British visionary jazz 1964-1976

[ghost of miles]

I don't believe it's available online, but well worth checking out if any record store/book shop near you stocks recent issues of The Wire. Here are some sample tracks from the artists the article covers, posted at the magazine's website:

playlist

[Niko]

thank you! now listening....

[Jason Drake]

nice of them to make the music available to listen to ...

[Teasing the Korean]

Where's John Dankworth?

[AllenLowe]

6 feet under?

[Head Man]

6 feet under?

Not unless it happened when I was away on vacation last week!

[sidewinder]

It's a very good article - picked up a copy when it came out (I think Roger Farbey gave the heads up). The recommendations are good ones (Rendell/Carr, Henry Lowther, Harry Beckett, Mike Westbrook) and as representative list for that period as I've seen anywhere.

Excellent primer - and worth reading along with Ian Carr's 'Music Outside' on Northway Books.

Where's John Dankworth?

This covers the period of late 60s/early to mid 70s. John Dankworth was mainly doing studio/film work over that period so I guess not included. His 1967 collaboration with Kenny Wheeler (Windmill Tilter) would deserve inclusion though.

I'm glad to say that JD is still actively gigging over here, as is Dame Cleo. National Institutions !

Edited October 6, 2009 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

These ones on the 'reserve' list would be in my 1st division:

Mike Taylor

Pendulum (1966)

(Sunbeam CD)

Mike Taylor Trio

Trio (1967)

Impressed Re-pressed CD (deleted)

Kenny Wheeler

Windmill Tilter (1968)

Unissued on CD

Amancio d’Silva & Joe Harriott (feat Ian Carr, Norma Winstone)

Hum-Dono (1969)

Unissued on CD

[AllenLowe]

sorry, thought Dankworth had died -