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Jazz Journal
JJ 09/75: Mickey Baker – Take A Look Inside
Fifty years ago Derrick Stewart-Baxter thanked Jim Simpson for presenting guitarist Baker as Baker had always wanted - playing the real blues and blues that, when modern, avoided banality
JJ 09/75: Dave Brubeck – The Art Of Dave Brubeck
Fifty years ago Roger Dean was pleased to rediscover Brubeck's polytonal work, even if it was a pale shadow of that of his mentor Darius Milhaud
JJ 09/75: Neil Ardley, Ian Carr, Mike Gibbs, Stan Tracey – Will Power
Fifty years ago Barry McRae applauded some music featuring Norma Winstone and John Taylor - maybe not all-out jazz - written to mark Shakespeare's tercentenary
JJ 09/65: The Moody Blues – The Magnificent Moodies
Sixty years ago, Gina Wright noted that while the Moody Blues weren't playing jazz or strictly even blues they represented the better type of R&B heard around the clubs of the time
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JJ 09/65: Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
Sixty years ago Gerald Lascelles thought that Hill's music often displayed 'that glorious confused unity which typifies the writings of Monk' and said it must be heard
New releases August-September 2025, S-Z
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2025, including Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, John Taylor, Mark Turner and McCoy Tyner // Editor's pick: Horace Silver
JJ 09/65: Ravi Shankar – India’s Master Musician
Sixty years ago The Honourable Gerald Lascelles was more than surprised to find music from the 'curry belt' on JJ's review list but noted that the improvisations were far advanced from those heard in jazz
New releases August-September 2025, N-R
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2025, including Oscar Peterson, Pat Petrillo, John Pizzarelli, Max Roach and Ruby Rushton // Editor's pick: Pat Petrillo
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JJ 09/65: In My Opinion – Pee Wee Russell
Sixty years ago Pee Wee Russell preferred small bands over big bands, loved Nat Pierce, Sidney Bechet and Jack Teagarden, and slated Red Nichols and Miles Davis
New releases August-September 2025, L-M
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2025, including Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier, Julie London, John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus and Wolfgang Muthspiel // Editor's pick: Sean Mason
New releases August-September 2025, F-K
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2025, including Dom Franks, Carlos Garnett, Phil Haynes' Free Country, Charlie Hunter, and Ineza // Editor's pick: Chris Ingham
New releases August-September 2025, C-E
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2025, including Ron Carter & Rosa Passos, Kai Craig, Olivia Cuttill, Bernie Dresel and Georgia Duncan // Editor's pick: Kai Craig
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