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JJ 05/66: Dick Morrissey – Storm Warning
Sixty years ago, after noting that many British groups start with a handicap, Michael Shera thoroughly recommended Dick Morrissey's new album
JJ 05/66: Jacques Loussier – Play Bach Aux Champs-Élysées
Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles noted that Loussier outclassed other jazzers of the classics because he had obvious and detailed understanding of Bach's scores
JJ 05/66: Alexis Korner Blues Inc. – Sky High
Sixty years ago, David Illingworth found Korner's latest not bad despite the forced vocals and 'white' sounding harmonica from Duffy Power
JJ 05/66: The Jazz Couriers – In Concert
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce welcomed a recording of a British band that he remembered - in a double bill with Brubeck - 'carved the Americans'
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JJ 05/66: Joe Harriott / John Mayer – Indo-Jazz Suite
Sixty years ago, Michael Shera rated Harriot-Meyers' fusion of jazz and 'probably the most rhythmically complex' music in the world an unqualified success
JJ 05/66: Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill thought Hancock's Dolphin Dance showed he could write spritely as well as sad music
JJ 05/66: Woody Guthrie – Bed On The Floor
David Illingworth’s 1966 review of Woody Guthrie serves as reminder of how far back the conflation of jazz with pop, protest and folk music goes, even in JJ. The same issue contained reviews of Ewan MacColl and Pete Seeger
JJ 05/66: Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool
Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner welcomed the reissue of an actually original, even groundbreaking jazz recording, notable for its blend of intricate and novel arrangements and top-level soloing
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JJ 05/66: In My Opinion – Grover Mitchell
Sixty years ago, Basie trombonist Grover Mitchell loved almost everything - including Lunceford, Ellington and Hines - but stopped at avant-garde players who tried to score with tension, forgetting relaxation
New Orleans fest navigates the compromise between pop and jazz
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, increasingly looks like a major rock and pop festival, with a series...
New releases April-May 2026, S-Y
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in March-April 2026, including Christopher Sanchez, Jeremy Sassoon, Jimmy Scott, Matthew Stevens, and WDR Big Band & Bob Mintzer // Editor's pick: Christopher Sanchez
New releases April-May 2026, P-R
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in March-April 2026, including John Pachnos, Peter Furlan, Phoenix Trio, Raimonds Pauls and Ron Reider // Editor's pick: Peter Furlan
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