Pat Martino In conversation with Mark Gilbert, Martino - once dubbed the Lee Van Cleef of the guitar for his lean, dapper appearance - touches on the psychology of influence, the importance of precision and how heavy strings counter a destructive right hand
Profiles Belfast workaholic Linley Hamilton combines trumpet-playing, broadcasting, teaching and doctoral studies; Barbados-educated Shabaka Hutchings sees a background embracing calypso, reggae and classical music as setting him apart from those born to jazz; Eddie Palmieri outlines his take on Latin music, the ‘instrumental mambo’ that will have you dancing, standing or not
Label dossier #2: SLAM As the SLAM label approaches its silver jubilee, Jazz Journal talks to its much-travelled founder, saxophonist George Haslam
Gene Quill Gordon Jack traces the trajectory of the “scrappy little Irishman” who played with Buddy DeFranco and Claude Thornhill and in the famed “Phil Anquill” group
A cut above Proper Music is reissuing Major Surgery’s First Cut, one of the early flowerings of British jazz-rock. Dave Gelly remembers a special moment in Croydon jazz history
Book reviews Walk Tall: The Music & Life Of Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley; And All That Madness; Saxophone Secrets; Paul Whiteman: Pioneer In American Music, Vol Two, 1930-1967
Anec-dotage Alan Luff marks the centenary of the Road Father
Obituaries Ed Shaughnessy; Mulgrew Miller; Peter Metag
Record reviews Over 60 recordings assessed, including a host of reissues. See the whole list
July 2013 contents in full