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Jazz Journal
Enter Enea Festival 2025, Poland
Strzeszynek in Poland - with its lake shore, pine forests and summer tranquility – proved to be the perfect backdrop for the 15th edition of...
JJ 07/95: Martin Speake – In Our Time
Thirty years ago, Simon Adams welcomed saxophonist Speake's contribution to the first batch of records from bassist Danny Thompson's new label
New releases June-July 2025, U-Z
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in May-June 2025, including Various: Ritmo Italiano, Muddy Waters, WDR Big Band, Web Web and John Yao // Editor's pick: Muddy Waters
JJ 07/95: Chris Potter – Pure
Thirty years ago, Barry McRae sensed that the now acclaimed and ubiquitous tenor player Chris Potter was already going places
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JJ 07/85: Michel Petrucciani – Live At The Village Vanguard
Forty years ago, having panned the pianist's previous Concord, Richard Palmer remained unimpressed by the new one, finding it an undirected mess
New releases June-July 2025, S-T
Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in May-June 2025, including Santa Cruz, Shane Sato, Eric Siereveld, Deborah Silver and Alex Sipiagin // Editor's pick: Eric Siereveld
JJ 07/85: Miles Davis – You’re Under Arrest
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert found that Miles Davis and band, improvising stoutly on contemporary pop tunes, had contradicted the leader's tenet that jazz was dead
JJ 07/85: Loose Tubes, Ronnie Scott’s, London
Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert was impressed by a reinvention of the big band that juxtaposed swing, funk, reggae, free playing and textural impressionism
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JJ 07/75: Mike Westbrook – Citadel/Room 315
Fifty years ago, Barry McRae hailed the excellent soloists and exciting writing in a session that would help erase the memory of Solid Gold Cadillac
New releases June-July 2025, P-R
Paris, Pietro: Folk Traffic
They say : Folk Traffic is a musical ensemble exploring the intersection of improvisation and composition, blending formal structures with dynamic sonic dialogue....
JJ 07/75: Norma Winstone, interviewed by Stan Woolley
Fifty years ago, the British singer talked of influences or lack of, the ignorance of jazz critics, the shrinking London jazz scene and the avant-garde/standards divide
New releases June-July 2025, L-O
Records offered to Jazz Journal for review in May-June 2025, including Lophae, Madre Vaca, Mark Masters & Billy Harper, Eric McPherson and Greg Murphy // Editor's pick: Mark Masters
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