June 2017
June 2017The return of MPS The MPS jazz catalogue is now the subject of a major reissue programme. John White tells the story of its foundation and revival
Profiles Singer Sue McCreeth rehabilitates 70s/80s harmony, Dutch group Tin Men involve the audience through a phone app and pianist Peter Edwards does the math on jazz and samba
Lee Morgan The prolific trumpeter defeats the stereotype of the prematurely dead jazzman preserved in a handful of recordings, says Brian Morton
Matt Chandler They used to say the tone’s in the fingers. Bruce Lindsay gets a more balanced perspective from the guitarist, who says strings are the thing
Book Reviews Soul Jazz // Jazz Religion, The Second Line, And Black New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina // Jazz Italian Style // Tony Bennett: Just Getting Started
Obituaries Bradford-born guitarist Allan Holdsworth brought unprecedented fluidity, speed and harmonic complexity to the instrument; Salford-born saxophonist Stan Robinson challenged the reedy royalty of the south
Anec-dotage Alan Luff remembers one for whom country and western (and quite possibly the ukelele) was anathema
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