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Jazz Journal
JJ 02/94: John McLaughlin – Compact Jazz, Time Remembered & Adventures In Radioland
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert reviewed three sets covering the guitarist's ventures in jazz, jazz-rock, flamenco and the raga
JJ 02/84: George Russell – Live In An American Time Spiral
Forty years ago Barry McRae heard Russell mixing chamber jazz, rock and his unique dissonances with strong solos from Harrell, Anderson et al
JJ 02/84: Nina Simone at Ronnie Scott’s Club
Forty years ago Barry McRae saw how Simone captivated her audience even when she strayed from jazz and true intonation
JJ 02/84: The Jazz Tradition
Forty years ago Richard Palmer welcomed a new edition of Williams' musicologically exacting survey, even if he didn't always agree with it
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JJ 02/74: Erroll Garner – Gemini
Fifty years ago Sinclair Traill recommended another top example of Garner's inventiveness, drollery and swing
JJ 02/74: Herbie Mann – Turtle Bay
Fifty years ago Martin Davidson felt that sitting through these 39 minutes was less rewarding than doing nothing for the same amount of time
JJ 02/74: Jazz began on my doorstep
Fifty years ago SA-based writer and broadcaster Wilf Lowe, perhaps with tongue in cheek, suggested jazz originated in that country
JJ 02/64: Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins – Sonny Meets Hawk
Sixty years ago Graham Boatfield welcomed the moment Rollins set himself alongside one of his major influences. First published in Jazz Journal February 1964
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JJ 02/64: Dick Morrissey – Have You Heard!
Sixty years ago Mike Shera regretted that British jazz records sold so badly, blaming not poor quality but postcode prejudice
JJ 02/64: Herbie Hancock – My Point Of View
Sixty years ago Gerald Lascelles suspected that too much listening and perhaps an excess of writing had made Hancock slightly broody
JJ 02/64: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Sixty years ago Mark Gardner was relieved to hear Coltrane relaxing into rhapsody though reckoned an uptempo would have helped
JJ 02/64: In My Opinion – Roland Kirk
Sixty years ago Kirk gave articulate commentary on jazz, including the heretical opinion that Ronnie Scott was better than Tubby Hayes
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