207 articles
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
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
Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin at Ronnie Scott’s
The young Americans brought an even younger band to London, featuring Munir Hossn, Grégoire Maret, Wesley Ritenour and Tatiana Parra
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Bill Evans and the VansBand Allstars at Ronnie Scott’s – and in Poland
Wolfgang Muthspiel might have missed out on Miles Davis's 1980s talent parade but Bill Evans didn't, and the influence still runs deep
Boreal Sun, Ronnie Scott’s, London
The new London-based band brought virtuosity and invention to a set reminding of the power of 70s jazz-funk and 90s acid jazz
Mike Stern Band at Ronnie Scott’s, London
In a group with wife Leni, Dennis Chambers, Hadrien Feraud and Bob Franceschini, Stern again proved that he doesn't always turn it up to 11
David Sanborn dies
The American alto saxophonist, whose highly charged sound came to define soul-jazz in the 1980s, has died aged 78
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Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart at Pizza Express, London
The enduring American trio brought its subtle, chamber-style organ jazz to the Soho Pizza as part of the club's Hammond festival
Lucia Fodde: Harlem Beats
Using a plugged-in rhythm section and stripped-back arrangements the Berlin-based singer offers an atmospheric update of Ellingtonia
German jazz trade-fair strikes a political note
The opening night of jazzahead! in Bremen combined declarations of the jazz-as-freedom idea with music from Han Bennink and others
John Scofield’s “Yankee Go Home”, Ronnie Scott’s, London
Putting a jazz edge on music from Dylan to Bernstein, Yankee Go Home is the kind of bar band any jazz fan should be happy to run into
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