Jazz Journal
JJ 08/64: Cyril Davies And His Rhythm And Blues All Stars – The Sound Of Cyril Davies
Sixty years ago Gina Wright thought this EP, not representing Davies' best blues harp work, was aimed more at the pop than jazz market
JJ 08/64: In My Opinion – Johnny Hodges
Sixty years ago the Ellington alto man loved Bechet and Armstrong and thought Freddie Hubbard a trad-modern middle man
Jazz in De-Lovely Dorking
At the Watermill jazz club, Graham Thomas saw the Joe Farnsworth & Sarah Hanahan Quartet and Anaïs Reno with the Pete Malinverni Trio
JJ 07/94: Andy Sheppard – Rhythm Method & Delivery Suite
Thirty years ago Derek Ansell found that Sheppard's effective sax playing compensated for the rhythmic monotony of the material
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JJ 07/94: Jessica Williams Trio – In The Pocket
Thirty years ago Pat Hawes marvelled at the ambitious playing of the former house pianist at San Francisco's Keystone Korner club
JJ 07/84: Jaco Pastorius – Invitation
Forty years ago Simon Adams heard intelligence without cliché in Pastorius's solos, but found his big-band arrangements surprisingly routine
JJ 07/84: Carla Bley – Heavy Heart
Forty years ago Simon Adams was disappointed by a fusion-style set from Bley featuring Steve Slagle, Hiram Bullock and Kenny Kirkland
07/74: George Barnes 2nd Quartet – Swing, Guitars
Fifty years ago Sinclair Traill hailed a swinging set featuring Dick Hyman and Hank Jones that would apparently disappoint no one
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JJ 07/74: Dollar Brand – Ancient Africa & African Space Program
Fifty years ago Mike Shera was impressed by the recording quality of one of two albums by the South African pianist, but that was about it
JJ 07/64: Sheila Jordan – Portrait Of Sheila
Sixty years ago Steve Voce welcomed Jordan's vocals as a spectacular relief from Blue Note's bloody-minded tenorists and noisy organ-players
JJ 07/64: The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Sixty years ago, after seeing the Brubeck quartet live in England, someone, perhaps Sinclair Traill, reckoned his group didn't play jazz
JJ 07/64: Jimmy Witherspoon at Ronnie Scott’s
Sixty years ago, when US jazzmen seemed to be in every pub, Sinclair Traill saw Spoon's vivid big-city blues accompanied by the Scott quartet
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