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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
Fergus McCreadie represents jazz in 2022 Mercury
The Scottish pianist's trio set Forest Floor vies with 11 other albums in styles including pop, rap and Cornish language folk-rock
Scarborough Jazz Festival, 23-25 September
The 19th Scarborough Jazz Festival includes Alan Barnes, Dave Newton, Paul Booth's Bansangu and a Jazz Messengers tribute
Neset and Kinch provide jazz interest at the 2022 Proms
BBC Radio 3 controller Alan Davey says of the Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall: "The BBC’s on-going commitment to running the biggest...
Penny Lane flautist Ray Swinfield’s gear to be auctioned
The flutes and woodwind instruments used by the late Ray Swinfield are to be sold at auction this week. Swinfield, who died in 2019,...
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Johnny Depp with Beck for Montreux JF
Among the latest headlines from the Montreux Jazz Festival is news that actor Johnny Depp will join Jeff Beck, a guitarist with jazz connections,...
Downs with disco
Disco queens Sister Sledge and soul heart-throb Gregory Porter are among the headliners at Love Supreme, a festival in East Sussex bearing the same...
Candid Records relaunches with five classics
Candid Records, founded in 1960 and home to celebrated recordings by Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln and others, is relaunched this month with...
Monty Alexander, Jason Rebello and more for Ronnie’s in April
Among the highlights at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho in April are Dexter Wansel, Monty Alexander, James Morrison, Mike Westbrook, Jason Rebello, Elaine Delmar, Dee...
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Robben Ford & Bill Evans in ‘Blues, Miles and Beyond’ at Ronnie Scott’s
They both played with Miles Davis, Ford rather more briefly than Bill Evans, who was a fixture in the early to mid-80s. Tonight, musical...
Scott Henderson Trio at Ronnie Scott’s
There was a queue down Frith St, reminding me of a time in the late 80s when Allan Holdsworth returned to play in London....
Scott Henderson and Robben Ford for Ronnie Scott’s
The guitarists Scott Henderson and Robben Ford appear, separately, at Ronnie Scott's in London in March. Henderson plays one night, 9 March and Ford...
Cleveland Watkiss: ‘the face of innovation’
Ruth Fisher, said to be a leading jazz presenter, will interview the singer Cleveland Watkiss in London on 22 February. Watkiss, who may be...
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