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Jazz Journal
JJ 04/84: Jean-Luc Ponty – Individual Choice
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert was glad of the moments of improvisation in a set dominated by computer sequencing
JJ 04/84: Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Forty years ago Simon Adams enjoyed an anniversary reprise of Tracey's 1965 suite, even if the music had bugger all to do with Dylan Thomas
JJ 04/74: John McLaughlin – Between Nothingness And Eternity
Fifty years ago Steve Voce thought the guitarist's latest release an outstanding jazz record despite its rock content
JJ 04/74: Mike Westbrook – Live
Fifty years ago Steve Voce was impressed by Westbrook's new, bluesy direction and George Khan's 'electric saxophone'
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JJ 04/64: Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill said reviews of R&B were included in JJ because much of it was firmly based in the true blues tradition
JJ 04/64: Freddie Hubbard – Hub-Tones
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill reckoned Hubbard blew in the Miles style and Spaulding, although touched by modernism, had his own voice
JJ 04/64: Wes Montgomery – Full House
Sixty years ago Steve Voce thought Wes's impeccable ballads would cause much breaking of guitars by frustrated players throughout the realm
JJ 04/64: Dick Morrissey, interviewed
Sixty years ago John Shirley interviewed the young saxophonist he thought a deserving successor to Tubby Hayes
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JJ 04/64: In My Opinion – Quincy Jones
Sixty years ago the famed arranger set the record straight on the blues, the avant-garde and the origins of jazz
Michael Cuscuna dies
A jazz archaeologist before it became fashionable, Cuscuna was famed for unearthing overlooked Blue Note material and founding Mosaic Records
Keith Emerson reimagined for strings and more
An unplugged tribute to the British progressive rock pioneer by eminent French arranger Thierry Eliez is reissued this month
Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May
Festival director Tobie Medland looks forward to seeing Stochelo Rosenberg, Gismo Graf, Tcha Limberger and more
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