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Jazz Journal
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
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
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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
JJ 06/64: In My Opinion – Paul Gonsalves
Sixty years ago the legendary Ellington saxman opined on Hawkins, Frank Foster, Bud Freeman, Al Sears, Mulligan, Hodges and more
JJ 06/64: Ernest Ranglin – Wranglin’
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill hailed the arrival in the UK of 'a highly original guitarist', one of the early signings to Island Records
Ronnie Scott’s JO to swing bank-holiday Battersea
Battersea Park in Concert returns for a second year with jazz from Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra, Claire Martin, Ray Gelato and more
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Enter Enea Festival 2024, Poland
Szymon Ratajczyk saw Leszek Możdżer directing a festival that included John Patitucci, Brandee Younger, Malgorzata Kuś and Natalie Tenenbaum
NoSax NoClar, Watermill Jazz Club
Graham Thomas heard the curiously named French duo, indeed featuring clarinet and saxophone, range from Celtic to Berber folk via NO jazz
JJ 05/94: Chick Corea – The Leprechaun, Tap Step, The Seventies
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert concluded that the good of Corea comfortably outweighed the bad or indifferent
JJ 05/94: Bob Mintzer – ‘It’s just 16 people’
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert did an informative interview with the Buddy Rich, Thad Jones, Jaco Pastorius and Yellowjackets saxophonist
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