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The Jazz Rag THE JAZZ RAG ISSUE 139 WINTER 2015 DAVID GORDON TRIO UK £3.25 CONTENTS DAVID GORDON TRIO DAVID TELLS THE STORY OF HIS INTRIGUING NEW CD ON MISTER SAM RECORDS, ALEXANDER SCRIABIN'S RAGTIME BAND . (PAGES 14-15) 4 NEWS 7 UPCOMING EVENTS 8 OBITUARIES SIMON SPILLETT ON DON RENDELL, JUSTIN RANDALL ON ALLEN TOUSSAINT 10 SO WHO ARE THE GREATEST? THE BBC'S 50 GREATEST JAZZ MUSICIANS CONSIDERED 11 NEWARK JAZZ EXHIBIT JEWISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN JAZZ 12 NEW BOOKS FROM THE AMERICAN WEST COAST SUBSCRIBE TO THE JAZZ RAG TO THE TEREZIN GHETTO THE NEXT SIX EDITIONS MAILED 16 FOUR UNUSUAL JAZZ CAREERS: DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR FOR ONLY SCOTT YANOW £17.50* 18 BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS Simply send us your name. address and postcode along with your payment and we’ll commence the service from the next issue. 20 LIVE REVIEWS: OTHER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: WHITLEY BAY AND LONDON EU £20.50 USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA £24.50 22 CD REVIEWS Cheques / Postal orders payable to BIG BEAR MUSIC Please send to: 30 TUBBY HAYES REMEMBERED JAZZ RAG SUBSCRIPTIONS A FILM AND A DISCOGRAPHY PO BOX 944 | Birmingham | England 32 BEGINNING TO CD LIGHT * to any UK address THE JAZZ RAG PO BOX 944, Birmingham, B16 8UT, England UPFRONT Tel: 0121454 7020 The 2015 winners of the longest established and most prestigious of awards to jazz Fax: 0121 454 9996 musicians in this country, the British Jazz Awards, are listed in full on pages 18-19. Even Email: [email protected] among the sought after ‘Jazz Oscars’ the award for Services to British Jazz stands out, Web: www.jazzrag.com honouring not just musical expertise, but serving jazz in a whole variety of ways. Publisher / editor: Jim Simpson So Digby Fairweather is an ideal choice. His skill as a trumpeter is beyond dispute and News / features: Ron Simpson as a bandleader he regularly scoops the Small Group Award with his Half Dozen, but his dedication to British jazz goes far beyond that. As an author he ranges through Reviews editor: Russell Fletcher memoirs, instruction manuals and – as co-author – the admirable Rough Guide , as well International editor: Yue Yang as being a perceptive and generous reviewer. We on Jazz Rag have every reason to be Commercial Director: Tim Jennings grateful to Digby for his cheerful willingness to supply wise words on whatever topic Subscriptions & accounts: Russell Fletcher claims our attention. A fine broadcaster and teacher and a perpetual encouragement to Designed by Nerys James young musicians, he himself is proudest of his great work in founding and developing Printed by Warwick Printing the National Jazz Archive. www.warwickprinting.co.uk © 2013 THE JAZZ RAG. All original material including advertising So this is a good time to mention the Digby article that is missing from this edition. In artwork remains the sole copyright of the Publisher and may not be Jazz Rag 138 he promised further details of exciting developments in the National Jazz reproduced without permission Archive. Now the plans for Southend have become even more ambitious and, as a result, will take a little longer to mature. 2 THE JAZZ RAG THE JAZZ RAG 3 NEWS NEWS Trio, Matt Skelton All Stars, Pat Photo by Merlin Daleman Alex Garnett Shop at 48, Great Marlborough Photo by Merlin Daleman Enrico Tomasso McCarthy, the Liz Fletcher MAY DAY ON THE ISLE Street, London, launches its new OF BUTE Quintet, Alan Barnes/Gilad and comprehensive selection of Atzmon Quintet, Mark jazz sheet music. The Tim The 2016 Isle of Bute Jazz Nightingale Quartet, Liane Richards Trio provides the music Festival occupies the May Day Carroll and the Alan Barnes at a drinks reception to launch an Bank Holiday from April 29 to Octet. important new facility for jazz May 2. Bands and musicians on www.grimsbyjazz.com lovers and musicians. the bill include, among many www.schott-music.com others, Richard White’s Fivers, STABLES JAZZ the Savannah Jazz Band, Anthony Cleo’s Christmas Show WEDNESDAYS AT THE Purdy, the Bobby Wishart Band, (December 18-19), featuring the Chicago Teddy Bears, Havana Cleo Laine with a host of family CONCORDE Swing, Martin Bennett’s Green and friends, is the pre-Christmas International Jazz Night at the River Band and the Bute treat at the Stables, Wavendon. Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Community Band. In its 29th year 2016 jazz and jazz-related events resumes after its Christmas/New the festival offers over 40 events begin with Brubecks Play Year break with the Scott and lower ferry fares! Brubeck, Darius, Chris and Dan Hamilton Quartet (John Pearce, www.butejazz.com with Alec Dankworth and Dave Dave Green, Steve Brown) on O’Higgins (January 12) and also January 13, followed by A Night in include the Syd Lawrence the Deep South with the Orchestra (29), Christian Garrick Mississippi Swamp Dogs (20) and and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra the Bob Kerr Whoopee Band (February 4), The Temperance (27). February brings the Jive UNION CENTENNIAL including the Funky Butt Hall CLEETHORPES JAZZ Seven (14), Cafe Society Swing Aces (3) and the Back to Basie Big Band (10). Sunday Jazz Nights The Mutual Musicians Foundation N’Awlins Jazz Band, Hot Sauce (19), the Puppini Sisters (March FESTIVAL take a rest after the Christmas International, once known as Finger Snappers, Janet Seidel. La’al 16), Denys Baptiste (24) and the Grimsby Jazz runs monthly Jazz Party on December 20 with Local 627 or the ‘colored’ Big Band, the Dance Band Divas, Jive Aces (25). Appearing at Stage sessions at the Old Clee Club, the John Maddocks Jazz Band and musicians union and based at Nevada Street Jazz Band and Tad 2 at the Stables are Zoe Schwarz with the New Year bringing special guest Julia Titus. The West 1823 Highland in Kansas City, Newton’s Jazz Friends. Of course Blue Connection (Jan. 23), the Chetro, Neil Yates’s Chet Baker Side Syncopators start things began in 1917 as a charter of the it’s not all newcomers: those Marco Marconi Trio (Feb. 9) and tribute (January 20) and the Rob going again on January 10, American Federation of looking to hear festival favourites the Andy Panayi Trio (March 8). Barron Quartet (February 17). followed by Cuff Billett’s New Musicians. On June 16-18, 2016, such as Enrico Tomasso, Alan Tel.: 01908 280800 Grimsby Jazz also promotes the www.stables.org Europa Jazz Band (17), the MMFI will begin centennial Barnes, Spats Langham, John Cleethorpes Jazz Festival with Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band celebrations with an awards gala Hallam and Keith Nichols won’t top-class bands at McCormack’s (24), Graeme Hewitt’s High for surviving black musicians be disappointed. JAZZ AT SCHOTT Bar from Friday evening through Society Jazz Band (31) and John from the ‘colored’ unions. Tel.: 017687 74411 MUSIC SHOP Saturday and Sunday. The 2016 Maddocks Jazzmen (February 7). Currently MMFI is seeking to www.theatrebythelake.com festival, on June 24-26, features, On March 11, between 6.00 pm Valentine’s Day brings a special contact any musicians who among others, the Janet Seidel and 9.00 pm, the Schott Music Jazz Lunch with GOJO (Girls belonged to a segregated union JAZZ AT OPERA Only Jazz Orchestra), a 20-piece or were represented by a black NORTH Dave O’Higgins big band playing charts from the organiser of the AFoM for this In the middle of a varied likes of Goodman, Basie and celebration of a highly significant programme of concerts, films and Ellington. institution in jazz history. even a world opera premiere, the Tel.: 023 8061 3989 www.mutualmusiciansfoundation.org Howard Assembly Room of www.theconcordeclub.com Opera North at Leeds Grand JAZZ AT NORDEN Theatre has a number of striking KING PLEASURE ON FARM performances of jazz and world THE ROAD music. The Mingus Big Band The jazz programme at Norden King Pleasure and the Biscuit appears on January 23 and Farm Centre for the Arts near Boys play Greystones, Sheffield, American saxist/clarinettist Colin Maidenhead has an impressive on December 18 before seeing in Stetson on March 13. Known as jazz element in the New Year: the the New Year at Bournville the ‘father of Ethio-jazz’, Big Band with Five Star Swing Gardens. Bookings in early 2016 (January 14), the Alex Garnett vibraphonist Mulatu Astatko include the Artrix, Bromsgrove Quartet (22), Sink or Swing (29) (February 10) combines East (January 2), Risbay Village Hall, and Dave O’Higgins (February African sounds with the jazz of Bury St. Edmunds (22), the Tivoli 12). Also of more than passing Gil Evans and Duke Ellington. Two Theatre, Wimborne Minster (30), interest are D’Ukes, a ukulele evenings of music and film feature the Robin 2, Bilston (February 4), sextet (December 19) and the pianist/composer/flim-maker Granvilles, Stone (21) and the London Klezmer Quartet (Jan. Christophe Chassol providing the Bristol International Jazz and 21). music to his own film of life in Blues Festival (March 18). Tel.: 01628 788997 Martinique (February 1) and Bookings abroad take the band Moishe’s Bagel accompany the to the Swing’n’Sweet Jazzclub, NEW NAMES FOR Soviet silent propaganda film, Salt Bergen (Jan. 23) and the for Svanetia (1930), with a new KESWICK Stadsschouwburg, Bruges (March score on March 17. 6). The 25th Jennings Keswick Jazz Tel.: 0844 848 2700 Tel.: 0121 454 7020 Festival (May 12-15) offers over www.operanorth.co.uk www.kingpleasureandthebiscuitboys.com 90 performances in seven venues, with first-timers to the festival 4 THE JAZZ RAG THE JAZZ RAG 5 NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS JAZZ AT ILMINSTER Festival, first held in 2013, will Scott Hamilton Roy Seeing out the Old Year for Alan Barnes Ilminster Arts Centre at the return to Glynde Place in East Williams Tuesday Jazz and Swing at Meeting House promotes Sussex from July 1 to 3, 2016.
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