Jazzwize N° 159

Regulars

• p 4-8 : News
  Dave Douglas for Royal Academy of Music... Gateshead Jazz Festival unveils line-up... Jez jazzes up the Cockpit... and all the latest news and gossip from the world of jazz
• p 16 : The Way It Is
  What do record producers really do, asks Stuart Nicholson
• p 18 : Tomorrow Is The Question
  What awaits us in 2012
• p 20-21 : Taking Off
  Splashgirl and Beats & Pieces are the ones to watch
• p 40-59 : CD Reviews
  Over 100 CDs reviewed including albums by Keith Jarrett, Portico Quartet, Stacey Kent, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Joe Harriott and many more
• p 60-61 : Books and DVDs
• p 63 : The Player
  Jack Bruce on his favourite basses
• p 64 : Instrument Reviews
  All the latest instrument news and reviews
• p 66-67 : Live Reviews
• p 68-70 : Gig Guide
  Your essential guide to the must-see gigs this month
• p 72 : Subscriptions
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• p 74 : Letters
  Write in-have your say

Features

• p 14 : Albums Of The Year
  See who has grabbed the coveted top spot in the annual writers poll
• p 22 : Zoe Rahman
  Rahman (below) returns with her latest album, the very personal Kindred Spirits
• p 26 : Joe Harriott
  A major retrospective on the life and work of influential free form jazz pioneer Joe Harriott
• p 32 : Portico Quartet
  No hang ups as the innovative band dig deep into electronica
• p 36 : Mike Westbrook
  Music to march to
• p 38 : Turning Point
  Tim Whitehead on the Keith Jarrett album that changed his life