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Howlin’ Wolf: Little Red Rooster
Derek Ansell
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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
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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
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Aguankó: Unidad
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Dance Of The Elders
Marta Sierra & Yorgui Loeffler: C-Jam Blues
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The former drummer with Bobby Troup, Anita O'Day and others has assembled into a book 52 articles illuminating Mulligan's work and life
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Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound
Making The Low Notes – A Life In Music
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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
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Film reviews
The Humbler – Danny Gatton
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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
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Wilderness
Up From The Streets – New Orleans: The City Of Music
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – the DVD
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Well known for his jazz journalism, Bruce was also a prolific writer of crime fiction, including The Rose Medallion, serialised for BBC TV
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Features
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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
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Red Rodney: drugs, crime and all that jazz /2
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Junior Cook: quintessential NYC hard-bop tenor
Thomas & Muse: naked expression
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Brooks Tegler: Drum Crazy!
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Wayne Shorter: one of the last modernists
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Pete Candoli: trumpet superman
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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
JJ 11/73: Passport – Passport
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News in detail
Steve Voce, 1933-2023
25 November 2023
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
06 November 2023
Work by the British photographer and jazz journalist Val Wilmer is on show in north London until the end of November
Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops
05 November 2023
Leicester-based arts body says the early independent UK record store was a music-fuelled vehicle for resistance against systemic racism
The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery
29 October 2023
Recordings by Dick Patterson, a bassist active in 1960s Chicago, have been issued for the first time - but who played the piano and drums?
London’s Ladbroke Hall hosts major jazz series
13 September 2023
Among those appearing at the new west London venue are Zhenya Strigalev, Gareth Lockrane, Jean Toussaint, Steve Fishwick and Femi Temowo
Roman Bulakhov surfs the jazz wave in Ukraine
10 September 2023
Ukrainian jazz is safe in the hands of players such as guitarist Bulakhov, whose new album shows how creativity prevails against adversity
Charlie Watts collection for auction at Christie’s
08 August 2023
Charlie Parker's union card, his 'alto break' contracts and two Beiderbecke scores are among the jazz-related items on sale in September
Capturing the musical moment: Brian Foskett
11 July 2023
Brian Foskett's photo collection, now housed at the National Jazz Archive, captures British and American players in action, 1959-2018
Peter Green guitar auction makes £483,300
29 June 2023
The renowned British bluesman had a collection of around 150 guitars, some of which sold at Bonhams for over five times the estimate
Jazzahead 2023, Bremen, Germany
08 May 2023
This year's jazz 'trade fair' as usual mixed business with pleasure, including music from Harold Lopez Nussa, Ingrid Laubrock and others