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Diane McLoughlin / The Casimir Connection: Reflection

Matthew Wright -
Saxophone, piano, violin, viola and bass play sombre, contemplative chamber music with passages of sometimes free jazz improvisation

Obituary: Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath

Derek Ansell -
The tutti-frutti loving drummer provided undemonstrative propulsion for Coltrane, Lateef and the MJQ and brushed out the beat for Nina Simone

JJ 04/94: Pinski Zoo – De-Icer

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Thirty years ago Barry McRae heard in punk-jazz band Pinski Zoo the most positive European manifestation of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time

JJ 04/94: Wynton Marsalis – Wynton Marsalis

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Thirty years ago Simon Adams enjoyed re-hearing the young trumpeter at a stage before he became entangled in retrospection

Blossom Dearie: slight of sound, full of expression

Leon Nock -
She of the childlike voice, named after the pear blossoms brought to her on the day of her birth, would have been 100 years old today

Jon Lloyd Quartet: Earth Songs

Nic Jones -
Sax vet of the hatART label moves into more wistful territory, somewhat reminiscent of mid-period Garbarek, rough edges smoothed off

Gustav Renberg: Introspection

Nigel Jarrett -
Mellow-toned Swedish jazz guitarist eases through a melodic, pulsing set mixing Latin, light rock and a touch of swing

JJ 04/84: Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982

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Forty years ago Simon Adams delighted in the literary prowess if not judgement that Philip Larkin applied to modern jazz in the Telegraph

JJ 04/84: Jean-Luc Ponty – Individual Choice

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Forty years ago Mark Gilbert was glad of the moments of improvisation in a set dominated by computer sequencing

JJ 04/84: Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

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Forty years ago Simon Adams enjoyed an anniversary reprise of Tracey's 1965 suite, even if the music had bugger all to do with Dylan Thomas

Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja

Fred Grand -
Norwegian pianist noted for his work in the Evans-Jarrett line has composed a set of lyrical pieces for a variety of small groups

Paul Dunmall: Soultime Again

Simon Adams -
Saxophonist best known for free improvisation marks his 70th birthday with a big band set reminding that he's played soul and swing too

JJ 04/74: John McLaughlin – Between Nothingness And Eternity

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Fifty years ago Steve Voce thought the guitarist's latest release an outstanding jazz record despite its rock content

JJ 04/74: Mike Westbrook – Live

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Fifty years ago Steve Voce was impressed by Westbrook's new, bluesy direction and George Khan's 'electric saxophone'

Empirical: Wonder Is The Beginning

Roger Farbey -
British quartet is joined by guests Alex Hitchcock and Jason Rebello in a set of atmospheric modal originals often reminding of Wayne Shorter

JJ 04/64: Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party

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Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill said reviews of R&B were included in JJ because much of it was firmly based in the true blues tradition

JJ 04/64: Freddie Hubbard – Hub-Tones

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Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill reckoned Hubbard blew in the Miles style and Spaulding, although touched by modernism, had his own voice

JJ 04/64: Wes Montgomery – Full House

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Sixty years ago Steve Voce thought Wes's impeccable ballads would cause much breaking of guitars by frustrated players throughout the realm

Henry Dagg & Evan Parker: Then Through Now

Peter Gamble -
Avant-garde soprano man Parker jams with the electronics of a former member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

JJ 04/64: Dick Morrissey, interviewed

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Sixty years ago John Shirley interviewed the young saxophonist he thought a deserving successor to Tubby Hayes

D’Andrea, Tommaso, Tonani: Modern Art Trio

Michael Tucker -
Reissue of 1970 Italian trio album that sought to find new forms for jazz rather than simply tear down the old in the manner of the New Thing

JJ 04/64: In My Opinion – Quincy Jones

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Sixty years ago the famed arranger set the record straight on the blues, the avant-garde and the origins of jazz

Trio HLK: Anthropometricks 

Mark Youll -
British trio and guests including Evelyn Glennie play a set of jagged jazz-rock combining elements of contemporary classical and jazz

Flo And The Murmurs: The Waves

Michael Tucker -
Swiss singer and string quartet produce classical settings of excerpts from Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves

Melissa Aldana: Echoes Of The Inner Prophet

Matty Bannond -
The Chilean sax virtuoso plays mostly wistful, downtempo music, somewhat reminiscent of Wayne Shorter's work in and out of Miles Davis's band

Knowing Jazz / Learning Jazz

Graham Colombé -
Two books by American academic discuss the jazz community, jazz education, jazz criticism and the interest in jazz history

Michael Cuscuna dies

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A jazz archaeologist before it became fashionable, Cuscuna was famed for unearthing overlooked Blue Note material and founding Mosaic Records

Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue

Leon Nock -
The umpteenth reissue of the 1959 modal and changes cooler adds five related late-50s bonus tracks and a front cover variation

Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart at Pizza Express, London

Mark Gilbert -
The enduring American trio brought its subtle, chamber-style organ jazz to the Soho Pizza as part of the club's Hammond festival

Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human

John White -
The US pianist, a longstanding and convinced trio performer, produces a suite of miniatures touching on swing, gospel and calypso

Doug Munro: Loop-Mania! 2024

John Adcock -
US guitarist shows himself a fine player in a set mixing standards and originals over loop-driven backgrounds

Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody?

Ian Lomax -
Two bass virtuosi confound expectation and sustain interest through a set covering the GAS, some bebop and some classical

Keith Emerson reimagined for strings and more

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An unplugged tribute to the British progressive rock pioneer by eminent French arranger Thierry Eliez is reissued this month

Aaron Sachs: Quintet, Septet and Octet Ensembles

Hugh Rainey -
The too often unsung woodwind man gets due recognition from Fresh Sound for his late 50s work with Urbie Green, Jimmy Raney et al

Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May

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Festival director Tobie Medland looks forward to seeing Stochelo Rosenberg, Gismo Graf, Tcha Limberger and more

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Live In Zurich 1958

Gordon Jack -
Concert date for perhaps the finest Messengers group, created in 1958 by Benny Golson via new personnel and new repertoire
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