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JJ 05/92: Allan Holdsworth – the reluctant guitarist in conversation with Mark Gilbert
Since he came on to the London scene in the early seventies, Allan Holdsworth has joined the small band of electric guitarists - among...
JJ 05/92: David Murray – Shakill’s Warrior / David Murray Big Band
The Murray river continues to pour forth an ever increasing torrent of fine records, with new quartet, quintet (reviewed elsewhere in JJI) and big...
JJ 05/82: Oscar Alemán – swing guitarist /2
In 1940, because he "didn't get along well with the Germans", as he said, Alemán was repatriated with the help of the Argentinian embassy....
JJ 05/82: Jan Garbarek – Eventyr
In conceptual terms, there is little here that this undeniably talented saxophonist has not expounded on previous, better efforts ('Dis', 'Places'), and the presence...
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JJ 05/82: Dexter Gordon & Johnny Griffin Quintet in London
The combination of two of the hardest-blowing tenorists in the business, backed up to the hilt by a constantly stimulating, beautifully integrated rhythm section...
JJ 05/72: Stan Kenton – Stan Kenton Today
I doubt if I was the only one in Croydon's Fairfield Hall on Thursday, February 10 this year who felt proud to hear the...
JJ 05/72: Norma Winstone – Edge Of Time
It's hard to imagine anyone else singing with the school of musicians represented on this record. Norma Winstone seems to have copyrighted her role,...
JJ 05/62: Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
When I first played this disc there were moments when I thought the top of my head was corning off. It is certainly the...
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JJ 05/62: In My Opinion – Tommy Flanagan
This is one of a series of taped interviews with musicians, who are asked to give a snap opinion on a set of records...
JJ 05/62: The Return Of Sonny Rollins
It is highly unusual - especially in a society where financial success often appears to be the supreme achievement - for a young artist...
JJ 05/62: Louis Armstrong preview
Although our country has never had and probably never will have a jazz musician of the stature of Louis Daniel Armstrong, it is to...
Colin Maier, Charles Cozens: Joy Ride
With a surely groundbreaking lineup of oboe and accordion, both played with impressive confidence and skill, Canadian entertainers Maier and Cozens have used their...
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