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Jazz Journal
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
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
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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
JJ 10/93: Jan Garbarek Group – Twelve Moons
Thirty years ago Michael Tucker noted in Garbarek's music resonances of Ayler, Davis, Coltrane, Weather Report, Grieg and Nordic folk
JJ 10/83: Annette Peacock – Been On The Streets Too Long
Forty years ago Matthew Bateson admired Peacock's writing and performing in general but wasn't convinced by all her solo albums
JJ 10/83: Jimmy Giuffre – Dragonfly
Forty years ago Barry McRae regretted Giuffre fraternising with the fusion but noted that creativity was not compromised
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JJ 10/83: Miles Davis – Star People
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert thought Davis's third comeback album compositionally scrappy but sporadically effective, chiefly in the solos
JJ 10/73: Jan Garbarek – Triptykon
Fifty years ago Martin Davidson found Garbarek original (with hints of Coltrane, Lateef, Barbieri and Coxhill) but blighted by poor drumming
JJ 10/73: John Lee Hooker – Kabuki Wuki
Fifty years ago Tony Russell recommended rolling with Hooker's embrace of modernity, including the nods to James Brown and Sly Stone
JJ 10/73: Spontaneous Music Ensemble – So, What Do You Think?
Long before three-minute culture took hold, Martin Davidson praised John Stevens' half-hour improvisations for avoiding boring accessibility
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