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Jazz Journal
JJ 02/80: John McLaughlin and Friends at The Rainbow
Well, well, well. So the age of the instrumental superstar is not quite over, as the cobbled up one off band of John McLaughlin,...
JJ 02/70: Dread, White and Blue?
As many a fine musician in this country has found to his cost, there has until quite recently been a prejudice against British jazz...
JJ 02/70: Don Ellis – The Don Ellis Band Goes Underground
While one could wholeheartedly recommend this album to those who enjoy progressive rock, it is difficult to know whether readers of this magazine will...
JJ 02/70: Alex Harvey – Roman Wall Blues
This is a record on which vocal eccentricity seems to have replaced feeling. Mr. Harvey's singing is in fact the LP's main fault; the...
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JJ 02/60: In My Opinion – Chris Barber
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 02/60: John Coltrane – With The Red Garland Trio
Of the group of younger tenor players who have made their way in New York jazz, Sonny Rollins has been a leader and the...
JJ 02/60: Tony Crombie: Man From Interpol
I have never advocated the release of music written specifically for films. It is too often fragmentary, as in this case, and when divorced...
Kyla Brox duo, The Hawth, Crawley
This gig, a debut for Kyla Brox and her guitarist husband Danny Blomeley, was a long one in the making and worth the wait....
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Martin Speake International Quartet, Dorking
During the interval, in the comfortable, lively clubhouse bar and restaurant, US piano genius Ethan Iverson told me he was looking forward to the...
Obituary: Laurie Morgan
“The times I played solely bebop, it was my sole way of starving”. So philosophised Laurie Morgan, drummer and herald of modern jazz, who passed...
JJ 01/90: Steps Ahead – N.Y.C.
If memory serves, this group was sold as the 'new' Steps Ahead when it visited Britain last year. The newness subsists mainly in the...
JJ 01/90: Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra – Live At Sweet Basil
Mark Gilbert reviewed this set when it appeared as a double album two years ago (JJ, July 1987). I reviewed the first volume in...
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