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Harry James & His Orchestra: The Complete Harry James In Hi-Fi
Gordon Jack
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The distinctive trumpeter, much admired by Miles Davis, wasn't at his jazziest on the title album but here it's paired with Wild About Harry!
Wes Montgomery: Groove Yard
Derek Ansell
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Virgin vinyl reissue of the Montgomery brothers' 1961 album includes an alternate take of the bebop head Doujie
Samuel Blaser: Roundabout + Triple Dip
Brian Payne
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The Swiss trombonist, variously accompanied by piano and drums, plays what the producer calls 'cliché-free art'
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
Andy Hamilton
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In 2018 saxophonist and singer Shepp added another example to his substantial series of duos with pianists
Woody Shaw Quintet: Time Is Right
Nigel Jarrett
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The trumpeter's signature superimposition of pentatonics is heard here in Italy in 1983 in a quintet including Mulgrew Miller
Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash: Tell The Birds I Said Hello – The Music Of Herbie Nichols
Nic Jones
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Tenor, guitar and bass trio create a chamber-jazz sound pleasingly at odds with the piano trio setup that features on Nichols' own recordings
Audio reviews
Harry James & His Orchestra: The Complete Harry James In Hi-Fi
The distinctive trumpeter, much admired by Miles Davis, wasn't at his jazziest on the title album but here it's paired with Wild About Harry!
Wes Montgomery: Groove Yard
Samuel Blaser: Roundabout + Triple Dip
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
Woody Shaw Quintet: Time Is Right
Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash: Tell The Birds I Said Hello – The Music Of Herbie Nichols
Jerry Bergonzi: Lineage
Mark Lotz: Freshta
Mary Halvorson: Cloudward
Mike De Souza: Chrysalis
Mike Westbrook: Live 1972
Keith Jarrett: Solo-Concerts Bremen / Lausanne
Gerald Wiggins: Swingin’ With Wig – Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957
Robert Johnson: King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Sal Nistico: Empty Room
Jane Fielding: Embers Glow
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Kaufmann, Gratkowski, de Joode Trio: Canberra
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Book reviews
Bitter Crop: The Heartache And Triumph Of Billie Holiday’s Last Year
Dense survey of the singer's final year covers familiar ground but adds speculation on her mental state and some unorthodox musical judgement
Free Play: Improvisation In Life & Art
3 Shades Of Blue: Miles, Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans And The Lost Empire Of Cool
Early Jazz – A Concise Introduction, From Its Beginnings Through 1929
Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums
Jazz With A Beat – Small Group Swing, 1940–1960
Dreams In Double Time
Magic City: How The Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped The Sound Of America
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Dark Tree – Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles
Prehistory Of Jazz
Debt And Redemption In The Blues – The Call For Justice
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Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound
Making The Low Notes – A Life In Music
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The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
The Practice Notebooks Of Michael Brecker
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City Of A Million Dreams
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Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
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In Cold Blood
A Man Called Adam
Jazz On A Summer’s Day
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Wilderness
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Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – the DVD
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
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Live Reviews
Brilliant Corners festival, Belfast
The 2024 edition included Seb Rochford, Zoe Rahman, Luke Bacchus, Tom Ollendorff, AKU! and John Donegan's Irish Sextet
Jo Harrop Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club
The Wojtek Justyna TreeOH! at Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf
A snowy night in New York’s West Village
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Rick Margitza at Jazz Hastings
Jonny Mansfield Quartet at The Verdict
Geoff Hearn, Nigel Thomas & Hugh Bance in Brighton
Richard Shelton: An Englishman In Love In LA
LJF 2023: Ron Carter Foursight Quartet
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LJF 2023: Sam Jewison Sings The Great British Songbook
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 2023
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The great wine world of Quincy Jones
Mark Gilbert
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Wine from the cellar of the renowned arranger and producer was sold in an auction conducted by Christie's from Los Angeles
Cadillac’s Joy reissue gets Presto award
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th birthday gig at Watermill Jazz
Steve Voce, 1933-2023
Val Wilmer looks back on jazz
Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops
The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery
London’s Ladbroke Hall hosts major jazz series
Roman Bulakhov surfs the jazz wave in Ukraine
Charlie Watts collection for auction at Christie’s
Capturing the musical moment: Brian Foskett
Peter Green guitar auction makes £483,300
Jazzahead 2023, Bremen, Germany
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Obituary: Georg Riedel
The Swedish bassist and composer is best known for the folk-inspired Jazz På Svenska but his breadth of style belied the Nordic stereotype
Obituary: Brian Godding
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Count Me In… 10/23
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Features
Jim Beard: delight in the detail
Pianist Jim Beard, who died 2 March, was a natural for the keyboard seat in Steely Dan, as exemplified by his own richly appointed solo work
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My friend, Steve Voce
Terry Gibbs: bebop is my business /2
Dave Quincy, English jazz-rock pioneer
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Bill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller
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Boots Mussulli, the diminutive giant
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News in detail
The great wine world of Quincy Jones
13 December 2023
Wine from the cellar of the renowned arranger and producer was sold in an auction conducted by Christie's from Los Angeles
Cadillac’s Joy reissue gets Presto award
08 December 2023
The 1976 album Joy, featuring Jim Dvorak and Ernest Mothle, has been recognised as Jazz Best Archive/Reissue Of The Year
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th birthday gig at Watermill Jazz
01 December 2023
The saxophonist's 75th birthday gig in Dorking featured his Neon Orchestra with special guest Nikki Iles on accordion
Steve Voce, 1933-2023
25 November 2023
The long-serving and popular Jazz Journal columnist and reviewer Steve Voce died in Liverpool this week, aged 89
Val Wilmer looks back on jazz
06 November 2023
Work by the British photographer and jazz journalist Val Wilmer is on show in north London until the end of November
Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops
05 November 2023
Leicester-based arts body says the early independent UK record store was a music-fuelled vehicle for resistance against systemic racism
The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery
29 October 2023
Recordings by Dick Patterson, a bassist active in 1960s Chicago, have been issued for the first time - but who played the piano and drums?
London’s Ladbroke Hall hosts major jazz series
13 September 2023
Among those appearing at the new west London venue are Zhenya Strigalev, Gareth Lockrane, Jean Toussaint, Steve Fishwick and Femi Temowo
Roman Bulakhov surfs the jazz wave in Ukraine
10 September 2023
Ukrainian jazz is safe in the hands of players such as guitarist Bulakhov, whose new album shows how creativity prevails against adversity
Charlie Watts collection for auction at Christie’s
08 August 2023
Charlie Parker's union card, his 'alto break' contracts and two Beiderbecke scores are among the jazz-related items on sale in September