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Ayn Inserto and the WDR Big Band: Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines
On Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines the Singapore-born, Boston-based composer Ayn Inserto presents...
JJ 09/96: Michael Brecker – Tales From The Hudson
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert found Tales Of The Hudson an excellent corrective to those who had persistently dismissed Michael Brecker as a studio automaton
JJ 09/96: Jeff Lorber – State Of Grace
Thirty years ago, fusion apologist Mark Gilbert pointed out the deceptive sophistication in Lorber's superficially smooth jazz
JJ 09/96: Stan Getz – A Life In Jazz
Thirty years ago, Richard Palmer wondered why Donald Maggin bothered citing such ephemera as jazz polls and why he didn't include more comment on Getz by his fellow musicians
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JJ 09/96: Julian Arguelles – Home Truths
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert thought the quality of soloists Arguelles and Mike Walker did much to offset any shortfall in the repertoire department
JJ 09/86: Bracknell Jazz Festival 1986
Forty years ago, Pete Gamble, Mark Gilbert and Barry McRae attended the 1986 edition of perhaps the best open-air jazz festival ever staged in the UK
JJ 09/86: Ralph Towner/Gary Burton – Slide Show
Forty years ago, Simon Adams expected something insipid in a guitar/vibes combination but it turned out to be his rave of the month
JJ 09/86: John Abercrombie – Current Events
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard Abercrombie deviating little from the ECM house style and seeming to be at pains to avoid a climax
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JJ 09/76: The Crusaders & John Stevens’ Away at the New Victoria Theatre, London
Fifty years ago, Graham Fowler found John Stevens' Away monochrome in comparison to the never boring, always swinging Crusaders
JJ 09/76: Arena, by Barry McRae
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae talked to Lalo Schifrin and about Weather Report, Dizzy Gillespie, the Coventry jazz scene, Stanley Dance and Annette Peacock
JJ 09/76: Bracknell Festival 1976
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae saw Ralph Towner (uninspiring) Eddie 'Guitar' Burns (very fine), Brian Smith/Terry Smith (the most jazzy jazz-rock), Humphrey Lyttelton (fresh and charming) and Mike Osborne (a revelation)
JJ 09/66: Roland Kirk – Slightly Latin
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce found Kirk's latest as modern and yet much more coherent than most of the advanced output of the day
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