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JJ 01/91: Don Grolnick – Weaver Of Dreams
Although the received wisdom has it that Don Grolnick is an unprincipled exponent of the funky fusions, he demonstrates on this record an 'integrity'...
JJ 01/91: Tomorrow Is Now
Change The Guard*One regret that continually emerges in jazz society discussions is that the JATP circus should have come to an end and also,...
JJ 01/91: Pinski Zoo – East Rail East
Pinski Zoo have already had some very good critical reactions to this release. In part, I share the enthusiasm of those who welcome a...
JJ 01/91: Paul Motian – On Broadway, Vol. 2
There are implications here which I cannot fully grasp. What is the significance of Charlie Haden, 30 years after supporting Ornette's revolution, turning up...
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JJ 01/91: Rhythms Of The World
Like the BBC2 TV series from which it has spun off, this book does little to fulfil the brief of its title. I suspect...
JJ 01/91: Maynard Ferguson – Big Bop Nouveau
I've only one complaint about this album - it's not long enough. If you like an exciting big band then this is for you...
JJ 01/81: It don’t mean a thing…
Forty years ago, on a jazz pilgrimage to California, Steve Voce observed that the demands of the Hollywood studios meant there were no mediocre musicians on the West Coast. First published in Jazz Journal January 1981
JJ 01/81: Duke Ellington – Tchaikovsky/Grieg
My detestation of these performances for twenty years does not arise from an exaggerated reverence for the classics. The works are minor ones and...
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JJ 01/81: Stan Tracey Quartet in Rio de Janeiro, 1/11/80
For the first time an English jazz group was to play in Brazil; and although an hour before the scheduled start it rained furiously,...
JJ 01/81: Chico Freeman Quartet & James ‘Blood’ Ulmer Quartet
On Friday Chico Freeman confirmed further growth in a long set, which though comprising only six performances, was crammed with incident.
To open with ten...
JJ 01/71: Elvin Jones – an interview
Fifty years ago the eminent drummer talked to Michael Shera about recording, pop-jazz, his current quartet and his hero, Kenny Clarke. First published in Jazz Journal January 1971
JJ 01/71: British Jazzmen, No. 6 – John Surman
It is one of the paradoxes of today's music that the more advanced or 'far out' styles are not necessarily more difficult to listen...
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