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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
Benson’s Breezin’ guitar goes on sale
The Gibson Johnny Smith that guitarist George Benson used to record his 1976 hit album Breezin’ (sales around three million) is now for sale...
The Rhodes piano, alive and well in a London basement
The Rhodes electric piano, reviled by many purists, but a key new sound in jazz from the late 1960s on, is the centre of...
The economy might be flat but composition is booming
The Performing Rights Society - the body that has pursued music publishing rights since 1914 and is now styled PRS For Music - says...
Adelaide Hall gets a London blue plaque
Brooklyn-born singer and dancer Adelaide Hall, who was based in the UK from the late 30s onwards and spent 55 years in London, is...
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Sloane: A Jazz Singer goes online
The feature documentary Sloane: A Jazz Singer, reviewed in Jazz Journal by the late Bruce Crowther last July, is available on the film platform https://kinema.com from...
Gary Husband workshops at blues festival
Strange as it may seem, regressive even, Gary Husband is to run a workshop at the Manchester Blues Festival, 20 October 2024. However, the...
Juilliard jazz dept receives $5m endowment
The jazz department of Juilliard has received a $5 million gift from the Arnhold Foundation, a longstanding supporter of the New York music school....
Art Themen’s birthday bash & album launch
Art Themen gets a birthday party where he’s the musical attraction in October. He’ll be playing and marking his 85th at Loughton Methodist Church...
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Jean-Luc Ponty violins to be auctioned
Violins that Ponty played alongside Frank Zappa and on his own record dates are to be auctioned in Berlin and online from 24 September
Columbia ‘bootlegs’ early 60s Miles
Recordings from Antibes (1963) and Paris (1964) feature George Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams
John Mayall and the Wimpy Bar Blues
Despite the endorsement of Red Holloway, the late British bluesman wasn't always charitably received by the local jazz establishment
The Headhunters at Ronnie Scott’s
The quintet saluted its roots with Chameleon and Watermelon Man but ranged wider, into E.S.P., So What and The Meters' Hey Pocky A-Way
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