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Jazz Journal
JJ 02/83: Larry Carlton – Sleepwalk
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert looked in vain on Carlton's latest album for the exceptional playing he brought to Steely Dan and the Crusaders
JJ 02/83: Arild Andersen – A Molde Concert
Forty years ago Barry McRae welcomed the tracks in which improvisation - content - rescued the bassist's session from atmospheric gesturing
JJ 02/73: Ian Carr – Belladonna
Fifty years ago Steve Voce thought that aside from the irritating wafts of the Miles Davis style the trumpeter's latest was a great success
JJ 02/73: The Jazz Journal Interview – Ian Carr talks to Tony Hopkins
Fifty years ago the trumpeter spoke of British jazz apathy and ignorance, pathetic techniques in pop and the modal basis of Nucleus
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JJ 02/63: George Russell Sextet – Ezz-Thetics
Sixty years ago Graham Boatfield felt Russell represented the brainy side of a pincer attack on the establishment, Coleman the unschooled
JJ 02/63: Eric Dolphy – At The Five Spot
Sixty years ago Mark Gardner was baffled by Dolphy's lines, opining that his 'shapeless ramblings will be dismissed by all but the ultra-hip'
JJ 02/63: Montmartre Mainstream
Sixty years ago Peter Vacher got a picture of the American mainstream presence on the Paris jazz scene via Jack Butler and Benny Waters
JJ 02/63: Mose Allison – Ramblin’ With Mose
Sixty years ago Gerald Lascelles thought Allison 'the displaced person among jazz pianists' but one delivering forceful, intriguing music
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JJ 02/63: In My Opinion – Alan Clare
Sixty years ago pianist Clare thought 'too many of those modern sounds are like the end of the world was in sight' but loved Ellington et al
JJ 01/93: John Scofield – Grace Under Pressure
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert found that a faintly rustic charm had replaced the urban crunch of the guitarist's 80s work
JJ 01/93: Courtney Pine – To The Eyes Of Creation
Thirty years ago, Ron Salmon thought the reedman's latest flawed but successful in lifting spirits and in parts rather beautiful
JJ 01/83: Jimmy Giuffre at Leeds Playhouse
Forty years ago, Bob Charlesworth saw an intriguing, varied performance by the veteran clarinet, saxophone and flute modernist
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