Various: Soho Scene ’59-’60 – Jazz Goes Mod
A four-CD compilation aimed at conjuring up the atmosphere of Soho at a time when modern jazz was its fashionable background music. Or, to put it slightly more accurately,...
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Mike Clark, the Oakland Groove behind Herbie, Chet and Charlie Brown /1
For those hip to post-bop, fusion or 70s jazz-funk, drummer Mike Clark needs no introduction. His grooves can be heard on some of the most important records of the...
Improvisation and discovery
Improvisation - a destination arrived at by many musicians via different routes and by different modes of transport, musicians arriving via jazz, classical, folk, African, Asian and many other...
The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson
Author, musician and academic Julia Simon argues the case in her book that Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson is inconvenient for scholars for a variety of reasons; not least of which...
JJ 02/81: Zila, The Africa Centre, London
Zila's music is a three-way fusion that seems to comprise in equal part, jazz, rock and Zhosa folk music, but most of all it has the explosive power of...
Billy Cobham: Jazz Legends, Live At The Palais Des Festivals Hall, Cannes 1989
Despite the sighting of two mullets and a mix dominated by a synth sound you would associate with Spandau Ballet, this 45-minute show from 30 years ago dates well...
