Ian Lomax, Author at Jazz Journal The genuine article since 1948 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:09:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-Swann-CS-logo-for-site-icon-Customing-Site-Identity.jpg Ian Lomax, Author at Jazz Journal 32 32 Mark Winkler: The Rules Don’t Apply https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/09/17/mark-winkler-the-rules-dont-apply/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=120790 Smooth-toned singer performs over polished West Coast arrangements of originals and covers including Fagen's I.G.Y. and some Beatles

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Natasha Blackwood: Love Songs For Good Machines https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/09/09/natasha-blackwood-love-songs-for-good-machines/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:21:39 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=120083 Canadian singer and saxophonist is on the edge of jazz in a set recalling Stacey, Kent, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux and Joni Mitchell

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Russ Brannon: Soujourn https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/31/russ-brannon-soujourn/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 09:20:57 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=119561 Canadian guitarist influenced by Larry Carlton and George Benson ploughs the quasi-dormant smooth-jazz furrow with a sense of individuality

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Daniel Bennett Group: Mr. Bennett’s Mind! https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/21/daniel-bennett-group-mr-bennetts-mind/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:26:21 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=119222 NY saxophonist Bennett lays his lyrical, Desmondian tone and phrasing over a pointed set of tuneful, harmonically restless originals

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Stan Getz: Jazz Samba plus Jazz Samba Encore! https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/07/23/stan-getz-jazz-samba-jazz-samba-encore/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:01:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=117794 The saxophonist's groundbreaking introduction, thanks to Charlie Byrd, of the bossa nova to the global north is repackaged with its sequel

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Alison Burns & Martin Taylor: Songs For Nature https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/07/19/alison-burns-martin-taylor-songs-for-nature/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:01:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=117656 The singer and guitarist play a mellow, cleanly recorded set of swing and Latin standards, Taylor liberally overdubbing solos

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Nigel Price Organ Trio: Live ’23 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/07/12/nigel-price-organ-trio-live-23/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:21:37 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=117391 Nigel Price, perhaps the UK's hardest-working jazz guitarist, did a 43-date tour in 2023 and samples the results in two CDs

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Brad Mehldau: Après Fauré https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/07/03/brad-mehldau-apres-faure/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:06:24 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=117132 The exploratory jazz pianist again takes classical composition as his inspiration, mixing his own work with that of Fauré

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Lizz Wright: Shadow https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/05/30/lizz-wright-shadow/ Thu, 30 May 2024 15:01:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=115927 After acclaim for albums on Universal and an appearance on Barack Obama's playlist, the southern singer branches out with her own-label debut

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Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson: Space Guitar Master – The 1952-1960 Recordings https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/05/22/johnny-guitar-watson-space-guitar-master-the-1952-1960-recordings/ Wed, 22 May 2024 13:18:08 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=115457 Watson is well-known for his 70s funk albums but in the 1950s he played blues, making the most of reverb and feedback

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