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Jazz Journal
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While it’s good that you are continuing in virtual form I still miss the monthly print fix – having started (at a young age...
Gil Evans’ Porgy And Bess for rare London performance
Downbeat magazine declared Miles Davis's and Gil Evans' collaboration on Porgy And Bess as one of the greatest jazz albums of the 20th century,...
Eyran Katsenelenbogen takes the standards out
Israeli-born pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogen has attracted high praise for his work, Jay Deshpande at All About Jazz suggesting he is "most in league with...
Obituary: Tony Hall
The revival of the Tempo label in the mid-1950s provided a vital platform for British modern jazz and the music's rapidly maturing talents. That...
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JJ 07/79: Jazz-Rock Fusion, The People – The Music
With jazz-rock, also known as fusion music, now such a popular and commercially viable prospect — for both musicians and record companies — it...
JJ 07/69: Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69
If any readers doubt Aretha Franklin's claim to Dinah Washington's crown, this album should convince them. It finds her in good voice, with more...
JJ 07/69: Stan Tracey’s Under Milkwood at Camden Jazz Festival
Stan Tracey's suite 'Under Milkwood' interleaved passages from Dylan Thomas's brilliant prose fantasy with explicit musical readings of the poet's moods.
Tracey has bitten off...
JJ 07/59: George Melly – In My Opinion
This is one of a series of taped interviews with musicians, who are asked to give a snap opinion on a set of records...
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JJ 07/59: Chris Barber: Chris Barber Jazz Parade, Volume One
Offhand, I can't think of any Barber recording that I actually dislike. Always, with Chris, there is a light, attractive swing, and the airy...
JJ 07/59: Ahmad Jamal – At The Pershing & Sounds Of Jazz
Jamal is a much simpler, more straightforward pianist than I had expected. I had heard and read about him, but have not previously come...
JJ 07/59: The Art Of Improvisation
Whatever other arguments may go on about the various theories and schools of jazz, there is one basic fact which cannot be overlooked for...
JJ 07/89: Mario Bauza – Unsung Latin master
Interest in Latin jazz seems to be on the increase everywhere these days. Homegrown Latin bands are flourishing in the London area and all...
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