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Jazz Journal
JJ 08/64: Cleo Laine – Shakespeare And All That Jazz
Sixty years ago Gerald Lascelles loved the idea, writing and playing, especially of Ken Wheeler, and saw oft-derided British jazz vindicated
JJ 08/64: Various – Jazz Britannia Vol. 2
Sixty years ago Gina Wright lamented the poor musical quality and commercial agenda evident in this collection of British trad jazz
JJ 08/64: Cyril Davies And His Rhythm And Blues All Stars – The Sound Of Cyril Davies
Sixty years ago Gina Wright thought this EP, not representing Davies' best blues harp work, was aimed more at the pop than jazz market
JJ 08/64: In My Opinion – Johnny Hodges
Sixty years ago the Ellington alto man loved Bechet and Armstrong and thought Freddie Hubbard a trad-modern middle man
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Jazz in De-Lovely Dorking
At the Watermill jazz club, Graham Thomas saw the Joe Farnsworth & Sarah Hanahan Quartet and Anaïs Reno with the Pete Malinverni Trio
JJ 07/94: Andy Sheppard – Rhythm Method & Delivery Suite
Thirty years ago Derek Ansell found that Sheppard's effective sax playing compensated for the rhythmic monotony of the material
JJ 07/94: Jessica Williams Trio – In The Pocket
Thirty years ago Pat Hawes marvelled at the ambitious playing of the former house pianist at San Francisco's Keystone Korner club
JJ 07/84: Jaco Pastorius – Invitation
Forty years ago Simon Adams heard intelligence without cliché in Pastorius's solos, but found his big-band arrangements surprisingly routine
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JJ 07/84: Carla Bley – Heavy Heart
Forty years ago Simon Adams was disappointed by a fusion-style set from Bley featuring Steve Slagle, Hiram Bullock and Kenny Kirkland
07/74: George Barnes 2nd Quartet – Swing, Guitars
Fifty years ago Sinclair Traill hailed a swinging set featuring Dick Hyman and Hank Jones that would apparently disappoint no one
JJ 07/74: Dollar Brand – Ancient Africa & African Space Program
Fifty years ago Mike Shera was impressed by the recording quality of one of two albums by the South African pianist, but that was about it
JJ 07/64: Sheila Jordan – Portrait Of Sheila
Sixty years ago Steve Voce welcomed Jordan's vocals as a spectacular relief from Blue Note's bloody-minded tenorists and noisy organ-players
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