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Matthew Wright
Matthew worked at Chris Wellard’s Jazz & Blues in New Cross, Collets Jazz & Folk Shop and for John Jack’s Cadillac Music. He helped Ray Smith set up Ray’s Jazz Shop in Shaftesbury Avenue and was its first manager. In the early 1980s he ran the Seven Dials Jazz Club, Covent Garden. He left London to work as a teacher in schools and at Warwickshire College in Leamington Spa. He has written for various magazines including Collusion, Jazzwise and Jazz Journal and was part of Leamington-based Jazz & Blues promoters, In the Moment. His book Jazz & Cricket - An Unlikely Combination was published in 2021
Lionel Pillay with Basil Coetzee: Shrimp Boats
The material here was issued as a compilation in 1987 on Mandla 001 and comes from sessions featuring pianist Lionel Pillay.
The title piece, Shrimp...
Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come
First, a note about the presentation: 180gm coloured vinyl (although the copy sent was black), thick sturdy cover, same design as original. The introduction...
Pat Matshikiza, Kippie Moeketsi: Tshona!
Saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi was a key figure in the development of modern jazz in South Africa, from his time with the Jazz Epistles (which...
Ubunye: Ubunye
This album is a collaboration between singers from KwaZulu Natal in South Africa and musicians from Leeds, combining to produce a blend of music...
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Jason Rebello/Opus Anglicanum: Adorna
One of the benefits of reviewing is the unusual material which would normally pass you by, and this is certainly different. The Gregorian chant...
Ornette Coleman: Genesis Of Genius – The Contemporary Albums
Here are the two albums Ornette Coleman recorded for Contemporary in 1958-9 before departing for New York: Something Else! and Tomorrow Is The Question!...
Brandon Allen: The Stanley Turrentine Project
Australian saxophonist Brandon Allen has been a leading player on the UK scene for some time, and his past work has included a widely...
In Cold Blood
The film In Cold Blood, based upon Truman Capote’s book about the murders of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959, is here re-released...
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Ivo Neame: Glimpses Of Truth
The music here was apparently performed and put together remotely, at the height of the first wave of the pandemic, and it must have...
Nina Simone: Feeling Good – Her Greatest Hits And Remixes
As an introduction to the music of Nina Simone, this is a well compiled album, taking material mainly from the fruitful Colpix / Verve...
Dal Sasso Big Band: John Coltrane’s Africa/Brass Revisited
There have recently been moves by contemporary jazz musicians to use the format of big bands for original work and for interpreting the compositions...
Dave Green Trio + Evan Parker: Raise Four
This album came about through an invitation by radio presenter and producer Jez Nelson for bassist Dave Green to put a project together for...
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