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Callum Au / Claire Martin: Songs And Stories
These are the songs and stories you are unlikely to ever tire of listening to. Callum Au, with his bright, scintillating arrangements has achieved the near impossible, turning 11...
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John Williams in conversation with Steve Voce
The jazz pianist, animal lover and later one-time deputy mayor of Broadway, Florida told Gerry Mulligan why he needed a piano. First published in Jazz Journal, August 1994
'I never...
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Obituary: Ed Bickert
Although well known in Toronto from the 1950s, it was two decades before Ed Bickert’s reputation spread throughout Canada. It was yet another decade for his highly skilled and...
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Universal Tonality: The Life And Music Of William Parker
If an antidote to apathy consists of work and proselytizing, then bassist, composer, bandleader, activist and organiser William Parker embodies that antidote. Cisco Bradley has achieved much in simply...
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JJ 02/61: Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
This is a record that grows on you with each successive hearing. Except on the up-tempo tunes, when Evans swings quite freely, he is not an easy pianist to...
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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...