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Jazz Journal
JJ 01/96: Jazz – The Rough Guide
Thirty years ago Alun Morgan was very pleased with the revised edition of Carr, Fairweather and Priestley's not-so-rough guide to jazz
JJ 01/96: Wayne Shorter – High Life
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert found Shorter's post Weather Report fusion one-dimensional in comparison with the musical mastery of his early 60s Blue Notes
JJ 01/96: Steve Grossman, interviewed by Mark Gilbert
Thirty years ago the NY tenor man, peer to Berg, Brecker, Mintzer et al, talked about his journey through Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and Stone Alliance and back to bebop
JJ 01/86: Joe Henderson – Mode For Joe
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert heard in Henderson's splitting, jiving and slipping of notes a still contemporary saxophone vocabulary.
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New releases December 2025 – January 2026, T-Y
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in November-December 2025, including Clark Terry, Cal Tjader, Charles Tolliver, V-Disc Big Band Jazz Sessions and Miroslav Vitous // Editor's pick: V-Disc Big Band Jazz Sessions
JJ 01/86: Jan Garbarek Group – It’s OK To Listen To The Gray Voice
Forty years ago Michael Tucker heard the 'perfect rebuttal of a recent, patronising description of ECM as "the Habitat catalogue of Jazz"'
JJ 01/86: Charlie Watts Big Band at London Ronnie Scott’s Club
Forty years ago Martin Isherwood saw the Rolling Stones drummer leading such luminaries of British jazz as Stan Tracey, Harry Beckett and Bobby Wellins
JJ 01/86: Sun Ra Arkestra at Brixton Fridge
Forty years ago Simon Adams found that Ra's leopard-skin frock didn't disguise the sloppiness of his musical presentation
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JJ 01/86: Pat Martino – Consciousness
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert hailed one of the key modern jazz guitar records, a singular session replete with chromatic virtuosity
JJ 01/86: Terje Rypdal Trio at London Logan Hall
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert saw guitarist Rypdal's trio confirm that it was now OK for the jazz fan to listen to heavy metal music
JJ 01/86: Back Door at Newcastle Upon Tyne Corner House
Forty years ago Chris Yates saw the Yorkshire trio's organic mix of Mississippi blues, prog-rock and jazz reconvened in Newcastle as part of a Jazz Services tour
JJ 01/86: Man Jumping – Jumpcut
Forty years ago Simon Adams wanted to hear more of Man Jumping's danceable, always swinging mix of systems music, funk, electro pop and jazz
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