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JJ 06/86: Delaunay’s Dilemma – De La Peinture Au Jazz
Forty years ago, Mike Hennessey enjoyed the memoirs of the pioneering French jazz advocate and record producer Charles Delaunay
JJ 06/86: New Age Landscape Series – John Themis, Tom Newman, Tim Cross, Dashiell Rae
Forty years ago, New Age music arrived and was conflated by some with jazz. Michael Tucker looked for the connection
JJ 06/76: Cleo Laine – Born On A Friday
Fifty years ago, Burnett James said he couldn't complain too much about the strings or the pop rhythms given the excellent musicianship on show
JJ 06/76: Mark Murphy – Mark Murphy
Fifty years ago, Steve Voce was pleased to see Mark Murphy - in a session with the Breckers and Sanborn - adapting to changing styles
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JJ 06/76: Anthony Braxton – In The Tradition, Volume 2
Fifty years ago, Chris Sheridan heard Braxton on Donna Lee sounding like an angry bee trapped in a galvanised drainpipe but elsewhere effective
JJ 06/76: Carlo Krahmer, Esquire
British jazz lost one of its most ardent and active supporters on April 20, 1976 when Carlo Krahmer died at his London home. He...
JJ 06/66: Anthony Williams Quintet – Spring
Sixty years ago, Barry McRae said the writing on this 'faintly disappointing' record should have been left to Wayne Shorter
JJ 06/66: The Jazz Crusaders – The Thing
Sixty years ago, David Illingworth wished the Crusaders would forget the funk bit for a while
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JJ 06/66: Elaine Delmar – Sings Wilder
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill noted that not all the songs here were gay and that the lovely-voiced Elaine Delmar did best on the melancholy ones
JJ 06/66: The Ornette Coleman Trio – At The ‘Golden Circle’, Stockholm, Vol 2
Sixty years ago, Barry McRae said the quality of the alto-sax sections of this album made up for the violin and trumpet work on Snowflakes
JJ 06/66: Dollar Brand – Anatomy Of A South African Village
Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles said Brand's search for sound and harmony in Honey was 'almost Wagnerian in its logical extent'
Reviewed: Duchess | Luis Tovar | Justin Chart
Duchess: A Marvelous Party. Review by Emma Forestier
In the landscape of contemporary vocal jazz, Duchess occupies a place of its own. Bringing together New York-based singers...
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