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Jazz Journal
JJ 08/93: Ginger Baker – Unseen Rain
Thirty years ago, Stan Woolley admired the drummer's virtuosity and liked his Indo-Jazz fusion piece but sought more variety
JJ 08/93: Cassandra Wilson – After The Beginning Again
Thirty years ago, Simon Adams enjoyed hearing the innovative M-Base singer in a band featuring James Weidman and Kevin Bruce Harris
JJ 08/83: John Scofield – a survey
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert interviewed the guitarist, then still a relative newcomer, when he played London with the Miles Davis band
JJ 08/83: Miroslav Vitous – Journey’s End
Forty years ago, Simon Adams recognised the bassist as a master of musical exploration but thought sideman John Surman went even further
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JJ 08/83: Betty Carter – Whatever Happened To Love?
Forty years ago, Derrick Stewart-Baxter praised Carter's ability to transform trite pop songs into minor masterpieces
JJ 08/73: Soft Machine – Six
Fifty years ago, Charles Le Vay reviewed the English fusioneers who were 'disowned by jazzers and rocksters alike'
JJ 08/73: Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire
Fifty years ago, Charles Le Vay reckoned that with Birds Of Fire McLaughlin captured his spiritual being in music as never before
JJ 08/73: Chick Corea & Gary Burton – Crystal Silence
Fifty years ago, Charles Le Vay found the well-known piano and vibes duet a disappointing bed-time album of little depth
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JJ 08/63: Roland Kirk – We Free Kings
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill said disregard any thought of gimmickry and observed that 'the jazz simply pours out of this man'
JJ 08/63: Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard
Sixty years ago, Jeremy French, hearing John Gilmore, thought there might be some advantage in the new 'freak-blowing saxophone technique'
JJ 08/63: Tubby Hayes – Return Visit!
Sixty years ago, the British tenorist proved himself amongst leading Americans, one of whom had thought he was a rock ’n' roll singer
JJ 08/63: In My Opinion – Denis Preston
Sixty years ago, Denis Preston was lukewarm about Ellington and Basie and scathing about Oscar Peterson but thought Eddie Jefferson wonderful
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