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Jazz Journal
JJ 09/86: Ralph Towner/Gary Burton – Slide Show
Forty years ago, Simon Adams expected something insipid in a guitar/vibes combination but it turned out to be his rave of the month
JJ 09/86: John Abercrombie – Current Events
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard Abercrombie deviating little from the ECM house style and seeming to be at pains to avoid a climax
JJ 09/76: The Crusaders & John Stevens’ Away at the New Victoria Theatre, London
Fifty years ago, Graham Fowler found John Stevens' Away monochrome in comparison to the never boring, always swinging Crusaders
JJ 09/76: Arena, by Barry McRae
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae talked to Lalo Schifrin and about Weather Report, Dizzy Gillespie, the Coventry jazz scene, Stanley Dance and Annette Peacock
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JJ 09/76: Bracknell Festival 1976
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae saw Ralph Towner (uninspiring) Eddie 'Guitar' Burns (very fine), Brian Smith/Terry Smith (the most jazzy jazz-rock), Humphrey Lyttelton (fresh and charming) and Mike Osborne (a revelation)
JJ 09/66: Roland Kirk – Slightly Latin
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce found Kirk's latest as modern and yet much more coherent than most of the advanced output of the day
JJ 09/66: Prince Lasha – Insight
Sixty years ago, Mike Shera said that given his scant solo work on this English date Prince Lasha would be would be laughed off the stand of any self-respecting British jazz club
JJ 09/66: Blues People
Sixty years ago, Don Lindon found Le Roi Jones' scorn for white jazz, the black middle class and racial integration stimulating and disturbing
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JJ 09/66: Where’s The Melody?
Sixty years ago, Don Lindon had the impression Martin Williams' book was a miscellaneous assortment of left-over articles rather than a proper introduction to jazz
New releases August-September 2026, T-Y
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ignasi Terraza, Fumi Tomita, John Wadham, Wladigeroff Brothers, Asaf Yuria // Editor's pick: Asaf Yuria
New releases August-September 2026, R-S
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Sonny Rollins, Jamie Safir, Brandon Sanders, Tommy Smith, Kevin Sun
// Editor's pick: Tommy Smith
New releases August-September 2026, O-P
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ray Obiedo, Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana, Eddie Parker, Ashley Pierce, Sarah Pillow // Editor's pick: Ashley Pierce
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