Carnaval

Book reviews

Gerry Mulligan: Writings On A Jazz Original

The former drummer with Bobby Troup, Anita O'Day and others has assembled into a book 52 articles illuminating Mulligan's work and life

Dark Tree – Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles

Prehistory Of Jazz

Debt And Redemption In The Blues – The Call For Justice

Kind Of Green: Jazz Legends, From ’86 – ’90, Through An Irish Lens

Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound

Making The Low Notes – A Life In Music

A Strange Celestial Road: My Time In The Sun Ra Arkestra

The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets

The Practice Notebooks Of Michael Brecker

Jazz Fiction: Take Two

Viper’s Dream

Elastic Dream – The Music Of Ian Carr

Rifftide – The Life And Opinions Of Papa Jo Jones

Kansas City Jazz – A Little Evil Will Do You Good

Revealing The Mystery Of Emotions In Sounds

Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes And Rainbows

Dave Brubeck And The Performance Of Whiteness

Rhythm Man: Chick Webb And The Beat That Changed America

The Old Familiar Places

Film reviews

The Humbler – Danny Gatton

Comprehensive chronicle adds new footage of 'the greatest guitarist you never heard', one perhaps isolated by his eclecticism and virtuosity

Sloane: A Jazz Singer

City Of A Million Dreams

Oscar Peterson: Black + White

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

Dale Bruning: A Tribute To Jim Hall

In Cold Blood

A Man Called Adam

Jazz On A Summer’s Day

Buster Williams: Bass To Infinity

Billy Bang: Lucky Man

Wilderness

Up From The Streets – New Orleans: The City Of Music

Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – the DVD

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Small-screen swing

Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott and His World-Famous Jazz Club

Billie

Ronnie’s – the life of Ronnie Scott and his world famous jazz club

Count Basie – Through His Own Eyes

Live Reviews

LJF 2023: Ron Carter Foursight Quartet

The 86-year-old most-recorded jazz bassist played his classics with Jimmy Greene on tenor, Renee Rosnes on piano and Payton Crossley on drums

LJF 2023: Charles Lloyd’s Ocean Trio / Mette Henriette Trio

LJF 2023: Sam Jewison Sings The Great British Songbook

LJF 2023: Pete Long plays Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie concert

Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 2023

Brighton Jazz Mafia Big Band at St. Andrew’s Church, Hove

Alfa Mist at Korjaamo, Helsinki

Leszek Możdżer at London Piano Festival 2023

Sarah Jane Morris: The Sisterhood, at Cadogan Hall

Review: Scarborough Jazz Festival 2023

Zoe Rahman Octet at the Watermill, Dorking

Down For The Count: Songs From The Golden Age Of Swing

Newport Jazz Festival 2023

Carmen Lundy at Ronnie Scott’s

Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival, 2023

News in brief

Steve Voce, 1933-2023

Mark Gilbert -

The long-serving and popular Jazz Journal columnist and reviewer Steve Voce died in Liverpool this week, aged 89

Val Wilmer looks back on jazz

Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops

The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery

London’s Ladbroke Hall hosts major jazz series

Roman Bulakhov surfs the jazz wave in Ukraine

Charlie Watts collection for auction at Christie’s

Capturing the musical moment: Brian Foskett

Peter Green guitar auction makes £483,300

Jazzahead 2023, Bremen, Germany

Happy 50th, Cadillac Records

Donate your spare instrument at Ronnie’s

Scottish bassist wins BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022

Columns

Obituary: Bruce Crowther

Well known for his jazz journalism, Bruce was also a prolific writer of crime fiction, including The Rose Medallion, serialised for BBC TV

Count Me In… 10/23

Obituary: Julian Bahula

Obituary: John Marshall

Obituary: Tony Bennett

Count me in… 05/23

Obituary: Ahmad Jamal

Obituary: Jerry Dodgion

Obituary: Wally Fawkes

Obituary: Alan Bates

Obituary: Guido Basso

Obituary: Carol Sloane

Obituary: Jeff Beck

Count me in… 01/23

Still Clinging To The Wreckage 01/23

Still Clinging To The Wreckage 12/22

Still Clinging To The Wreckage 11/22

Features

Meilana Gillard – a story to tell

The saxophonist's variety of addresses over the years - London, Ohio, New York and Belfast - seems to be reflected in her broad view of jazz

Boots Mussulli, the diminutive giant

Claire Martin: ‘I’m horrified at the stuff the empire did, but…’

Red Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /2

Red Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /1

Junior Cook: quintessential NYC hard-bop tenor

Thomas & Muse: naked expression

Linley Hamilton: ‘I feel that what I’m bringing to the table is really, really important’

Brooks Tegler: Drum Crazy!

Scott Hamilton: ‘We have a lot of new songs’

Tony Coe: ‘The first prerequisite is that it should be honest’

Wayne Shorter: one of the last modernists

Buddy DeFranco: Mr. Clarinet

Aaron Liddard: A hybrid of myriad sources

Pete Candoli: trumpet superman

Swift: never too late to start

Joshua Breakstone: jazz guitar in the tradition

From the JJ archive

JJ 11/73: Paul Motian – Conception Vessel

Fifty years ago Martin Davidson was disappointed by the uninspiring material and lack of involvement on drummer Motian's leader debut