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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
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...
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
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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
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
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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
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
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