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Jazz Journal
JJ 09/89: John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson, Peter Erskine
In the June ’89 edition of France's Jazz Hot, Abercrombie spoke of his desire to achieve here a democratic balance comparable to that achieved...
JJ 09/79: Bracknell festival 1979 reviewed
This was not one of the strongest Bracknell Festivals. There was plenty of overseas interest but, at the end of the day, much of...
JJ 09/79: Gil Evans – At The Royal Festival Hall London 1978
Gil Evans' audience in London was, it seems, a good deal more fortunate than in Manchester (comparing this record with my memory of the...
Seeking Le Jazz Hot
I have a friend who has been desperately searching for a copy of Le Jazz Hot, a BBC 2 programme that went out in...
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JJ 09/69: Ella Fitzgerald – Sunshine Of Your Love
Wise old impresario Norman Granz edited patter and applause from a superior club date and the result is a well-recorded, relaxed, exciting set of...
JJ 09/69: Editorial – over the moon
Like so many millions of others last July we sat glued, goggle eyed, glazing at the wonderment of the Americans landing those men on...
JJ 09/59: In My Opinion – Bruce Turner
'There is nothing more ridiculous about modern jazz than this air of discovery; in actual fact they have only discovered something that was found by Lizst...
JJ 09/59: Benny Green – Is Jazz an Art-form?
For every word of good sense that has been written about jazz there are half a dozen pages of flapdoodle, rich, imbecilic stuff that...
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JJ 09/59: Miles Davis – Porgy And Bess
Before sitting down to write this review I have been playing this record for the sixth time - and it moves me more each...
Lynne Arriale Trio plays Soho Pizza Express
US pianist Lynne Arriale, noted in the Guardian as “one of the most exciting pianists in contemporary jazz”, brings her trio with E.J. Strickland (d) and...
Cambridge University Jazz Club?
I was a regular reader of the print version of JJ (later JJI) but since moving to Australia 22 years ago I have rather...
The George Khan Quartet: London improvising veteran back on stage
The impeccably attired multi-instrumentalist and composer George Khan has been part of the British music scene since the mid 60s, few in the world...
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