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Jazz Journal
LJF 2022: Jan Garbarek Group
Christopher Walters heard shades of Weather Report and the Yellowjackets in a show that if it hinted at swan song had the intensity of youth
The Rat Pack goes 90s
The German singer takes a sometimes ironic view of the Sinatra, Martin and Davis Jr canon, casting 1980s and 90s pop in 1960s LA style
JJ 10/92: Tony Williams – The Story Of Neptune
Thirty years ago, Richard Palmer was astonished to find the brainy, discerning and always swinging drummer covering Lennon & McCartney
JJ 10/92: Jazz Changes
Thirty years ago, Steve Voce reckoned Martin Williams' commentaries on jazz - from Earl Hines to Steve Swallow - were probably timeless
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JJ 10/82: Grover Washington Junior – Winelight
Forty years ago, Melvin Lyons thought Grover's tasteful and passionate latest should settle any mainstream qualms about jazz fusion
JJ 10/82: Lol Coxhill/Dave Holland -The Johnny Rondo Duo
Forty years ago, Barry McRae reckoned this mixture of improvisations and 'occasional melodies' proved Coxhill was a remarkable jazz musician
JJ 10/72: Chick Corea – Piano Improvisations Vol. l & Keith Jarrett – Facing You
Fifty years ago, Ron Brown hailed a new school of solo jazz piano and the most exciting piano albums he'd heard that year, despite Bill Evans
JJ 10/72: Gary Burton – Alone At Last
Fifty years ago, Hugh Witt remarked that Burton brought beauty to the vibraphone, playing music for a 20th century drawing room
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JJ 10/62: Bill Evans – Explorations
Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles thought Evans a pianist to watch, one who excelled at extending conventional music
JJ 10/62: In My Opinion – Don Rendell
Sixty years ago, the British saxman reviewed Freeman, Webster, Tate, Getz, Berry, Hawkins and his own primary influence, Lester Young
Obituary: Pharoah Sanders
Sam Feehan pays tribute to the late saxophonist, whose often ferocious and abrasive sound concealed deep spirituality and lyricism
JJ 09/92: James ‘Blood’ Ulmer: from the blues to harmolody and back again
JJ scribe Chris Sheridan once dismissed an Ulmer concert as representing a road-mender running amok. Simon Adams took a broader view
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