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JJ 08/66: John Coltrane And Don Cherry – The Avant-Garde
Sixty years ago, Graham Boatfield said this then six-year-old session no longer matched its title
Kalisz Ptaszyn Fest, Poland
The second edition of the Kalisz Ptaszyn Fest, held 21 March 2026, confirmed that this young festival, organised by the Centre for Culture and...
Reviewed: Sergio Di Gennaro | Kristaps Vanadziņš | Giorgio Albanese
Sergio Di Gennaro: Blind Spots, Still Looking
With Blind Spots, Still Looking, his second album as a leader, Italian pianist Sergio Di Gennaro unveils a universe...
JJ 07/96: Modal Jazz – Composition & Harmony, Volume 1 | Christian Escoudé – My Book | The Rhythm Book
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert learned about modal jazz, French guitarist Christian Escoudé and how rhythm reading could be improved
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JJ 07/96: Barry Finnerty – Straight Ahead
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert saw Finnerty, like so many jazz-rock players in the 90s, set out his 'proper' jazz credentials
JJ 07/96: Peter Erskine – As It Is
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard more of the dripping impressionism and quiet drama that typified Erskine's work for ECM
JJ 07/96: John Scofield – Groove Elation
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert said it was good to have Scofield back in groove mode, albeit minus the harmonic spice of earlier years
JJ 07/96: John McLaughlin – The Promise
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert enjoyed a stylistically comprehensive record in which the reinvented guitarist sounded as if he'd been ’shedding Scofield-style polytonality
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JJ 07/96: Michael Gibbs Orchestra – Big Music
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert welcomed the reissue of Mike Gibbs' vibrant amalgam of big-band, funk and subtle dissonance
JJ 07/96: Wayne Krantz – 2 Drink Minimum
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert reviewed the live sequel to guitarist Krantz's groundbreaking 1993 album Long To Be Loose
JJ 07/96: Jack DeJohnette – Dancing With Nature Spirits
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert found most of the drummer's new trio record admirably spiritual if rather long-winded
JJ 07/86: NYJO – Concrete Cows
Forty years ago, an unnamed reviewer (perhaps David Badham) was impressed by Fayyaz Virji and the 14-year-old Nigel Hitchcock
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