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Jazz Journal

JJ 11/94: Miles Davis – Agharta, Pangaea, The Man With The Horn, We Want Miles, Star People, Decoy, You’re Under Arrest

Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert traced Miles Davis's journey from lumpen rock-jammer to sophisticated jazz-rocker through seven albums, 1975-1984

JJ 11/94: Alan Barnes & David Newton – Like Minds

Thirty years ago Richard Palmer loved a duo between pianist Newton and the saxophonist who asked, in the first throes of the UK's endless jazz boom, 'This constant search for innova­tion is a bit negative. What's wrong with just being good?'

JJ 11/94: Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble – Officium

Thirty years ago Michael Tucker hailed the classical-jazz fusion that Tony Coe went on to describe in a 2004 listening test as 'all kind of moody - very contrived and manipulative'

Christopher Riddle: a tribute

Many people cross our paths, and if we are lucky, meaningful relationships develop with those who touch us in the most inspiring way. One...
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JJ 11/84: Abercrombie/Scofield – Solar

Neither Abercrombie or Scofield has made his name as a stan­dards player, though you can bet that both have got that side of things...

JJ 11/84: Generation Band – Call Of The Wild

Many will know 50-year-old Victor Feldman from his stints with such artists as Cannonball Adderley and Peggy Lee. In recent times he has done...

JJ 11/84: Cedar Walton – Eastern Rebellion 4

On the face of it, this is the kind of release I would normally pass by, dismissing it as just another set of standards...

Poland: the 30th Jazz at the Museum, with James Carter, Take 6 and Harold López-Nussa

Ostrów's series of jazz concerts titled “Jazz at the Museum” celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The originator of the event, Jerzy Wojciechowski, announced...
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JJ 11/74: Camden Jazz Festival 1974

Fifty years ago Barry McRae witnessed a London jazz festival that catered for all shades of jazz opinion, from Bobby Hackett through Joachim Kuhn to Nucleus

JJ 11/74: Don Cherry – Eternal Now

Fifty years ago Roger Dean lamented the monotony of Cherry's mystic music-making, noting that repetitious music is not necessarily transcendent

JJ 11/74: Spontaneous Music Ensemble – For You To Share

Fifty years ago Barry McRae welcomed a free-jazz session that came complete with audience participation and any profits destined for CND

JJ 11/64: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto

Sixty years ago Mark Gardner accorded with Getz's observation that 'These guys know how to swing harder than most, and they do it without pushing.'
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