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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
Preview: Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival 2019
Over a decade ago, following a chance meeting on a train in Europe between jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and Thomas Lantz, mayor of Ystad,...
Rye Jazz spreads the music in the south-east
Inspired by the success of the Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival (the 8th edition is scheduled for 22-26 August - see below), its...
Cheltenham: jazz and more
The Cheltenham Jazz Festival returns 1-6 May 2019 with a typically eclectic range of jazz and jazz-inflected music that will appeal to a broad...
Michael Kocour: East of the Sun
"There is nothing groundbreaking here. I'm trying to be as honest and fresh as I can within the tradition". That might sound like a...
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Carlos Henriquez: Dizzy con Clave
There's really nothing wrong with this record - singing's a bit off here and there but the playing and arrangements are fabulous, the soloing...
Hubert Laws for London with the Smithsonian
Flautist Hubert Laws, perhaps best known to modern jazz audiences for his virtuoso showing on "Used To Be A (Cha Cha)" from Jaco Pastorius's...
Jazz FM Awards nominees announced
British radio station Jazz FM has announced the nominations for its 2019 awards, the winners of which will be announced at Shoreditch Town Hall,...
Preston, Glasgow, Lowe: Something about Rainbows
Here we have what may, I suppose, be designated a jazz-rock album (a rarity these days, and it's fascinating that Kevin Glasgow, a young...
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Randy Brecker & NDR Bigband: Rocks
Of course, it's spectacular. The strange thing is that such events are rare in the UK (do the bands not measure up or is...
Mike Walker: Ropes
Anyone expecting a feast of state-of-the-art jazz-rock guitar pyrotechnics - as demonstrated, e.g., on the surpassing A Big Sky (Roy Powell, 1994) or North...
Blue Note’s 80th anniversary
The Blue Note label, home to some of the most original jazz of the 1960s, with works by Wayne Shorter (see original reception), Herbie...
Julian Siegel takes a second look at Vista
A year after its release, saxophonist Julian Siegel takes his album Vista on the road again in early 2019 in the company of his...
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