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Mark Gilbert
Mark Gilbert was deputy editor, Jazz Journal, 1981-1999, editor from 2009 to present, a leading British contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and has written for other jazz histories. The guitar plays (or should be played more in order to be) a prominent part in his musical life. Email: editor[at]jazzjournal.co.uk
NYJO honours alumna Amy Winehouse
NYJO’s office describes the late singer Amy Winehouse as “undoubtably one of the greatest musical talents to come out of the UK. Her unmistakable...
A Great Day In Harlem immortalised in street renaming
On 12 August, East 126th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues in East Harlem, New York will be co-named “Art Kane Harlem 1958 Place”...
Tubbs test pressings for auction
The test pressings used for Decca’s 2019 box set TUBBY HAYES: THE FONTANA ALBUMS 1961-69 are among items to be auctioned on 6 July...
MU survey shows cost of Brexit to musicians
The cost of Brexit to British musicians is highlighted in a survey carried out by the Musicians’ Union and the Incorporated Society of Musicians....
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Colin Fisher: Reflections Of The Invisible World
On his fifth solo album the Canadian guitarist, saxophonist and electronicist offers a series of echoey, possibly spiritualised dreamscapes with an RIYL (“recommended if...
George Benson defers UK dates to 2022
Inspired by Wes Montgomery and long famed for his unison guitar and scat lines, guitarist George Benson was to have done eight UK shows...
Roberto Magris & Eric Hochberg: Shuffling Ivories
The title is a play on Shuffle Along, Eubie Blake’s 1921 Broaday musical, written in partnership with Noble Sissle, and with Blake as a...
The great beyond between the notes
“What’s deep is that God gave us 12 notes. It’s the same 12 notes that Duke Ellington had, Bach had, Nina Simone (had) …This...
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Gioia promises honest jazz coverage
American jazz writer Ted Gioia, whose History Of Jazz is about to be published in its third edition, has launched an online newsletter which...
Diverse doings at Dartington
Dartington Music Summer School & Festival returns 24 July to 21 August 2021 and focuses on jazz in its fourth week with Peter Edwards...
Circumstances Trio: Re:
The Re: comes, presumably, from the Bill Evans tune Re: Person I Knew, which is the first track in the second album from this...
Guildhall chronicles the birth of the modern big band
The Guildhall School of Music has a three-day summer jazz festival 4-6 May featuring “four of the most creative and exciting artists on the UK jazz...
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