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Jazz Journal
JJ 11/83: Ed Palermo – Ed Palermo
Forty years ago Simon Adams reckoned that Ed Palermo, acclaimed by Gil Evans for innovation, was in fact largely ploughing an old furrow
JJ 11/83: Bireli Lagrene, 100 Club, London
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert acknowledged Lagrene's excellence as a Django imitator while wishing for something more contemporary
JJ 11/73: Paul Motian – Conception Vessel
Fifty years ago Martin Davidson was disappointed by the uninspiring material and lack of involvement on drummer Motian's leader debut
JJ 11/73: Passport – Passport
Fifty years ago Barry McRae enjoyed Klaus Doldinger's accomplished fusion record before deciding it wasn't good enough for many JJ readers
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JJ 11/73: Barre Phillips – For All It Is
Fifty years ago Barry McRae enjoyed four basses - Phillips, Palle Danielsson, Barry Guy and J.F. Jenny-Clarke - contrapunting with Stu Martin
JJ 11/63: Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach – Money Jungle
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill observed his hero the Duke coolly cut rings around the modernisms of his radical colleagues
JJ 11/63: Dave Brubeck – Brubeck A La Mode
Sixty years ago Mike Shera welcomed a Brubeck album in 4/4, lighter in touch than usual and composed of considered modal explorations
JJ 11/63: In My Opinion – Norman Granz
Sixty years ago Norman Granz regretted that his popular album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Ellington Songbook didn't come out better
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JJ 11/63: Mose Allison – Swingin’ Machine
Sixty years ago Steve Voce regretted that Allison, lacking conviction, offered all the excitement of a Victorian Sunday afternoon
JJ 11/63: What’d I Say, by Steve Voce
Sixty years ago Steve Voce evoked a jazz weekend in London with a vibrancy that transports the reader to the time and place
Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 2023
Leon Morris saw jazz on the street, on stage and on exercise bikes as Melbourne seeks to put itself on the international jazz map
JJ 10/93: Bobby Broom interviewed
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert talked to a guitarist whom the times led towards fusion but whose heart followed the Benson-Montgomery line
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