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JJ 03/76: National Youth Jazz Orchestra – Eleven Plus Live At LWT
Fifty years ago, Alun Morgan marvelled at the power, accuracy and solo power (take a bow, Phil Todd) of an 'astonishingly good' big band then in receipt of no public funding
JJ 03/76: Dick Wellstood at the Seven Dials
Fifty years ago Miles Kington hailed a proponent of a piano style that 'probably led to the finest flowering of solo improvising since Beethoven'
JJ 03/76: Amalgam – Innovation
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae enjoyed John Stevens playing around the beat and Trevor Watts ranging from blistering scalar flurries to gentle thematic variations
JJ 03/66: Ravi Shankar – Portrait Of A Genius
Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner acknowledged the raga's stylistic connection with jazz but concurred with Gerald Lascelles that its monotony was hard to overcome
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JJ 03/66: Roland Kirk – Rip, Rig And Panic
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce liked the vitality and creativity of Kirk's straightforward numbers but not the tape and computer gimmickry used elsewhere
JJ 03/66: The New Wave In Jazz
Sixty years ago, Graham Boatfield tolerated Coltrane, Grachan Moncur and Bobby Hutcherson as they'd proved themselves on changes but baulked at Ayler and Shepp
JJ 03/66: In My Opinion – Earl Hines
Sixty years ago, as he checked out Jay McShann, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum and others, the swing-piano master pondered on modern jazz and feeling and took issue with music-biz labelling
New releases February-March 2026, W-Z
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in January-February 2026, including Mal Waldron, Emmanuel Wilkins, Buster Williams, Steve Wilson and Alex Wintz // Editor's pick: Buster Williams
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New releases February-March 2026, T-V
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in January-February 2026, including Taupe, Henri Texier, Mark Turner, McCoy Tyner and Various: Cuba Cha Cha Chá // Editor's pick: Taupe
New releases February-March 2026, N-S
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in January-February 2026, including NYYS Jazz, People In Orbit, Michel Petrucciani, Soft Machine and Louis Stewart // Editor's pick: People In Orbit
New releases February-March 2026, L-M
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in January-February 2026, including Noa Levy & Paul Edis, Mark Lockheart, Laura J Marras, Jake Mason and Brian Molley // Editor's pick: Noa Levy & Paul Edis
New releases February-March 2026, H-K
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in January-February 2026, including Roy Hargrove, Jon Henriksson, Hannah Horton, Sarah L King and Jason Kruk // Editor's pick: Jon Henriksson
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