To close the series, here is an inspired performance from an iconoclast who reaffirms the joy of being a jazz fanFor jazz fans in the UK, autumn is a time when pulses qui...
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(Art of Groove)Previously unreleased recordings from pioneering fusion band Weather Report playing live in the 1970s are streaming from the late Joe Zawinul's estate in t...
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Pizza Express Jazz Club, LondonThe ways that surging adrenaline and reawakened memories ignite elderly legends when they reach the spotlight is one of the peripheral fasc...
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(Kind of Blue)The American sax virtuoso Dave Liebman is a master who does not disguise his Coltrane inspirations, but he has rarely paraded such a wealth of saxophone hom...
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Eloquent jazz vocalist who drew on the raw passion of the bluesThe reputation of Joe Lee Wilson, the jazz vocalist, who has died aged 75, never matched those of such male...
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(Dreyfus)This two-CD (plus DVD) set is a better bet than last year's A Night in Monte Carlo: it celebrates the same creative funkiness of the mid-80s Miles Davis bands th...
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He's not without his critics, but Marsalis's dedication to the spirit of jazz is more than worthy of a place in the hall of greatsLike Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett and th...
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(Candid)Kyle Eastwood and his UK band are touring with this simple, soul-and-Latin-jazzy mix of handy hooks for the hard-boppish hornblowing of Graeme Flowers and saxist ...
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mercurochrome said...YoungMossTongue is still Fall-tastic!THE FALL - The Fall Boxset 1976-2007THE FALL - Slippy FloorTHE FALL - Slates (Expanded)MARK E SMITH/ED BLAN...
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Levin said...Omega - Miss World - Minidisk (1994)FLACRoy Orbison - The Legendary Roy Orbison (1989/2008)Philips Complete Mozart Edition - Box 1. Symphonies CD 5 (2006)...
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(Blue Note)Less capricious than Django Bates's tribute to Charlie Parker last year, but just as inspired and rich in references, Joe Lovano's Bird Songs is not just a stu...
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