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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
London Jazz Festival back to strength
After a perforce quieter year in 2020 the EFG London Jazz Festival is largely back to strength this year, running 12-21 November with plenty...
Benefit gigs to help keep 55 Bar open
The venerated New York jazz venue the 55 Bar is in danger of disappearing permanently following its 14-month closure due to the pandemic and consequently...
Mercury 2021: jazz noted but no prize
Predictably, nothing to do with jazz won the 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize Album of the Year award, but at the awards ceremony, held at...
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...
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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....
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...
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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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