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JJ 02/75: Stanley Clarke
Fifty years ago Barry McRae heard only monotony, stiffness, insensitivity and cleverness over content in Clarke's compositional style but admired his flamenco bass playing
JJ 02/75: Gary Burton/Eberhard Weber – Ring
Fifty years ago Roger Dean thought Burton's set with Weber, Goodrick, Metheny, Swallow and Moses one of the most impressive and enjoyable of all his albums
JJ 02/75: Amalgam – Play Blackwell And Higgins
Fifty years ago Barry McRae found John Stevens and Trevor Watts' tribute to two avant-garde drummers a rocking record and a joyful affirmation of free jazz principles
JJ 02/65: Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill found Shorter's compositions rather contrived and his tone too astringent, but he liked Reggie Workman and Lee Morgan
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JJ 02/65: Jimmy Smith – The Cat
Sixty years ago Gerald Lascelles thought The Cat one of Smith's most swinging sets, with scintillating interplay between organ and big band
JJ 02/65: Mark Murphy – That’s How I Love The Blues
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill said don't worry if Murphy doesn't sing the downhome blues - he's a genuine jazz singer who's produced a damn fine vocal disc
Paul Higgs’ Shades of Miles, East Grinstead
Sporting a green trumpet à la Miles, Paul Higgs started his set with Milestones (the streamlined modal tune from 1958) and immediately followed it...
JJ 01/95: Joe Zawinul – The Rise And Fall Of Third Stream
Thirty years ago Derek Ansell heard Zawinul struggle to make the classical-jazz fusion work but his feet moved to the 60s soul-jazz reprises
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JJ 01/95: Jack Bruce – Cities Of The Heart
Thirty years ago Graham Colombé heard Bruce with Lowther, Heckstall-Smith and Themen proffering some effective blues singing and some avant-garde jazz before revisiting Cream tracks
JJ 01/85: Abdullah Ibrahim at Shaw Theatre, London
Forty years ago Simon Adams saw the high priest of jazz contemplation play a 70-minute piano medley before before moving to a second set including tense and powerful vocals
JJ 01/85: Kenny Wheeler – Double, Double You
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert sought solid ground in the trumpeter's compositions and improvisations, meantime taking refuge in the powerful internal logic of Michael Brecker's solos
JJ 01/85: Buddy Rich And His Orchestra at Lewisham Festival
Forty years ago Pete Gamble found the Rich big band high on precision and power but lacking in the solo department except for the leader, whose press rolls still seemed impossible to execute
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