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Jazz Journal
JJ 07/63: Ahmad Jamal – At The Blackhawk
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill found the renowned pianist almost invigorating, like Erroll Garner with the sinews drawn
Junior Cook: quintessential NYC hard-bop tenor
Courtney Nero outlines the trajectory of the Pensacola-born saxophonist, from R&B roadman to Mobley-inspired hard-bop luminary, forged in NYC
JJ 06/93: John Scofield Quartet – What We Do
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard the guitarist mixing bebop, blues, Ornette-styled writing and a wide, if ironic embrace of American pop
JJ 06/93: Tete Montoliu – The Music I Like To Play, Volume Four
Thirty years ago, Graham Colombé found any passion in the Catalan pianist's music obscured by hyperactivity
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JJ 06/83: Miles Davis at Hammersmith Odeon
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert saw the Stern, Scofield, Evans lineup play a varied set in which the leader seemed to tune in to E.T.
JJ 06/83: Dave Green – Fingers Remember Mingus
Forty years ago, Chris Sheridan thought Dave Green's Mingus tribute with Bruce Turner and Lol Coxhill an uncommonly fine session
JJ 06/83: Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Barbican
Forty years ago, Richard Palmer found himself out of step with the rapturous reception afforded the pianist's London concert
JJ 06/73: Dollar Brand – This Is Dollar Brand / African Piano
Fifty years ago, Martin Davidson thought the pianist's range, while limited, was wide enough to produce one masterpiece
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JJ 06/73: Paul Bley Quintet – Barrage / Open, To Love
Fifty years ago, Martin Davidson heard the pianist in post-Ornette mode and wandering aimlessly through his composer-wives' tunes
JJ 06/73: Pop Music & The Blues
Fifty years ago, Ron Brown disagreed that teen-boom pop (e.g., Elvis) could be separated from older styles of popular music (e.g., Sinatra)
JJ 06/73: George Melly at the Torrington
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae couldn't resist joining the audience at the Torrington in stomping and chuckling at Melly's ribaldry
JJ 06/73: Mike Gibbs at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Fifty years ago Gibbs' music led Charles Le Vay to imagine a fast motorway drive with a lovely lady waiting at the other end
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