Jazz Journal - 21 July 2025New releases June-July 2025, P-R ...

Library From the JJ archive JJ 08/93: Ginger Baker – Unseen Rain Thirty years ago, Stan Woolley admired the drummer's virtuosity and liked his Indo-Jazz fusion piece but sought more variety. First ...

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water – The Gospel of James Baldwin ...

Obituary: Geoff Castle Affable virtuoso pianist comfortable in many jazz styles with particular emphasis on Latin and jazz-rock fusions ...

As its title suggests, this was Dexter’s last session after many years in Copenhagen. More than ever one can feel that huge in-person magnetism that drew his listeners back time and again. His easy ...

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Mark Gilbert was deputy editor, Jazz Journal, 1981-1999, editor from 2009 to present, a leading British contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and has written for other jazz histories. The ...

The late and eminent Samuel Charters, who made invaluable contributions to both jazz literature and jazz recordings, wrote fluent prose and I very much enjoyed his opening chapter here, which has ...

Pure jazz, if there is such a thing, has often entered into marriages with other art forms: jazz & symphonic strings, jazz & rock electronics, jazz & dance, jazz & poetry. To these can be added the ...