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JJ 12/85: Forward Motion – The Berklee Tapes
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert marvelled at the virtuosity and expressivity of a group of Berklee students featuring Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith
12/75: John Abercrombie – Gateway
Fifty years ago Roger Dean liked the rhythmic drive of Gateway but wasn't impressed by Abercombie's arbitrary climaxes and the stolid downbeats on irregular time sigs
12/75: Mike Gibbs – The Only Chrome Waterfall Orchestra
Fifty years ago Steve Voce knew he wouldn't like Gibbs' latest until he'd become acclimatised to its innovations and accepted his own failings
JJ 12/65: In My Opinion – Wild Bill Davison
Sixty years ago the famed cornet player struggled to appreciate Tony Williams and remembered when Bix Beiderbecke's pivot tooth fell out and obliged him to switch to piano
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JJ 12/65: Stan Tracey Quartet – Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood
Sixty years ago Michael Shera admired Under Milk Wood for its writing, for Bobby Wellins' tenor solos and for piano-playing which showed no American influence
JJ 12/65: Albert Ayler – Spirits
Sixty years ago Graham Boatfield thought Ayler's 'harsh, feverish, tense and bitter' music might be the soundtrack to a psychological crisis but ought to be heard
JJ 12/65: Miles Davis – E.S.P.
Sixty years ago Steve Voce thought Miles Davis went as far as the avant-garde needed to and, despite Wayne Shorter's tendencies, avoided the ugliness of Albert Ayler
Jazz at Croydon Clocktower marks 25 years
On 4 December an appreciative audience celebrated a special concert at the Croydon Clocktower Café to commemorate 25 years since live jazz was first...
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New releases October-November 2025, T-Z
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in September-October 2025, including Theorem of Joy, Aretha Tillotson, Toftemark/Benack III Quintet, Jordan Williams and Kai Winding // Editor's pick: Theorem of Joy
JJ 11/95: Mike Mainieri – An American Diary / White Elephant Vol 1 / Come Together: Guitar Tribute To The Beatles Vol 2
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert thought that among a trio of Mainieri issues, his skilful jazz adaptations of American classical music gave the best value
JJ 11/95: Tim Garland – Tales From The Sun
Thirty years ago, Derek Ansell thought two Bill Evans-inspired pieces formed an oasis of wholesome jazz in the saxophonist's latest set
JJ 11/95: Django Bates – Winter Truce (And Homes Blaze)
Thirty years ago, Simon Adams heard some excellent playing in Winter Truce - when the clutter and chaos cleared for long enough
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