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Publicist Julie announces the return of Neil Cowley, the pianist who successfully combined what some viewed as quirky standup and self-consciously eccentric jazz trio some two decades ago.She says his reconvened trio have a magnificent new recording, Entity and became one of the fastest selling shows at the 2024 LJF. They tour in spring 2025, an event that sees Cowley “reunited with his ...
JJ 11/74: Camden Jazz Festival 1974 - Jazz Journal
14 hours ago · This one week festival was presented by the London Borough of Camden in association with the indefatigable Jazz Centre Society. Due to personal circumstances, I was only able to attend on two nights but unbiased reports were that it was an unqualified success with the big bands of Mike Westbrook and Chris McGregor carrying off the honours.
JJ 11/74: Don Cherry - Eternal Now - Jazz Journal
14 hours ago · Fifty years ago Roger Dean lamented the monotony of Cherry's mystic music-making, noting that repetitious music is not necessarily transcendent. First published in Jazz Journal November 1974 This is Cherry in a highly ritualistic and mystic mood. No sign of a trumpet or of conventional drums, but ...
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Jazz Journal is the oldest English-language magazine dedicated to the coverage of jazz music. Founded by Sinclair Traill in 1948, it has been published from the UK in web-form only since 19th January 2019, following continuous print publication for seven decades. The editor is Mark Gilbert, who was assistant editor of the magazine 1981-1999 and […]
Reviewed: Bill Charlap | Ann Kittredge - Jazz Journal
Nov 19, 2024 · The oldest number by a country mile is the Victor Young-Ned Washington ballad I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, from 1932, and for me the trio’s take on this just shades the other seven.You may well prefer All The Things You Are, Darn That Dream, or indeed, any one or all of the eight top-drawer tracks.Whatever: if you’re an old saddo like me, and feel your nostrils start to ...
Ugly Beauty: Jazz In The 21st Century - Jazz Journal
May 10, 2022 · Reviews; Book Reviews; Ugly Beauty: Jazz In The 21st Century. American jazz critic, writer for All Music Guide, Downbeat, Jazziz, Metal Maniacs and others, offers a perspective on recent jazz
The Jazz Omnibus: 21st Century Photos And Writings
Nov 18, 2024 · Edited by David Adler – who contributes a piece of “self-confessed shameless promotion” in a prolix introduction to this massive compendium states “I’m proud of my two published books (Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz and Future Jazz) and my unpublished ones.” The Jazz Omnibus is published and available in all formats at Amazon.com […]
Jazz in review: 2020 - Jazz Journal
Jan 5, 2021 · The good: New discoveries: The Majamisty Trio from Serbia, Dezron Douglas and Brandee Young in Harlem lockdown, Ian McGimpsey and Harrison Argatoff from Ontario, and – new to me, at least – Julia Hülsmann from Germany and the wondrous guitarist Mary Halvorson from Massachusetts. The continuing creative strength of Ahmad Jamal, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids and Kahil El’Zabar, and the ...
Sonny Rollins: A Night At The Village Vanguard - Jazz Journal
Jul 28, 2024 · Reviews; Audio Reviews; Sonny Rollins: A Night At The Village Vanguard. Live date for Rollins' late 50s trio, freed from the constraints of explicit harmony, is reissued with two other live tracks from the period
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