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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
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...
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...
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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...
Escaping the kitsch in Koktebel
The Koktebel Jazz Party (founded 2003) returns to the Black Sea coast of Crimea 20-22 August. The programme is yet to be announced but previous participants...
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Rosie future
Under the title “The future of the London scene” the Jazz Café offers various live events from late May, including the rather impressive, multi-skilled Rosie...
Beating heart of International Jazz Day UK
An event to mark the 10th annual International Jazz Day, 30 April, is to take place in the UK. The World Heart Beat Music...
Richard Nelson: No More Blues
Here’s a refreshing thing. I doubt Nelson is the only person to play jazz on pedal steel, and there are scores of virtuoso steel...
Hendrik Meurkens: Manhattan Samba
I’ve always liked the harmonica in jazz (and in blues - a different language). It’s perhaps to do with the timbral and thus harmonic...
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