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Reviewed: Russ Lossing: Proximity Alert (Blaser Music Songs 003CD) | O.N.E.: Well, Actually... (April Records APR153CD) | Mark Turner: Reflections On: The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts GSA 20) https://t.co/fXCqBSQwx5 via @jazzjournal
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Russ Lossing: Proximity Alert (Blaser Music Songs 003CD) Pianist Lossing is on this basis working in areas outside the conventional finger-busting that the line-up of piano, bass and drums might be...
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Jammin’ Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France - The eighth Jammin' Juan, 'The Market For Jazz Professionals', was a showcase event including jazz-rock, piano trios and Cuban jazz https://t.co/A6dQWtirfc via @jazzjournal
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Jammin’ Juan, now in its eighth edition, is a showcase festival set on the French Riviera, close to the legendary Pinède, which has hosted the famous Juan-les-Pins festival every July since 1960....
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Reviewed: Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus (Time Traveler TT-M003) | Pharoah Sanders: Love Is Here (Transcendence Sounds 22040 - vinyl) https://t.co/bPlACX1L1Q via @jazzjournal
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Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus (Time Traveler TT-M003) Panama-born saxophonist Carlos Garnett moved to New York in the early 1960s, eventually becoming a part of the city’s jazz community and forging...
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James Brandon Lewis Quartet in Heidelberg - Saxophonist Lewis evoked memories of Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman in a set with Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor https://t.co/CV13wdU7Pq via @jazzjournal
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At end of an uninterrupted two-hour set, James Brandon Lewis directs a weary hand-signal towards the venue’s sound crew and, moments later, receives a microphone. Loud applause subsides, the audience...
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Pete Canter in Taunton and Exeter - The erstwhile London-based woodwind man led two straightahead, bop, standards and Latin sessions in the West Country in early November https://t.co/uLGloecbeQ via @jazzjournal
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Saxophonist, flautist, composer and sometime bass-player Pete Canter made his mark on the London jazz scene in the 1980s. After a spell in Wales in the 90s he settled in the South West in 2001 and...
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Reviewed: John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 (earMUSIC) | Dave Bristow Quintet: Sides (Independent) | Tom Ollendorff: Where In The World (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT-719) https://t.co/SdGxLzA3pE via @jazzjournal
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John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 (earMUSIC) In the year he turned 80, John McLaughlin, accompanied by his 4th Dimension band, returned to the Montreux Jazz...
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Christian McBride, Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson at Ronnie Scott’s - Henry Gilbert saw three virtuosi rooted in the Ray Brown school pay a first-class tribute to the master of modern mainstream bass https://t.co/8QzgriVT4o via @jazzjournal
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If you are looking for musicians to celebrate a bassist as unmistakable and influential as Ray Brown this trio surely sits near the very top of the list. And here they were, presenting a show titled...
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Reviewed: Pharoah Sanders: Love Is Here (Transcendence Sounds 23040) | Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra Records 102-081) | Kaze & Kochi Makigami: Shishiodoshi (Circum/Libra 208) https://t.co/Vm5c4sABZx via @jazzjournal
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Pharoah Sanders: Love Is Here Two years after his last Impulse! recording, and without a major label behind him, or indeed much new material, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders played a live set at the...
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New releases October-November 2025, A-B, including Pete Allen, Baby Vortex, Usein Bekirov, Billy Hart and Greg Burrows // Editor's pick: Baby Vortex https://t.co/H4H014h92G via @jazzjournal
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Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in September-October 2025, including Pete Allen, Baby Vortex, Usein Bekirov, Billy Hart and Greg Burrows // Editor's pick: Baby Vortex
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Electric Blues! T-Bone Walker & The Guitar That Started It All - The popular idea might be that Muddy Waters and Chicago were the fount of electric blues, but Tony Bacon reminds us that it all began with T-Bone Walker and his Gibson SE-5N https://t.co/mkYtr87P9U via @jazzjournal
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What’s not to like about T-Bone Walker? His suave lines act as balm for the soul, his roasted-chestnut voice makes your heart melt. He invented a hybrid blues style that linked street corner to class...
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2025 - The 28th Melbourne International Jazz Festival included Danilo Perez, Gary Bartz, Ibrahim Maalouf, Bill Frisell, Samara Joy, Hiromi and Tenderlonious. Report by Leon Morris https://t.co/tzURlSS0sz via @jazzjournal
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The Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF), now in its 28th year, continues to stake its claim as the première jazz festival in Australia and New Zealand, and arguably the Asia-Pacific region....
