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Jazz Journal
JJ 07/64: The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Sixty years ago, after seeing the Brubeck quartet live in England, someone, perhaps Sinclair Traill, reckoned his group didn't play jazz
JJ 07/64: Jimmy Witherspoon at Ronnie Scott’s
Sixty years ago, when US jazzmen seemed to be in every pub, Sinclair Traill saw Spoon's vivid big-city blues accompanied by the Scott quartet
JJ 07/64: Cannonball Adderley at Birmingham Town Hall
Sixty years ago Mark Gardner hated Charles Lloyd, loved Zawinul and Ranglin and saw the jazz boom end, despite Brian Epstein's involvement
JJ 07/64: John Lee Hooker at The Flamingo
Sixty years ago Gina Wright braved the heat of the Wardour St club to see the shamanic bluesman backed by John Mayall's band
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JJ 06/94: Hard Bop: Jazz And Black Music 1955-1965
Thirty years ago Mike Shera gave us a handy definition of hard bop as he welcomed a provocative and fairly comprehensive book on the subject
JJ 06/94: Jim Hall – Something Special
Thirty years ago Graham Colombé enjoyed hearing something other than the 'nebulous, meandering' Hall - as long as it lasted
JJ 06/84: Woody Shaw – Night Music
Forty years ago Brian Davis found Shaw's music 'a satisfying and natural progression from earlier and more rigid bop or post-bop forms'
JJ 06/84: Dudu Pukwana – Life In Bracknell & Willisau
Forty years ago Barry McRae heard Pukwana's spirited band Zila playing good jazz over African township inspired backgrounds
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JJ 06/74: Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
Fifty years ago Barry McRae applauded Hancock for producing a jazz-rock record that married sophistication and groove
JJ 06/74: Eberhard Weber – The Colours Of Chloe
Fifty years ago Barry McRae was impressed by the themes and bass soloing in Weber's fusion of classical and jazz
JJ 06/74: Mose Allison and John Williams at Ronnie Scott’s
Burnett James, talking from 50 years ago, reminds us that despite the pleas of modern publicists, boundaries in jazz have long been broken
JJ 06/64: Gary Burton, Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry – Three In Jazz
Sixty years ago, reviewing a ragbag of an album, Mike Shera thought newcomer Burton outshone an off-form Rollins and coasting Terry
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