Vanessa Perica Orchestra: Love Is A Temporary Madness
Australian composer and bandleader Perica explores all the different textures available in an orchestral setting on this album. It’s a surprising mix of frenetic, interwoven, pulsing themes and quieter...
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Mulligan memories, part 2
Following on from Mulligan Memories, part 1, Arlyne Mulligan resumes the story of her life with Gerry Mulligan as told to Gordon Jack in 2001, continuing with her experiences...
Obituary: Mike Longo
Like many other jazz musicians whose wider fame rests on their association with others, Mike Longo, who has died in New York aged 81 after contracting Covid-19, had a...
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 10/60: In My Opinion – Benedict Edwards
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. Although no...
Otto Preminger’s Anatomy Of A Murder
This 1959 movie by director Otto Preminger offered two innovations. It was the first time a jazz score had been used exclusively throughout a dramatic production and it was...
