Letters Archives - Jazz Journal https://jazzjournal.co.uk/category/columns/letters/ The genuine article since 1948 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:56:14 +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 Letters Archives - Jazz Journal https://jazzjournal.co.uk/category/columns/letters/ 32 32 Bazzer the jazzer https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/03/01/bazzer-the-jazzer/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:44:40 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=21962 My appreciation of the esteemed critic Barry McRae (Jazz Journal, 17 May 2019) has certainly produced some interesting correspondence. I observed in my piece that Barry’s book The Jazz Handbook certainly deserved a reprint. Within days, Philip Dodd, his original commissioning editor at Longman’s, got in touch to say that he was trying to bring the book […]

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]]> Jazz on stream https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/03/01/jazz-on-stream/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:44:32 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=21964 The all-jazz radio station WETF 105.7 FM (South Bend, Indiana) is worth everyone’s attention. For more info, see: https://wetfthejazzstation.org/home Among the many shows is Joan Merrill’s excellent series The Vocalists with JM Jazz, which is aired every Friday at 1 pm and is repeated Saturday at 5 pm and Monday at midnight (all EST). You can listen by live streaming […]

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]]> Laurie Morgan in pictures https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/02/29/laurie-morgan-in-pictures/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:58:41 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=21718 It was with great sadness that I heard of the death of Laurie Morgan. As has been said, he was a leading figure in the history of British jazz and a lovely man. Readers might like to recall the film of the Club 11 Reunion, which features Laurie and even includes a clip of his […]

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]]> Hagood happening https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/12/12/hagood-happening/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:42:40 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=17836 Your review of Herbie Mann: At The Village Gate asks of Hagood Hardy “whatever happened to him?” Hagood died from non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1997 (the year after I was diagnosed with NHL as well – we had the same doctor at the cancer centre in Hamilton). See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagood_Hardy The Village Gate album is a […]

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]]> Mary Lou on BBC Radio 3 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/12/12/mary-lou-on-bbc-radio-3/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:42:33 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=17838 BBC Radio 3’s Composer Of The Week (18-22 November) on the under-appreciated pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams was a fascinating and moving five hours on her remarkable life and music. It was a model of jazz broadcasting and intelligently presented by Donald MacLeod. Let’s hope there’ll be more jazz composers of the week on […]

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]]> Ginger’s jazz days https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/10/21/gingers-jazz-days/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:31:13 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=14148 I was sorry to learn that Ginger Baker had died. He was in my band, The Storyville Jazzmen (later led by Bob Wallis) back in 1956-7. We were very much into purist New Orleans Jazz at the time, and used to brainwash young Ginger with Baby Dodds’ records. I can still see him striding about […]

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]]> Jazz and cricket memories https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/10/21/jazz-and-cricket-memories/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:31:05 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=14154 Many thanks to Matthew Wright for his informative and entertaining articles on jazz and cricket. In today’s high-pressure, money-driven society it’s not easy to imagine the same thing happening now. His mention of trombonist Frank Parr deserves some amplification. While Frank Parr’s Lancashire 1st XI career spanned 1951-1954 it was, including his 2nd XI apearances, […]

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]]> Seeking Le Jazz Hot https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/09/28/seeking-le-jazz-hot/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:42:39 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=13063 I have a friend who has been desperately searching for a copy of Le Jazz Hot, a BBC 2 programme that went out in January 1987. Did any readers/subscribers see it and copy it ? If so, have they still got it and are they prepared to pass on a copy of it? It is […]

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]]> Cambridge University Jazz Club? https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/09/25/cambridge-university-jazz-club/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:28:53 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=12896 I was a regular reader of the print version of JJ (later JJI) but since moving to Australia 22 years ago I have rather lost touch with the journal and the UK jazz scene in general. However, I am glad to have discovered JJ’s online reincarnation. Coincidently, I have just embarked on research for a […]

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]]> Brian Morton: smart and passionate writing https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/09/03/brian-morton-smart-and-passionate-writing/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:26:02 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=12038 I have been an avid reader of the jazz writing of Brian Morton for the past 15 years and lately I thought it was about time to reach out and say thank you. Thanks to Brian for the brilliantly written, sometimes funny and always illuminating reviews. His writings (and those of the late Richard Cook) […]

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