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JJ 02/59: Shelly Manne And His Men – More Swinging Sounds
No-one can say that Shelly Manne is not appreciated. This poll-winning drummer has come to the fore just because of those qualities some other...
JJ 02/59: Gil Evans And Ten
Gil Evans is an ambitious, interesting writer who has a great future — providing he doesn't allow his work to become too complex and...
JJ 02/69: Stuff Smith – Swingin’ Stuff
If any of you have ever asked the meaning of the word 'swing', here is the complete answer. Stuff gets off the ground on...
JJ 02/69: Bob Thiele – Light My Fire
Another bogus jumbling of pop and jazz, realizing the worst of both.
A not undistinguished studio gathering plod shamelessly through colourless charts full of snippy...
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JJ 02/69: Ornette Coleman – New York Is Now
In view of the part that Coleman's percussionists have played in the past, this record offers an interesting variation. Blackwell, Higgins and Moffett have...
JJ 02/69: Mike Westbrook at Red Lion Square, London
The third of six projected concerts in Red Lion Square, WC1, presented by the London Jazz Centre Society under the collective title 'Jazz is...
JJ 02/69: Lightly & Politely, by Stanley Dance
--1161-- FORWARD, WITH COLD SMILES
A couple of recent Wes Montgomery albums are full of alarming portents for the future, especially the future of those...
Where’s the mainstream?
I have been a reader of Jazz Journal on and off since 1957, and regularly since 1980. I enjoy it, but the whole jazz...
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Brubeck’s quartet wasn’t “classic” until 1959
I am indebted to Marshall Zucker’s letter re my review of the Dave Brubeck album Bossa Nova USA (JJ 1218). He is right to...
The source of Resonance’s Dolphy tapes
Derek Ansell's review of the Eric Dolphy set on Resonance states that Dolphy left his box of tapes from which this music was drawn...
Not enough Europe
Nice to see Simon Adams’ review of Francesco Martinelli’s massive book on European jazz. As your reviewer says, it is surprising that we have...
Zappa’s jazz
Dave Taylor (OSL, JJ Dec 2018) rightly extols the extraordinary music of Frank Zappa. But was there another side? His first drummer, Jimmy Carl...
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