Yonathan Avishai: Joys And Solitudes
Alongside his work in support of his childhood friend, trumpeter and ECM label-mate Avishai Cohen, pianist Yonathan Avishai has for the past five years led his own Modern Times...
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What’s wrong with easy listening?
Mr. P.C. has his charms. For one thing, he is relaxed, almost preternaturally so. 'Como doesn't just sing behind the beat, he makes you feel he has yet to...
Lance Liddle: finding jazz
It's always interesting how we "old-timers" got into the music. For me, it was what American writer Edward Allen Faine describes in his books as Serendipity - or chance.
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Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist – Scott Yanow
Mr Yanow's jazz memoirs include long interviews with Freddie Hubbard, Maynard Ferguson and Chick Corea and a portrait of Roland Kirk
JJ 05/80: Scott Hamilton-Warren Vaché – Skyscrapers
The so-called anachronistic Scott, having been maligned for his reincarnations, certainly does not warrant being further lumbered with dated arrangements. Buck Clayton and Nat Pierce, who wrote five of...
Bill Evans: Time Remembered – The Life And Music Of Bill Evans
This multi award-winning documentary film by Bruce Spiegel was eight years in the making, and features over 40 interviews, including some with those who were closest to Evans, whether...
