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WEB08 December 2023. The 1976 album Joy, featuring Jim Dvorak and Ernest Mothle, has been recognised as Jazz Best Archive/Reissue Of The Year.
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WEBAug 1, 2022 · Natasha Blackwood: Love Songs For Good Machines. Ian Lomax - 09 September 2024. Canadian singer and saxophonist is on the edge of jazz in a set recalling Stacey, Kent, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux and Joni Mitchell.
Louis Armstrong: Louis In London - Jazz Journal
WEB11 hours ago · In 1968 Armstrong was enjoying a level of success so unlikely that few could equal it. What A Wonderful World, reprised here in a version minus the strings and choir heard on the his single and accordingly rendered more poignant, was keeping the likes of Otis Redding and the Beatles off the top of what could then be called the UK hit parade.
Sylvain Daniel: SlyDee - Jazz Journal
WEB11 hours ago · Frenchman Sylvain Daniel is a pop and jazz musician, a designation that might suggest entirely separate activities. His latest album is by turns relentlessly metronomic and heavily laden but melodious, a result not unexpected from a basic quintet that calls on a variety of electronic keys as well as a solo trumpet, flugelhorn and, in one instance, alto sax.
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WEBGypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May. Jazz Journal - 19 April 2024.
About Jazz Journal - Jazz Journal
WEBJazz 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 ...
European Jazz Conference no. 10, Ghent - Jazz Journal
WEB1 day ago · The European Jazz Conference is held in a different country each year. This year – a special one, its 10th birthday – it took place in Ghent, one of the most beautiful cities in Belgium. It’s a creation of the Europe Jazz Network, an organisation of jazz promoters and organisations, itself over 20 years old. Ghent is a splendid location ...
Jazz in review: 2020 - Jazz Journal
WEBJan 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 ...
Review: the 68th Newport Jazz Festival - Jazz Journal
WEBBy Brian Payne. 12 August 2022. 4665. The 68th Newport Jazz Festival took place under blue skies and wall-to-wall sunshine from 29 to 31 July at Fort Adams State Park, Rhode Island. It’s the longest-running jazz festival in the world. As in previous years, the crowds waiting each morning by the harbour for the gates to open were welcomed by a ...
Matthew Bourne: Harpsichords - Jazz Journal
WEB5 days ago · 2. Somewhat like the Australian composer and pianist Ross Bolleter, who has made a career from composing pieces for pianos that have been ruined by neglect, the elements and wildlife and salvaged from the Outback, Bourne has a fascination for what he calls “infirm instruments”. He was offered some harpsichords by …