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Jazz Journal
JJ 10/74: Miles Davis – Big Fun
By-passing 'Bitches' Brew' I thought I had finally lost Miles Davis somewhere around 'On the Corner'. I should have known better: people of Miles's...
JJ 10/64: The birth of the BBC’s Jazz 625
Sixty years ago Jazz Journal welcomed the arrival of BBCTV's Jazz 625 series, which would turn out to be historic. It's been variously reshown, but why not now in place of endless TOTP, Queen and Bowie reruns? First published in Jazz Journal September 1964
JJ 10/64: Hank Mobley – No Room For Squares
Sixty years ago Mark Gardner welcomed Mobley's new album as a hard-driving mainstream-modern antidote to the new wave. Odd assessment of Hancock and Hill, though. First published in Jazz Journal September 1964
JJ 10/64: Bill Le Sage – New Directions In Jazz
If you listen to young jazz publicists you might be persuaded that the nominal boundaries between jazz and classical are only now being breached. But 60 years ago Mark Gardner heard Bill Le Sage effectively blending 12-tone composition, cellos and jazz soloists
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We Love Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Mendes may not have been the main originator of bossa nova - one of the most innovative musical movements of the 20th century...
Raye: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2024
Violins reminiscent of a film’s opening sequence play out as Raye, full name Rachel Keen, takes the Swiss audience on a journey through songs...
Serious, BLiM, Barbican and RAH seek a better sound mix
Veteran British concert promoters, Serious, well known for producing the EFG London Jazz Festival, are keen to get more people from a “global majority...
Adam Makowicz in Kalisz, Poland
“Welcome Back, Adam” – this is how the second concert in the jubilee season of the Kalisz Philharmonic was titled. For on Friday, 20 September...
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Duane Tatro: forgotten jazz composer
Duane who? Even highly knowledgeable jazz lovers might have missed this name. But Art Pepper knew it. One of Duane Tatro’s quirky compositions featured...
Georgia Mancio’s Crystal Palace jazz club
After taking on south London's Eltham Jazz Club in November 2022, vocalist Georgia Mancio and drummer Dave Ohm have launched the Crystal Palace Jazz...
New releases Aug-Sep 2024, T-Z
The Verge: The Verge
They say : The Norwegian jazz-rock quartet The Verge consists of four still up-and-coming musicians who are all active members of the Norwegian...
New releases Aug-Sep 2024, Q-S
Quinichette, Paul: The Vice 'Pres' · Legendary Sessions 1951-1954 (2-CD Box Set)
They say : All the recordings on this 2-CD box set were produced by Bob...
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