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Jazz Journal
JJ 11/65: Bob James Trio – Explosions
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill heard the future smooth-jazz pianist doing the avant thing and offending 'both the ears and the senses'
JJ 11/65: Albert Ayler – Bells
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce, despite concern for the artist's family, gave priority to service to the reader and told him that Bells contained absolute rubbish from first to last
New releases October-November 2025, H-K
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in September-October 2025, including Lionel Hampton; Todd Herbert; Ben Jones & Laurence Hobgood; Joachim Kühn // Editor's pick: Todd Herbert
Jazz at the Museum, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Jazz at the Museum is a concert series that's been organised by Jerzy Wojciechowski in Ostrów Wielkopolski for more than 30 years. As in previous...
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New releases October-November 2025, E-G
Eigenberg, Julie: My Jazz Of A Life
They say : If you enjoy the storytelling warmth of Norah Jones, the phrasing of Nancy Wilson, or the elegance...
New releases October-November 2025, C-D
Carucci, Ettore: My Inner Worlds
They say : My Inner Worlds by Ettore Carucci is a solo piano album blending classical and jazz through improvisations on Bach,...
Christian McBride, Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson at Ronnie Scott’s
If you are looking for musicians to celebrate a bassist as unmistakable and influential as Ray Brown this trio surely sits near the very...
New releases October-November 2025, A-B
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in September-October 2025, including Pete Allen, Baby Vortex, Usein Bekirov, Billy Hart and Greg Burrows // Editor's pick: Baby Vortex
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2025
The Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF), now in its 28th year, continues to stake its claim as the première jazz festival in Australia and...
Gwilym Simcock & Tommy Smith at Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking
For their Watermill gig, Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock mainly featured their own compositions. Tommy played with expressive power, occasionally using high-register harmonics and...
Pete Allen launches his new album at Pizza Express
The Pete Allen Jazz Band launch their new album with two gigs in November: the first is on Sunday 2nd November at The Bowlers Arms,...
JJ 10/95: Keith Jarrett Trio – Standards In Norway
Thirty years ago, faced with a particularly constrained repertoire session, Michael Tucker asked 'Just how many Keith Jarrett Standards releases does your collection need?'
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