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JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz: Times Of Change Vol. 1
Although the title of this CD implies this is a release by the long-established Jazz Bigband Graz, a quick glance at the personnel shows this is a truncated version...
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Billy Jenkins: poking a stick
'Working all my life as a musician and bandleader most of which (together with all 20th-century popular musical styles) has been influenced by the myriad elements that comprise the...
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Where’s the mainstream?
I have been a reader of Jazz Journal on and off since 1957, and regularly since 1980. I enjoy it, but the whole jazz scene seems to have changed....
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50 Women In The Blues
"This is a man's, man's, man's world" proclaimed the godfather of soul, James Brown, whilst rarely ever acknowledging that this renowned anthem was co-written by his former girlfriend, Betty...
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JJ 12/70: Jean-Luc Ponty – King Kong
The attractions of the excellent playing of Jean-Luc Ponty will, one hopes, influence jazz listeners to turn on to the work of Frank Zappa, whose talent as a composer...
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The Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald
This TV show, made 10 December 1959 for the ABC Television network, was intended as an outside broadcast but fell on a rare rainy day in Palm Springs, California....
