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JJ 01/71: Duke Ellington – My People
This slight piece of Ellinqtonia was first issued on Stateside SL 10073, and reviewed by our Editor in May, 1964. The music was written...
JJ 01/71: Sun Ra at Seymour Hall, London
Featured attraction of a concert at Seymour Hall in November was the band led by musician, philosopher and poet Sun Ra. An article on...
JJ 01/71: The Youth Jazz Orchestra at the Cockpit, London
The best thing about this November session at the Cockpit, the ILEA Arts Centre in Marylebone, was that there was no need at all...
JJ 01/71: Hard Times
At one period The Times, that liberal pillar of British society, became unstuffy enough to allow fairly regular, erudite albeit brief reports of jazz...
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JJ 01/61: In My Opinion – Humphrey Lyttelton
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 01/61: Ornette Coleman – Change Of The Century
Bandleader Pee Wee Crayton once hired Ornette Coleman and then wound up paying him not to play. On another occasion infuriated dancers in a...
JJ 01/61: Thelonious Monk – At Town Hall
After listening to the Ornette Coleman disc reviewed above this sounds like a slice of traditionalism! But Monk can get far out, too, and...
JJ 01/61: Paul Desmond – & Friends
Paul Desmond is fortunate in his association with Dave Brubeck: not only does his poll-winning bring him (indirectly) financial gain, but the mediocrity of...
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JJ 12/90: Kenny Wheeler – The Widow In The Window
While Kenny Wheeler may not be about to abandon his characteristic blend of taut abstraction and melancholy lyricism, this new recording (his first for...
JJ 12/90: National Youth Jazz Orchestra – Big Band Christmas
The last jazz record for Christmas I heard was by the World's Greatest Jazz Band, who treated the material in a fairly straightforward manner...
JJ 12/90: Jan Garbarek – I Took Up The Runes
Augmenting his regular quartet to both colouristic and rhythmic effect, Garbarek has produced an album of striking quality. Compositionally, it is one of his...
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