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C O N T E N T S J A Z Z J O U R N A L 1
On the Beat 2
Profiles 3Jason Moran; George Wein; Tony Kofi
One Sweet Letter 4Swedish jazz; Tony Oxley; Wellins results
Book Reviews 7Cab Calloway; Michael Bublé; Art Blakey; Billy Eckstine; John Coltrane; Jon Hiseman; novel: One More Time
Scratching the Surface10Steve Voce welcomes back Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jon Hiseman 12As his biography is published, drummer Jon Hiseman tells Dave Gelly the future is for amateurs
Sonny Stitt 14After last month’s assessment of Stitt’s life andstyle, Brian Morton samples the recorded evidence
British piano, 1950-70 16In part three, Simon Spillett considers Terry Shannon, Brian Dee, Colin Purbrook, John Burchand Alan Branscombe
Obituaries 18George Shearing; Tony Levin
Record Reviews 20
Jazz Information 40Jazz 625, Randy Sandke, Clifford Brown and more. Compiled by Bob Weir
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©JJ Publishing Ltd.Jazz Journal is published monthly by JJ Publishing Ltd, The Invicta Press, Queen’s Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8HHEditor: Mark GilbertTel: 020 8516 0994Email: [email protected]: The Invicta PressTel: 01233 648895Email: [email protected] (sales)Email: [email protected] (subscriptions)Chief contributors:Simon Adams Barry McRaeDerek Ansell Alun MorganRonald Atkins Brian MortonJohn R. Brown Richard PalmerBruce Crowther Anthony TroonPeter Gamble Michael TuckerMark Gardner Steve VoceFred Grand Bob WeirAndy Hamilton Bert WhyattGordon Jack Barry Witherden
Photographers:Tim Dickeson David RedfernTim Motion John Watson
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From the editorWhat is happening to Jazz Journal?Jon Hiseman, a convicted jazz-rocker,on the front cover, not to mentionR&B mystic Graham Bond? Well, asDave Gelly and Mike Tucker show inthis issue, in interview and bookreview respectively, Hiseman strad-dled many styles from the beginning,moving from the New Jazz Orchestrato progressive rock with Colosseumand back to jazz with Paraphernalia.More importantly, his story, like thatof many other players who came upin the 60s and later, illustrates per-fectly that jazz is a continuumwashed this way and that by the sur-rounding culture. It was born a mon-grel and none of its forms has comeinto existence or thrived in a vacuumuntouched by external influence.Humans like to name, categorise, sep-arate, almost always with imperfectresults - how else can we order ourworld? But as far as musical judge-ment is concerned, perhaps our onlysound criteria (to echo many a jazzgreat) can be “Do we hear freshness,do we hear communication, does itwork?” History will look after the rest.
Cover: The Graham Bond Organisation, courtesy Jon Hiseman. Clockwise from left: Jon Hiseman,Dick Heckstall-Smith, Mike Falana, Graham Bond
April 2011 Vol 64 No 4 Jon Hiseman
George Wein
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Tony Levin
John
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