Jazzwize N° 156

Regulars

• p 4-10 : News
  London Jazz Festival adds more names... Gwilym Simcock nominated for a Mercury.... Cork Jazz Festival unveils line-up... and all the latest news and gossip from the world of jazz
• p 14 : The Way It Is
  Stuart Nicholson recalls a mysterious jazz musician whose lifestyle ultimately proved his undoing
• p 15 : Jazz On Film
  Crime In The Streets is this month’s choice
• p 18-19 : Taking Off
  Pianist Tigran and singer Alexander Stewart are the ones to watch
• p 30 : Turning Point
  Pianist Hiromi on the album that changed her life
• p 36-50 : CD Reviews
  Over 100 CDs reviewed including albums by Robert Mitchell, Tigran, John Coltrane, and many more
• p 52 : DVD Reviews
• p 55 : The Player
  Martin France on his favourite drums
• p 56 : Instrument Reviews
  All the latest instrument reviews and news
• p 58 : Live Reviews
• p 60 : Gig Guide
  Your essential guide to this month’s must-see gigs
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• p 66 : Letters
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Features

• p 20 : Arun Ghosh
  Radically altering the use of clarinet in contemporary jazz and rapidly developing his own exciting Indo-jazz style, Arun Ghosh explains to Stuart Nicholson his thinking behind new album Primal Odyssey
• p 24 : Jacqui Dankworth
  The singer talks about her feelings of loss. following the passing of her father Sir John Dankworth, and how she used some of his music to transformative effect on her new album
• p 28 : Leszek Mozdzer
  The star Polish pianist embarks on a journey to the heart and soul of Komeda, the talismanic jazz composer from his native land
• p 32 : Robert Mitchell
  The talented pianist returns with a stand-out post-modern trio album featuring a stirring version of Aphex Twin’s ’Alberto Balsam
• p 34 : Terri-Lyne Carrington
  With a who’s who of leading female jazz talent delivering some fine performances, new album The Mosaic Project is a career high for the fine drummer Terri-Lyne Carrington