Jazzwize N° 172

Regulars

• p 4-12 : News
  Gregory Porter and Van Morrison added to Cheltenham headliners... Chick Corea and Kurt Elling for Ronnie Scott’s... Sony jazz re-launch OKeh label... and all the latest news and gossip from the world of jazz
• p 14 : The Way It Is
  With funding cuts to the arts now biting, how will jazz be affected ?
• p 16 : Jazz On Film
  Director Roger Vadim’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses swings to Monk and Blakey
• p 18-19 : Taking Off
  Dave Hamblett and Fontanelle are the ones to watch
• p 36-51 : CD Reviews
  Over 100 CDs reviewed including Charles Lloyd, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Wheeler and many more
• p 52 : Books & DVDs
• p 55 : The Player
  Keith Tippett on his favourite pianos past and present
• p 56 : Instruments
  All the latest instrument reviews and news
• p 58-59 : Live Reviews
• p 60-62 : Gig Guide
  Your essential guide to the must-see gigs this month
• p 64 : Subscriptions
  Save money and grab a free Naim Records CD
• p 66 : Letters
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Features

• p 20 : Soweto Kinch
  The dazzling altoist/rapper mixes jazz and theatre with highly explosive results
• p 24 : Charles Lloyd
  The master saxophonist and Big Sur native is flying high with his rhapsodic new duo album
• p 28 : Terri Lyne Carrington
  Leading US drummer (pictured) gives Duke’s Money Jungle a tub thumping revamp
• p 30 : Tomasz Stanko
  The trailblazing Polish trumpeter is on poetic form with his latest album for ECM records
• p 33 : Turning Point
  Pianist Julia Hülsmann on the Pat Metheny/Charlie Haden album that changed her life
• p 34 : Mark Lockheart
  Polar Bear and former Loose Tube sax don, also hits on the grand Duke this month with his radical new Ellington project