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JJ 11/91: Jimmy Giuffre – Liquid Dancers
Giuffre has led this semi-electric quartet since the early eighties and although its instrumentation and the idiom in which Giuffre now operates are signally...
JJ 11/91: Andy Hamilton – Silvershine
Andy here makes his recording debut at the ripe old age of 73 and somebody should get him back in there very soon as...
JJ 11/81: Bennie Wallace – The Freewill
This is Wallace's third Enja album, the others being 'Fourteen Bar Blues' (3029) and Live At The Public Theatre' (3045). (Fuller information on Bennie...
JJ 11/81: Arthur Blythe at the 100 Club, London
For its visit to London, Arthur Blythe's brilliant quintet became a quartet, due to the indisposition of cellist Abdul Wadud. Having recently heard the...
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JJ 11/81: Archie Shepp – Looking At Bird
Archie Shepp is a brave man. He is totally exposed musically for most of the 41 minutes of this album, with only a bassist...
JJ 11/71: National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Any critic worthy of the name would I think bend over backwards to encourage such a worthy project as this Youth Orchestra - for...
JJ 11/71: Charles Lloyd – The Flowering
When I first heard Lloyd in this country with Cannonball Adderley in 1964, I thought a considerable talent was about to appear on the...
JJ 11/71: Michael Gibbs – Tanglewood 63
This is flawed music. At those moments when the fusion works, a beauty of both depth and proportion results. But Gibbs, as many of...
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JJ 11/61: Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
Pianists are more open to criticism than most jazz soloists, and I consider that Thelonious has, in his time, had his full share, ranging...
JJ 11/61: Muddy Waters – At Newport
I was present when this record was made and remember very clearly just how Muddy roused the audience that sunny afternoon from a depressed...
JJ 11/61: Ornette Coleman – This Is Our Music
When I saw that the liner note for this album had been written by Coleman himself, I expected to be enlightened by it. However,...
JJ 11/61: In My Opinion – Harry Douglas
This is one of a series of taped interviews with musicians, who are asked to give a snap opinion on a set of records...
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