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JJ 07/65: In My Opinion – Ben Webster
Sixty years ago, the renowned saxophonist reflected on music from Fats Waller, Willie The Lion Smith, James P. Johnson, Earl Hines, Art Tatum and more
JJ 06/95: Findings – My Experience With The Soprano Saxophone
Thirty years ago, Lol Coxhill welcomed the first substantial writing on Steve Lacy's saxophone style and technique - done by the man himself
JJ 06/95: The Brecker Brothers
Thirty years ago, the brothers talked to Mark Gilbert about Horace Silver, their writing style, the genius of Coltrane and staying fit and teetotal
JJ 06/95: Nicholas Payton – From This Moment
Being so pervasive, imitation today hardly registers as such, but 30 years ago Derek Ansell could quite plausibly refer to Payton as a highly skilled but derivative player
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JJ 06/85: David Torn, Geoffrey Gordon – Best Laid Plans
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert noted the variety of mood - ranging from the eerily impressionistic to the pugilistic and atonal - produced by Torn and Gordon's guitar and percussion setup
JJ 06/85: Cedar Walton at Ronnie Scott’s club, London
Forty years ago, Mike Hennessey marvelled at pianist Walton's flair for writing compelling hooks and pursuing neat little phrases through the changes
JJ 06/85: Pat Metheny at Hammersmith Odeon, London
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert enjoyed a passage of downhome bluesy swing in a set that otherwise often suggested film scoring might be Metheny and Lyle Mays' true vocation
JJ 06/75: Eleven Improvisors, Wigmore Hall, London
Fifty years ago, seeing Steve Beresford, Terry Day, Peter Cusack, John Russell et al in concert, Peter Riley gave a rather lucid exposition of the nature, function and challenges - for player and listener - of free improvisation
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JJ 06/75: Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow
Fifty years ago, Mark Gardner heard in trumpeter Byrd's incorporation of funk and rock not the advent of a new jazz suggested by the title but a shallow pursuit of fashion
JJ 06/75: George Duke – Feel
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae dismissed one of the masters of modern jazz keyboard and arrangement in very few words, declining to hear in his latest record more than high-quality disco music
JJ 06/65: Friedrich Gulda – From Vienna With Jazz
Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles regretted that Gulda's treatment of great operas was issued under the guise of jazz, despite the presence of such as Mel Lewis, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar and Tubby Hayes
JJ 06/65: Michael Garrick – October Woman
Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner was relieved to find no poetry in Garrick's latest excursion but still was troubled by Coleridge Goode's bowing and humming and Shake Keane and Joe Harriot's free forming
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