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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
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...
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...
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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...