Jazzwize N° 147

Regulars

• p 4-6 : News
  London Jazz Festival club and concert hall programme finalises... BBC get behind Shabaka Hutchings... Cassandra Wilson unveils new album... and all the latest news and gossip from the world of jazz
• p 16 : Jazz On Film
  Chico And Rita with music by Bebo Valdés, released in cinemas this month, impresses Selwyn Haris
• p 18 : Taking Off
  Tough talk with pianist Benet McLean and laughter off with Brass Jaw in this month’s look at who’s breaking through
• p 36-50 : CD Reviews
• p 52 : Books & DVDs
• p 55 : The Player
  The great drummer Steve Gadd talks about his favourite drums and cymbals
• p 56 : Instrument Reviews
  All the latest instrument reviews and news
• p 58-59 : Live Reviews
• p 60-62 : Gig Guide
  Your essential guide to this month’s must-see gigs
• p 64 : Subscriptions
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• p 66 : Letters
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Features

• p 10 : Tommy Smith
  The influential Scotsman flies in for a LJF residency with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
• p 12 : Bleu blanc jazz
  All the track listing details for this month’s fine covermount CD
• p 15 : Under the radar
  Hidden pleasures at the London Jazz Festival
• p 20 : Hugh Masekela
  In a no-holds-barred interview Hugh Masekela is under no illusions about what matters most in his continuing quest to play music that matters where it counts most, artistically, socially and culturally. Interview : Marcus O’Dair
• p 24 : [em]
  Wolliny/Kruse/ Schaefer are back and in some style, says Stuart Nicholson, who thrills to the piano trio’s new live album, recorded this summer
• p 26 : AfroCubism
  The album that never was : Jane Cornwell tells the fascinating story of the ’prequel’ to Buena Vista Social Club
• p 28 : Robert Wyatt
  with the release of For The Ghosts Within, Robert Wyatt with Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen, enters a world of lost voices set free
• p 30 : Louis Moholo- Moholo
  The Blue Notes drummer looks back on a career full of creative highs and devastating lows
• p 34 : Jay Phelps
  Debut album from the erstwhile Empirical trumpeter