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Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion - Taking a socio-political approach, André Marmot looks at music inspired by rap and grime and the notion that jazz is the 'unapologetic expression' of oppressed peoples https://t.co/Hfm9i7MCNv via @jazzjournal
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For a geezer of my vintage the great and most fruitful UK jazz explosion occurred in the late 60s-early 70s, fuelled by South African expats and musicians from the West Country and then, somewhat in...
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Gwilym Simcock & Tommy Smith at Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking - Graham Thomas saw the eminent pianist and saxophonist in duo in Surrey, playing mostly originals (including Body Or Soul) and one standard, Blue In Green https://t.co/yjJBvhdD4r via @jazzjournal
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For their Watermill gig, Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock mainly featured their own compositions. Tommy played with expressive power, occasionally using high-register harmonics and fluently navigating...
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Reviewed: Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier: Angel Falls (Intakt CD 444) | Brigitte Beraha: Teasing Reflections (Let Me Out Records LMOCD004) | Ruby Rushton: Legacy! (22a Music 046) https://t.co/unAhZ4ChIP via @jazzjournal
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Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier: Angel Falls (Intakt CD 444) Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier first played together at a concert organised by John Zorn in 2017 and...
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Reviewed: John Taylor: Tramonto (ECM 2544) | Blink: Blink (Driff Records CD2501) | Nikola Bankov: Everwanted (AMP Music & Records AT0178) https://t.co/gZDikMvQRl via @jazzjournal
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John Taylor: Tramonto (ECM 2544) Rosslyn (ECM, 2003), the precursor to this album by virtuoso pianist John Taylor, featured the same line up with bassist Marc Johnson and Joey Baron on drums. Rosslyn...
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Reviewed: Saihs: Distopia (GleAM Records AM7039) | Steve Rosenbloom Big Band: San Francisco 1948 (Glory) | Emilia Vancini/Guillermo Martin-Viana: Pigri (Espira 53025) https://t.co/BdGwmyZDBt via @jazzjournal
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Saihs: Distopia (GleAM Records AM7039) Saihs is a sextet formed in Florence two years ago who, in 2025, won the Conad Jazz Contest, where they were amongst 10 bands competing against each other at...
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Reviewed: Rick Keller: Heroes (Vegas Records VR 1032) | Anna Einarsson: Necessities (Anna Einarsson Music AEM007) | Charlie Hunter & Ella Feingold: Different Strokes For Different Folks (Side Hustle Records SH001) https://t.co/7bQAnUsUtR via @jazzjournal
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Rick Keller: Heroes (Vegas Records VR 1032) Whether or not inspiration and influence are one and the same, American saxophonist and composer Rick Keller doesn’t let either degenerate to mimicry in...
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Reviewed: David Bailis: Running Through My Mind (Triple 1 Music) | Patricia Brennan: Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic Records PR43) | Steve Tintweiss & The Purple Why: Live In Tompkins Square Park 1967 (Inky Dot Media IDM CD004) https://t.co/GTwc7QUVOT via @jazzjournal
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David Bailis: Running Through My Mind (Triple 1 Music) Bailis is one of those guitarists who at one and the same time display a relatively personal approach to their instrument yet ensure that their...
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Reviewed: Johnathan Blake: My Life Matters (Blue Note Records 7585478) | Trio of Bloom: Trio Of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records PR42) | Bruce Gertz Quintet: Octopus Dreams (Open Mind Jazz OMJ-17-D) https://t.co/5P3IGsq9aT via @jazzjournal
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Johnathan Blake: My Life Matters (Blue Note Records 7585478) In 2022 there was a Drum Candy podcast interview in which Philadelphia-born drummer Johnathan Blake was quizzed about his early career...
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Jack DeJohnette and drumming: ‘That’s what I came here to do’ - In 2006 drummer Jack DeJohnette, who died suddenly 26 October 2025, gave his opinion on a set of mystery records, touching on his life and activities along the way. https://t.co/W2SHXXXgzj via @jazzjournal
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Jack DeJohnette was born in Chicago in 1942 and studied classical piano from the age of four. He took up drums in high school and thanks his uncle, the DJ Roy I. Wood Snr, for keeping him abreast of...
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