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JJ 12/60: Earl Hines – Earl’s Pearls
Readers who know the value of a good thing will keep their back numbers of this Journal, and thus can save themselves further reading....
JJ 12/60: Ray Charles, interviewed
The opening notes of the boogie floated from the musty cafe, filtering across the yard to the dark little boy playing in the hot...
JJ 12/60: John Coltrane – Giant Steps
If, following the strange quirks of fashion, New Yorkers now reject John Coltrane as an "old Traddy", it is their fault, not Coltrane's. There...
JJ 11/90: Steve Lacy – interviewed
'Back in the fifties I started with New Orleans, Chicago style, Kansas City and New York. The whole history of jazz I went through...
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JJ 11/90: You Just Fight For Your Life – The Story of Lester Young
Despite Lester Young's deserved place in any listing of jazz greats, he was, for many years, ill served by a lack of biographical coverage....
JJ 11/90: The Brecker Brothers – Collection/Volume One
Not before time, the reissue bandwagon has trundled forward into the 1970s, and one of the welcome results is the first of a two-volume...
JJ 11/90: Coxhill, Haslam, Riley, Rutherford: The Holywell Concert
The above is a collective personnel and, in fact, there are solos from Rutherford and Coxhill and duets, with piano, for each of the...
JJ 11/90: Bob Berg: In The Shadows / New Birth
With Miles, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and others, Bob Berg was one of the most striking of post-Coltrane soloists, but this third...
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JJ 11/90: Jack DeJohnette – Parallel Realities
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this cheerful set is the absence of Dave Holland. Although he toured with the trio this summer, all...
JJ 11/90: The Jimmy Giuffre Trio – Princess
Given the paucity of Jimmy Giuffre recordings, this new release of previously unissued material is more than welcome, despite its limited playing time. The...
JJ 11/70: The Harry James Band at RFH
At last Harry James has appeared in England, bringing with him a fine swinging young band, and still blowing that hot potent horn of...
JJ 11/70: British Jazzmen No. 5 – Jon Hiseman
The days when drummers were the people in the background who just kept time are way past. With men like Art Blakey, the percussionist...
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