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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
Zawinul Syndicate: Black Water / Lost Tribes
In mood, style, sound and instrumentation (but see Henderson below) the Zawinul Syndicate sounded a lot like an extension of Weather Report. The “ethnic”...
Scott Kinsey: We Speak Luniwaz – The Music Of Joe Zawinul
Kinsey (ex Tribal Tech, a fusion band primarily influenced by Weather Report) has long been a leading disciple and exponent of Joe Zawinul’s music,...
Lord discography reaches 247k sessions
The latest CD-ROM edition (21.0) of the longstanding Lord discography features 247,298 jazz recording sessions, adding 4,571 sessions since version 19.0.
The new issue also...
Scott Henderson: People Mover
Weather Report looms large among guitarist Henderson’s influences, married to the attitude and sound of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. WR was particularly evident in...
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Wayne Krantz: Write Out Your Head
This isn’t a record for those wanting more of Krantz’s distinctive (yes, in their time stylistically revolutionary) guitar fireworks, but one of highly arranged...
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas goes ahead
Guy Barker's big band will be swinging the Royal Albert Hall again this December as part of an initiative to show the venue's determination to surmount the pandemic.
Steve Khan: Patchwork
The basic style follows a lot of previous sessions by Khan’s trio, going back decades, but this is an especially convincing one. On the...
The Brecker Brothers: Live And Unreleased
It’s a 1980 recording done for the German radio station Norddeutscher Rundfunk, so the audio quality is exemplary - not something that can be...
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BBC Young Jazz Musician for BBC Four
The final of this year's BBC Young Jazz Musician competition will be shown on BBC Four TV on Sunday, 22 November, at 7pm. The...
Blowing for Biden
Ahead of the US election a group of prominent American jazz performers come together on 15 October to play a streamed concert in support...
EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 launched
The 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival is to go ahead, 13-22 November. It was launched 27 September in a 40-minute online presentation available to...
Nikki Iles and Orphy Robinson for new NYJO board
The 24-piece National Youth Jazz Orchestra gets a new board in January 2021. The organisation, which conceded in its 2019 trustees' report that its...
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