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JJ 06/61: In My Opinion – Kenny Graham
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 05/91: Talking to . . . Guy Lafitte
To this day Guy Lafitte still speaks with the rich, dark accents of France's southwest, of which perhaps the nearest British equivalent is the...
JJ 05/81: Lee Konitz talks to Al Levitt
Drummer Al Levitt first met Lee Konitz in 1950, when they both worked with Lennie Tristano. Subsequently they were together with Charlie Mingus on...
JJ 05/91: Jaco Pastorius – Live In New York City, Volume 1 / PDB
Jaco's discoveries have become a commonplace, his innovations standard elements in the electric bass vocabulary, but any new evidence of his genius is valuable....
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JJ 05/91: Randy Brecker – Toe To Toe
Like others of his generation, Randy Brecker has done his share of hard bop reminiscing (eg the 1986 In The Idiom and the 1988...
JJ 05/91: Jan Garbarek Quartet – Afric Pepperbird
I remember Barry McRae finding this release 'surprisingly good' in his September 1971 JJ overview of some of the first ECM issues, and 20...
JJ 05/91: Sidsel Endresen – So I Write
More ECM angst, this time with the bizarre ingredient of the usually jolly Django Bates trying to confront the overwhelming melancholia of vocalist and...
JJ 05/81: Billy Bang – Distinction Without A Difference
Developing further upon Leroy Jenkins's conceptual advancements, Billy Bang has produced here a very impressive album. His style is far removed from the familiar...
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JJ 05/81: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers + Joe Lee Wilson at Camden Jazz Week
Blakey's bands are his lifetime roadshow. While he remains steadfast at their centre, a stream of talented sidemen comes and goes, most moving on...
JJ 05/71: Berger, Holland, Martin, McLaughlin, Surman – Where Fortune Smiles
This is an uncompromising jazz record, with a two-man rhythm section that really cooks. I have never heard Holland play with such authority and...
JJ 05/81: John Etheridge & Ric Sanders + Ron Carter Quartet at Camden Jazz Week
On Tuesday there were more string players on stage than in a Palm Court Orchestra - not a horn player in sight. On paper...
JJ 05/71 Ornette Coleman – The Art Of The Improvisers
This is a magnificent record, made by one of the few truly great jazzmen at the height of his powers. The Atlantics, as they...
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