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Don Byron / Aruán Ortiz : Random Dances And (A)tonalities
The album title hints at something a bit left-field and that’s how things work out. Don Byron has built a reputation in the more modernistic areas, though...
Louis Armstrong: ‘more important than Picasso’
From his initial and life-enhancing discovery of jazz, poet Philip Larkin’s love of Louis Armstrong (1901-71) was expressed in broadcasts, correspondence, record and book reviews. As the...
Obituary: Ethel Ennis
Although Ethel Ennis had a long career it was not as glittering as her rich talent deserved. Indeed, after early prominence she drifted out of the national...
Shellac And Swing!
The subtitle of this book is "A social history of the gramophone in Britain". That may suggest a rather dry treatise but I’m glad to say I...
JJ 08/59: Dave Lee – In My Opinion
This is one of a series of taped interviews with musicians, who are asked to give a snap opinion on a set of records played to them....
Thelonious Monk Quartet: Live
I saw Monk in concert three times: first with his quartet at Jazz Expo 69, then with the Giants of Jazz in 1971 and 1972. I had...
