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JJ 07/76: Bobby Wellins at The Seven Dials, London
Fifty years ago, Dave Gelly noted that even Bobby Wellins' most casual ideas were placed with sly cunning in relation to the changes
JJ 07/76: McCoy Tyner – Fly With The Wind
Fifty years ago, Chris Sheridan reviewed a with-strings jazz album that, unusually, merited the expression 'great excitement'
JJ 07/76: Chasin’ The Trane
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae said JC Thomas overestimated Coltrane's pioneering qualities, underplaying the influence of Miles Davis on the saxophonist's development
JJ 07/66: In My Opinion – Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith
Sixty years ago, pianist and seasoned raconteur Willie Smith reacted with personal insights and stories as he listened to such as Earl Hines, Ralph Sutton, Eubie Blake and Scott Joplin
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JJ 07/66: Wes Montgomery – Goin’ Out Of My Head
Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner saw Montgomery's jazz genius subsumed by the Verve product mill via Creed Taylor
JJ 07/66: Dudley Moore Trio – Genuine Dud
Sixty years ago, Graham Boatfield found an excellent minor comedian had produced a good, at times brilliant but finally uninteresting pastiche of piano jazz
JJ 07/66: John Coltrane Orchestra – Ascension
Sixty years ago, Barry McRae said Coltrane questioned the infallibility of logic and causality in jazz and in so doing returned to the deepest alchemy of the music
JJ 07/66: Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames – Sweet Things
Sixty years ago, Graham Boatfield acknowledged Fame's infiltration of jazz into pop but found this outing dull
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Pat Metheny and Side-Eye III+ at the Barbican, London
Pat Metheny is one of those special artists who's live concerts are highly anticipated events whenever he comes to the UK. He is one...
Reviewed: Jimmy Scott | Jack Wilson
Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful
Released in 1963 on Ray Charles’s Tangerine Records label, Falling In Love Is Wonderful stands today as one of the...
New releases June-July 2026, V-Z
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in May-June 2026, including Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, Kristaps Vanadzinsh, Nico Widdowson Trio, Ada Bird Wolfe, Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo // Editor's pick: Nico Widdowson Trio
New releases June-July 2026, S-T
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in May-June 2026, including Phil Seamen, Libor Smoldas, Solomon Gundy Band, Anthony Strong, Tommaso Starace // Editor's pick: Phil Seamen
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