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Jazz Journal
JJ 12/83: Steps Ahead: Steps Ahead
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert welcomed the new manifestation of cool embodied in the deceptive restraint of Mike Mainieri's quintet
JJ 12/83: Billy Bang, 100 Club
Forty years ago Barry McRae saw the American violinist combine powerful theme statements with free-ranging improvisation
JJ 12/83: Mike Gibbs Orchestra at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert understood the audience member who asked the venerated bandleader 'When are you going to play some jazz, man?'
JJ 12/73: Carlos Santana/Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Love, Devotion, Surrender
Fifty years ago Charles Le Vay thought the duo's uptempo treatment of A Love Supreme would have Coltrane turning in his grave
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JJ 12/73: Mike Carr: Mike Carr
Fifty years ago Mark Gardner agreed with Illinois Jacquet, Scotts Tony and Ronnie and others that Ian Carr's brother was a talented musician
JJ 12/63: In My Opinion – Frank Foster
Sixty years ago Frank Foster pondered such as Webster, Hawkins and Coltrane as well as the differing styles of the Ellington and Basie bands
JJ 12/63: Jacques Loussier: Play Bach No. 3
Sixty years ago Benedict Edwards thought Loussier had produced music that would equally satisfy the jazz enthusiast and Bach devotee
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th birthday gig at Watermill Jazz
The saxophonist's 75th birthday gig in Dorking featured his Neon Orchestra with special guest Nikki Iles on accordion
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JJ 11/93: Bill Connors – Of Mist And Melting
Thirty years ago Michael Tucker, re-encountering Connors' 1977 album, maintained that contrary to some critical opinion plenty happens
JJ 11/93: Coltrane – A Player’s Guide To His Harmony
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert reviewed Walt Weiskopf & Ramon Ricker's guide to Coltrane's use of key cycles in descending thirds
JJ 11/93: Chris Potter Quintet – Presenting
Thirty years ago David Badham got the end of the stick he was looking for, notwithstanding a few modernist squeaks and screeches
JJ 11/83: Evan Parker – Circadian Rhythm
Forty years ago Barry McRae wasn't sure Circadian Rhythm was music and in any case the intonation of the fire and smoke was suspect
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