JJ January 2012


JANUARY 2012

Ron Carter The Miles Davis sextet veteran tells Derek Ansell "and they played with me"
Profiles blues singer Etta James; gypsy-guitar guru Dave Kelbie; the non-dancing, non-singing Matana Roberts
Joe Harriott II Simon Spillett argues that neglect was generic, not racist, on the British scene of the early 1970s
Cutting it with Claude
Saxman Richard Cox tells Gordon Jack of life on the road with Bob Brookmeyer, Gene Quill and Brew Moore in Thornhill's 1952 band
Things we liked Roger Farbey revisits the jazz-drenched 1968 album that bassist Jack Bruce didn't want to define him as a jazz bass player
Plus Michael Garrick, Paul Motian, Billy Bang, Clark Terry, Gilad Atzmon, Marshall Allen and yard upon yard of record review

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The Jazz Journal Calendar 2012

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US jazz warms wintry Denmark

American jazz players once again headline in Denmark for Vinterjazz 2012, 3-19 February, a nationwide jazz festival spread across more than 60 venues


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Mark Murphy's 80th at Ronnie's

Ahead of Mark Murphy's celebration of his 80th birthday at Ronnie Scott's in London, we publish a scene-setting review of his gig at UCS Hampstead 30 years ago


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Wayne Henderson, Ronnie Scott's

Francis Graham-Dixon senses a missed opportunity for trombonist Wayne Henderson and the Jazz Crusaders on a Friday 13th at Ronnie Scott's that never really took off


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Licence-free music in sight

Greater freedom for small venues moved a step nearer yesterday with the third reading of the Live Music Bill, designed to remove the restrictions on live music imposed by Labour's 2003 Licensing Act


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Bigger than Elvis

Elvis Costello recommends prospective buyers of his new box set get Universal's Louis Armstrong collection instead


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Here's Hamilton

Tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton is back in England again for New Year dates stretching from London to Leeds


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Grammys groove

The 2011 Grammy jazz nominations feature proven jazz talent, in contrast to the often arcane jazz awards seen lately on this side of the Atlantic


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Coltrane goes to church

John Coltrane's music is often seen as an expression of spirituality. Andy Hamilton went to see the late saxophonist's work put to literal religious use in a San Francisco church


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Fair play for Fourplay

Former John Stevens sideman Francis Graham-Dixon reviews a spellbinding gig that fell a little too early for the London Jazz Festival


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Whitley Bay goes classic

First there was the Whitley Bay Jazz Festival. Now trumpeter Mike Durham has launched the Classic Jazz Party. Michael Steinman reviews the 'brilliant' inaugural weekend


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Mike Garrick: the last days

A personal tribute from producer and Mainstem label boss David Hays recalling Mike's last gig, in Amersham


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Motion in Marciac

One to brighten the dull days: back home with 60 gigs to file, Tim Motion presents an evocative 2011 summer jazz diary centred around the compendious Marciac festival


 

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