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Jazz Journal
JJ 02/82: Bob Wilber’s Bechet Legacy at Oldham and Blackpool
Sidney Bechet's compositions have usually been regarded as the work of a jazz musician who did a bit of occasional writing on the side....
JJ 02/72: The Buddy Rich Experience
The record company decided to give the lunch party at Ronnie Scott's; on every table ham and chicken salad, four half bottles of wine,...
JJ 02/72: The Newport All Stars
It's not easy to be a successful ex-prodigy. In wider musics than jazz, many a boy (or girl; pace, Greer) wonder has spent near-lifetimes...
JJ 02/62: Dave Brubeck – Time Further Out
I'm not sure what Dave Brubeck hopes to gain from his experimentation with time signatures. Is he setting out to blind us with technical...
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JJ 02/62: William ‘Diz’ Disley – In My Opinion
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 02/62: The Book Of Jazz
Years ago jazz tomes always brought us up the river from New Orleans, but the passage of time decays even the most venerable traditions...
Jan Sturiale releases new record, In The Life
Guitarist Jan Sturiale was attracted to the instrument at any early age and his exposure to a variety of styles has led him to...
JJ 01/92: Greg Osby – Man-Talk For Moderns Volume X
Along with Gary Thomas, Greg Osby is one of the more interesting figures associated with Brooklyn's M-Base collective. Soul music is at the root...
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JJ 01/92: Pat Martino – The Return
Jazz guitar fanciers who recall Pat Martino's astonishing improvisation on Impressions a few years back will welcome the news that he is back on...
JJ 01/92: Jan Garbarek – Photo With . . .
This session comes forward again as a result of the steady digitalisation of the ECM catalogue. Thirteen years have wrought few significant changes in...
JJ 01/82: Miles Davis – The Man With The Horn
The first solid news of Miles' return to the scene was brought by singer Betty Carter earlier this year. But she bemoaned the fact...
JJ 01/82: Cecil Taylor Unit at the Roundhouse, London
To the ear trained exclusively in traditional harmony, Taylor's music might seem chaotic and confusing; it is unashamedly atonal and metrically uninhibited, frequently brash...
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