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JJ 12/65: In My Opinion – Wild Bill Davison

Sixty years ago the famed cornet player struggled to appreciate Tony Williams and remembered when Bix Beiderbecke's pivot ...
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JJ 12/65: Stan Tracey Quartet – Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood

Sixty years ago Michael Shera admired Under Milk Wood for its writing, for Bobby Wellins' tenor solos and for piano-playing which showed no American influence ...
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JJ 12/65: Albert Ayler – Spirits

Sixty years ago Graham Boatfield thought Ayler's 'harsh, feverish, tense and bitter' music might be the soundtrack to a ...
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Reviewed: Charles Lloyd | Fred Hersch Trio | Satoko Fujii Quartet

Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd’s move from ECM to Blue Note in 2013 – this is his 12th album for the label – has been ...
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Reviewed: Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide | Lorenzo De Finti Quartet | Alex Ventling

Off Stillness As you would expect from an ensemble led by a drummer, there is rhythm in the music of Thomas Strønen’s new ...
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Reviewed: Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra | Anne Paceo

Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood – the original 1965 cover A relatively early release from Sun Ra in his and the ensemble’s far-reaching recording career, Fate In A Pleasant Mood shows early traces of ...
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Reviewed: Richard Davies | Keith Oxman | Aaron Parks | Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio

The Unfortunate Collision Of Everything At Once This is a self-produced album from multi-instrumentalist Richard Davies, produced in his own home studio featuring his big-toned tenor, a smattering of ...