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Empirical: Wonder Is The Beginning
Roger Farbey
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British quartet is joined by guests Alex Hitchcock and Jason Rebello in a set of atmospheric modal originals often reminding of Wayne Shorter
JJ 04/64: Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party
Jazz Journal
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Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill said reviews of R&B were included in JJ because much of it was firmly based in the true blues tradition
JJ 04/64: Freddie Hubbard – Hub-Tones
Jazz Journal
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Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill reckoned Hubbard blew in the Miles style and Spaulding, although touched by modernism, had his own voice
JJ 04/64: Wes Montgomery – Full House
Jazz Journal
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Sixty years ago Steve Voce thought Wes's impeccable ballads would cause much breaking of guitars by frustrated players throughout the realm
Henry Dagg & Evan Parker: Then Through Now
Peter Gamble
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Avant-garde soprano man Parker jams with the electronics of a former member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
JJ 04/64: Dick Morrissey, interviewed
Jazz Journal
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Sixty years ago John Shirley interviewed the young saxophonist he thought a deserving successor to Tubby Hayes
Audio reviews
Empirical: Wonder Is The Beginning
British quartet is joined by guests Alex Hitchcock and Jason Rebello in a set of atmospheric modal originals often reminding of Wayne Shorter
Henry Dagg & Evan Parker: Then Through Now
D’Andrea, Tommaso, Tonani: Modern Art Trio
Trio HLK: Anthropometricks
Flo And The Murmurs: The Waves
Melissa Aldana: Echoes Of The Inner Prophet
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human
Doug Munro: Loop-Mania! 2024
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody?
Aaron Sachs: Quintet, Septet and Octet Ensembles
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Live In Zurich 1958
Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet: Wonderful!
Lucia Fodde: Harlem Beats
The Jamie Baum Septet+: What Times Are These
Charlie Pyne Quartet: Nature Is A Mother
Aki Takase Trio: Song For Hope
Clark Tracey Quintet: Introducing Emily Masser
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Compassion
Annie Chen: Guardians
Book reviews
Knowing Jazz / Learning Jazz
Two books by American academic discuss the jazz community, jazz education, jazz criticism and the interest in jazz history
Chasing The Masters – First Takes Of A Modern Drumming Artist
Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs & Hidden Histories
The Many Worlds Of David Amram
Cedar – The Life And Music Of Cedar Walton
Bitter Crop: The Heartache And Triumph Of Billie Holiday’s Last Year
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
Jennie Cashman Wilson: Becoming Brave
Gerry Mulligan: Writings On A Jazz Original
Dark Tree – Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles
Prehistory Of Jazz
Debt And Redemption In The Blues – The Call For Justice
Kind Of Green: Jazz Legends, From ’86 – ’90, Through An Irish Lens
Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound
Film reviews
The Humbler – Danny Gatton
Comprehensive chronicle adds new footage of 'the greatest guitarist you never heard', one perhaps isolated by his eclecticism and virtuosity
Sloane: A Jazz Singer
City Of A Million Dreams
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
Dale Bruning: A Tribute To Jim Hall
In Cold Blood
A Man Called Adam
Jazz On A Summer’s Day
Buster Williams: Bass To Infinity
Billy Bang: Lucky Man
Wilderness
Up From The Streets – New Orleans: The City Of Music
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – the DVD
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Small-screen swing
Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott and His World-Famous Jazz Club
Billie
Ronnie’s – the life of Ronnie Scott and his world famous jazz club
Count Basie – Through His Own Eyes
Live Reviews
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart at Pizza Express, London
The enduring American trio brought its subtle, chamber-style organ jazz to the Soho Pizza as part of the club's Hammond festival
jazzahead! 2024
Bergamo Jazz Festival, 2024
John Scofield’s “Yankee Go Home”, Ronnie Scott’s, London
Simon Spillett Big Band, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking
Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Adam Cruz at Ronnie Scott’s
Lis Wessberg Quartet at Turner Sims, Southampton
Sam Braysher Quartet at Spike’s Place in Beckenham
Brilliant Corners festival, Belfast
Jo Harrop Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club
The Wojtek Justyna TreeOH! at Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf
A snowy night in New York’s West Village
Clark Tracey brings Dylan Thomas to Wales
Rick Margitza at Jazz Hastings
Jonny Mansfield Quartet at The Verdict
News in brief
Michael Cuscuna dies
Jazz Journal
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A jazz archaeologist before it became fashionable, Cuscuna was famed for unearthing overlooked Blue Note material and founding Mosaic Records
Keith Emerson reimagined for strings and more
Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May
German jazz trade-fair strikes a political note
The great wine world of Quincy Jones
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
Columns
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
Obituary: Bruce Crowther
Count Me In… 10/23
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Obituary: John Marshall
Obituary: Tony Bennett
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Obituary: Ahmad Jamal
Obituary: Jerry Dodgion
Obituary: Wally Fawkes
Obituary: Alan Bates
Obituary: Guido Basso
Obituary: Carol Sloane
Obituary: Jeff Beck
Count me in… 01/23
Still Clinging To The Wreckage 01/23
Features
Henry Mancini, a jazz pioneer in Hollywood
The composer of the innovative jazz score Peter Gunn and standards such as Days Of Wine And Roses would have been 100 years old this month
Zev Feldman: digging out the lost gems
Lizz Wright: looking back
Bob Florence Limited Edition: a big-band blast
100 years ago: Sarah Vaughan
Jim Beard: delight in the detail
The rapturous reed: saxophone in the cinema
My friend, Steve Voce
Terry Gibbs: bebop is my business /2
Dave Quincy, English jazz-rock pioneer
Terry Gibbs: bebop is my business /1
Emma Rawicz: in the middle of somewhere
Bill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller /2
Alex Hitchcock: making connections
Bill Crow: journeyman bassist and master storyteller
Meilana Gillard – a story to tell
Boots Mussulli, the diminutive giant
From the JJ archive
JJ 04/64: Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party
Sixty years ago Sinclair Traill said reviews of R&B were included in JJ because much of it was firmly based in the true blues tradition
JJ 04/64: Freddie Hubbard – Hub-Tones
JJ 04/64: Wes Montgomery – Full House
JJ 04/64: Dick Morrissey, interviewed
JJ 04/64: In My Opinion – Quincy Jones
JJ 03/94: Eberhard Weber – Pendulum
JJ 03/94: The Jazz Guitar
JJ 03/84: Holdsworth, Young, Guy, Mathewson, Stevens – Retouch
JJ 03/84: Jimmy Witherspoon, London 100 Club
JJ 03/84: Steve Khan – Eyewitness
JJ 03/74: Gil Evans – Svengali
JJ 03/74: Aretha Franklin – The First 12 Sides
JJ 03/74: Musicians Cooperative Festival, London
JJ 03/64: Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina – Polytones
JJ 03/64: Mark Murphy – Rah
News in detail
Michael Cuscuna dies
22 April 2024
A jazz archaeologist before it became fashionable, Cuscuna was famed for unearthing overlooked Blue Note material and founding Mosaic Records
Keith Emerson reimagined for strings and more
19 April 2024
An unplugged tribute to the British progressive rock pioneer by eminent French arranger Thierry Eliez is reissued this month
Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May
19 April 2024
Festival director Tobie Medland looks forward to seeing Stochelo Rosenberg, Gismo Graf, Tcha Limberger and more
German jazz trade-fair strikes a political note
12 April 2024
The opening night of jazzahead! in Bremen combined declarations of the jazz-as-freedom idea with music from Han Bennink and others
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