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Aadal Michael: Stories
They say : Michael’s upcoming release on Clonmell Jazz Social is entitled ‘Stories’, and will be his first solo guitar release. The album has...
Roy Haynes: ‘I wanted to be one of those unknowns that are greater than anybody’
Drummer Roy Haynes died after a short illness on 12 November, 2024 in Nassau County, New York, aged 99. His career had spanned playing...
The Good Vibe – an interview with Sérgio Mendes
Not only did he showcase bossa nova to the world, Sérgio Mendes personifies how you don’t have to be a shark to succeed in...
Report: Melbourne International Jazz Festival
The Melbourne International Jazz Festival aspires to be recognised as a world-class jazz festival. This year, it got it mostly right. The artistic direction...
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JJ 10/84: Molde International Jazz Festival, Norway
Superlatives are notorious in jazz criticism, but Molde really is a very special event in the jazz calendar. What musicians and fans alike appreciate...
JJ 10/94: Gail Thompson – Gail Force
Gail Thompson has assembled a very useful big band and together with Andy Macintosh provided some good tunes for it to play. The fortunate...
JJ 10/94: Cassandra Wilson – Blue Light ’Til Dawn
An interesting mixture of sources here: R&B, blues, folk, rock and popular - and also some original material. To all the songs on this...
JJ 10/84: Allan Holdsworth – Road Games
Among Allan Holdsworth's references are jobs with Tony Williams' Lifetime, Soft Machine, Bill Bruford and John Stevens. In recent years he has led his...
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JJ 10/84: The Guest Stars
Women have barely impinged on jazz except as vocalists and pianists; the guest stars are living proof of the stupidity of this situation. Over...
JJ 10/84: The Jazz Doctors
Last year, Charles Alexander of the International Jazz Federation brought two of America's better known jazz educators to London's Goldsmiths' College to hold a...
JJ 10/74: Michael Mantler – No Answer
This LP is a setting of words from 'How It Is' (1964) by Samuel Beckett, interspersed with instrumental passages. Extensive use of multi-tracking allows...
JJ 10/74: Previn fiasco at Q.E. Hall
As the final concert of this year's South Bank Summer Music season, on August 24th, Andre Previn and a ten-piece band were advertised to...
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